EMPATHY

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: October 2007
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NAME

empathy - GNOME instant messaging client using Telepathy  

SYNOPSIS

empathy  

DESCRIPTION

Empathy consists of a rich set of reusable instant messaging widgets, and a GNOME client using those widgets. It uses Telepathy and Nokia's Mission Control, and reuses Gossip's UI.

The main user interface consists of a contact list window and an icon in the notification area.  

OPTIONS

There are no command-line options.  

ENVIRONMENT

EMPATHY_LOGFILE=filename
If set, debug output will go to the given file rather than to stderr.
EMPATHY_DEBUG=type
May be set to "all" for full debug output, or various undocumented options (which may change from release to release) to filter the output.
 

SEE ALSO

http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/, http://live.gnome.org/Empathy