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telegram(1)							     telegram(1)

NAME
     telegram  -  Command-line	interface for http://telegram.org. Uses readline
     interface.

SYNOPSIS
     telegram [-hvNRfBEwW]  [-k public-key]  [-l log-level]  [-L log-file]   [-c
     config-file]  [-p prefix] [-s lua-script]

DESCRIPTION
     telegram  is  a CLI for telegram (http://telegram.org) with an embedded lua
     interpreter.

     Documentation     for     Telegram     API     is	    available	   here:
     http://core.telegram.org/api

     Documentation     for     MTproto	   protocol	is    available    here:
     http://core.telegram.org/mtproto

OPTIONS
     -h     prints a help message.

     -u username
	    specify username.

     -k public-key
	    specify server public key.	By default public key is stored  in  the
	    same  folder  named tg-server.pub or in /etc/telegram/server.pub, if
	    it's not, specify where to find it:

     -v     verbose.

     -l [1-3]
	    log level.

     -L log-file
	    log net file.

     -N     message num mode.

     -c config-file
	    specify config file.

     -p prefix
	    specify prefix.

     -R     register mode.

     -f     sync from start.

     -B     enable binlog.

     -E     disable auto accept

     -w     allow weak random

     -s     specify lua script. Refer to the SCRIPT section for more information
	    about scripting.

     -W     wait dialog list

     All  those  options  can  be  set	automatically  using  the  config   file
     (~/.telegram/config).  You  can  refer to the config.sample file that comes
     with the source.

     Example:

     log_level = 0;

     msg_num = TRUE;

COMMANDS
     Client support TAB completion and command history.

     Peer refers to the name of the contact or dialog and can be accessed by TAB
     completion.  For user contacts peer name is Name <underscore> Lastname with
     all spaces changed to underscores.  For chats it is  it's	title  with  all
     spaces  changed to underscores For encrypted chats it is <Ex~Nlamation mark>
     <underscore> Name <underscore> Lastname with all spaces changed  to  under-
     scores.

     If two or more peers have same name, <sharp>number is appended to the name.
     (for example A_B, A_B#1, A_B#2 and so on)

     You can see message numbers (msg-seqno) starting client with -N

     The default download dir is ~/.telegram/downloads.

     The download dir can be set in the main.c line 68

     #define DOWNLOADS_DIRECTORY "downloads"

   SUPPORTED COMMANDS
     Messaging

	    * msg <peer> Text - sends message to this peer

	    * fwd <user> <msg-seqno> forward message to user.

	    * chat_with_peer  <peer>  starts  one  on one chat session with this
	      peer. /exit or /quit to end this mode. /history  to  show  history
	      and /read to mark as read the messages.

	    * add_contact  <phone_number>  <first_name> <last_name> tries to add
	      contact to contact-list by phone

	    * rename_contact <user> <first-name>  <last-name>  tries  to  rename
	      contact. If you have another device it will be a fight

	    * mark_read <peer> mark read all received messages with peer

	    * delete_msg <msg-seqno> remove a message

	    * status_online/status_offline  appear online to others or not

	    * fwd <peer> <msg-seqno> forward a message to the peer specified

     Multimedia

	    * send_photo <peer> <photo-file-name> sends photo to peer

	    * send_video <peer> <video-file-name> sends video to peer

	    * send_text  <peer>  <text-file-name>  sends text file as plain mes-
	      sages

	    * load_photo/load_video/load_video_thumb/load_document/load_docu-
	      ment_thumb/load_audio <msg-seqno> loads  photo/video  to	download
	      dir

	    * view_photo/view_video/view_video_thumbnail/view_document/view_doc-
	      ument_thumb/view_audio  <msg-seqno>  loads photo/video to download
	      dir and starts system default viewer (xdg-open on some system)
     Group chat options

	    * chat_info <chat> prints info about chat

	    * chat_add_user <chat> <user> add user to chat

	    * chat_del_user <chat> <user> remove user from chat

	    * rename_chat <chat> <new-name>

	    * creacte_group_chat <user> <chat-topic> creates  a  groupchat  with
	      user, use char_add_user to add more users
     Search

	    * search <peer> pattern - searches pattern in messages with peer

	    * global_search pattern - searches pattern in all messages
     Secret chat

	    * create_secret_chat <user> creates secret chat with this user

	    * visualize_key  <secret_chat>  prints  visualization  of encryption
	      key. You should compare it to your partner's one
     Stats and various info

	    * user_info <user> prints info about user

	    * history <peer> [limit] prints history (and marks it as read).  De-
	      fault limit = 40

	    * dialog_list prints info about your dialogs

	    * contact_list prints info about users in your contact list

	    * suggested_contact  prints info about contacts, you have max common
	      friends

	    * stats just for debugging

	    * show_license prints contents of GPLv2

	    * help prints a help page
     Options

	    * set <param> <param-value> Possible <param> values are:

	      * debug_verbosity - just as it sounds. Debug verbosity

	      * log_level - level of logging of new events. Lower is  less  ver-
		bose:

		       * Level 1: prints info about read messages

		       * Level 2: prints line, when somebody is typing in chat

		       * Level 3: prints line, when somebody changes online sta-
			 tus

	      * msg_num - enables/disables numeration of messages

	      * alert - enables/disables alert sound notifications

	    * quit/safe_quit  exit the program

SCRIPTS
     You can extend the program by writting a lua script. An example script come
     with the source (test.lua).

     The callbacks available are:

     * on_msg_receive (msg)

     * on_our_id (id)

     * on_secret_chat_created (peer)

     * on_user_update (user)

     * on_chat_update (user)

     * on_get_difference_end ()

     * on_binlog_replay_end ()

       To  get more info about the parameters of those functions you can use the
       vardump() function in the test.lua.

ERRORS AND TROUBLESHOOTING
     Report or check the Github issues (https://github.com/vysheng/tg/issues)

SEE ALSO
     lua(1) xdg-open(1)

AUTHOR
     vysheng  (https://github.com/vysheng)

     Big thanks for the help of all the people contributing on Github.

				  Jun 10, 2014			     telegram(1)

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