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NCHAT(1) User Commands NCHAT(1) NAME nchat - ncurses chat SYNOPSIS nchat [OPTION] DESCRIPTION nchat is a terminal-based telegram / whatsapp client. Command-line Options: -d, --confdir <DIR> use a different directory than ~/.config/nchat -e, --verbose enable verbose logging -ee, --extra-verbose enable extra verbose logging -h, --help display this help and exit -k, --keydump key code dump mode -m, --devmode developer mode -r, --remove remove chat protocol account -s, --setup set up chat protocol account -v, --version output version information and exit -x, --export <DIR> export message cache to specified dir Interactive Commands: PageDn history next page PageUp history previous page Tab next chat Sh-Tab previous chat Ctrl-f jump to unread chat Ctrl-g toggle show help bar Ctrl-l toggle show contact list Ctrl-n goto chat Ctrl-p toggle show top bar Ctrl-q quit Ctrl-s insert emoji Ctrl-t send file Ctrl-x send message Ctrl-y toggle show emojis KeyUp select message Alt-d delete/leave current chat Alt-e external editor compose Alt-i auto-compose reply Alt-n search contacts Alt-t external telephone call Alt-/ find in chat Alt-? find next in chat Alt-$ external spell check Alt-, decrease contact list width Alt-. increase contact list width Interactive Commands for Selected Message: Ctrl-d delete selected message Ctrl-r download attached file Ctrl-v open/view attached file Ctrl-w open link Ctrl-x send reply to selected message Ctrl-z edit selected message Alt-c copy selected message to clipboard Alt-q jump to quoted/replied message Alt-r forward selected message Alt-s add/remove reaction on selected message Alt-w external message viewer Interactive Commands for Text Input: Ctrl-a move cursor to start of line Ctrl-c clear input buffer Ctrl-e move cursor to end of line Ctrl-k delete from cursor to end of line Ctrl-u delete from cursor to start of line Alt-Left move cursor backward one word Alt-Right move cursor forward one word Alt-Backsp delete previous word Alt-Delete delete next word Alt-c copy input buffer to clipboard (if no message selected) Alt-v paste into input buffer from clipboard Alt-x cut input buffer to clipboard AUTHOR Written by Kristofer Berggren. REPORTING BUGS Report bugs at https://github.com/d99kris/nchat COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2019-2025 Kristofer Berggren nchat is distributed under the MIT license. nchat 5.12.21 December 2025 NCHAT(1)
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