Tips and Tricks

You can select multiple emoticon iconsets, and assign them priorities using the options dialog.

You can use multiple useful shortcuts while typing chat messages:

• Ctrl+Enter to send message
• Ctrl+M or Shift+Enter to add newline character
• Ctrl+H to display message history dialog
• Alt+S to send message
• Ctrl+U to clear edit buffer
• Shift+PgUp/PgDn to scroll chat view

You can type these special commands in chat and groupchat dialogs:

• "/clear" to clear chat view
• "/me <message>" '/me' is replaced by your nick

And these work only in groupchat dialog:

• "/nick <new_nickname>" to change your nickname

Did you know that you can register multiple Jabber accounts with Psi? If you like to separate your work from your personal account, you can. If you are a power user who wants to test the latest Jabber features on an unstable server, you can do that -- without running a second client to connect to your stable server. Just click Add in the Account Setup screen.

Contributed by Hal Rottenberg

Do you chat on third-party IM networks such as AIM and ICQ? Try enabling the "transport-specific icons" option. This will allow you to quickly see at a glance which network your buddy is using. Then you can convince him to switch to Jabber. :)

Contributed by Hal Rottenberg

Did you know that you can use checkboxes in Account Setup dialog to enable/disable accounts? This may be useful in the case of an account that you use rarely, so it will not clutter your roster.

Contributed by Iain MacDonnell

Don't like the buttons where they are? Want a shortcut button to change your status to Away? Check out the Configure Toolbars window, it's available through toolbars' context menu. You can even make a toolbar that floats!

Contributed by Hal Rottenberg

Did you know that Psi is one of the only dedicated Jabber/XMPP clients (as opposed to multi-protocol clients like Gaim or Kopete) that allows you to connect to multiple servers at the same time? You can be known as "mrcool@jabber.org" to your friends, and "John.J.Smith_the_fourth@mycompany.com" to business associates

Contributed by Hal Rottenberg

Have you converted over from Gadu-Gadu or Trillian and you miss the cool emoticons? Fear not, we have you covered! Check out http://jisp.netflint.net for tons of "Iconsets" that can be added to Psi to make it look the way you like!

Contributed by Hal Rottenberg

Did you know that a middle-click (the middle mouse button on a 3-button mouse) will "perform the default action" on many objects within Psi? Try middle-clicking on a contact or a popup.

Contributed by Hal Rottenberg

In order to add contacts from different IM networks, you need to add a corresponding agent from your Jabber server. Take a look at Psi Menu -> Service Discovery.

Contributed by Philipp Droessler

You can right-click on the server name in your roster to perform several different actions. You can change status, modify account settings, perform administrative options (if you have permission), and more.

Contributed by Hal Rottenberg

Looking for a transport or chatroom, but your server provides nothing appropriate? Use Psi Menu -> Service Discovery to look on any Jabber Server for nice services by typing its domain in the address field.

Note: Some server may disable transport registration to users from different servers, but that's not common yet.

Contributed by Patrick Hanft

If you use a Macintosh without a right mouse button, use ctrl-click where directions say right click. For instance, ctrl-click on a roster entry to bring up a menu of actions. Alternatively you can select "Use left click for Menu" in "General Preferences" screen.

Contributed by Kathy Graff

If you have trouble using file transfers because of a dynamic ip address, you can use your dyndns.org (or similar service) address instead of a single IP.
Just enter your URL in the "Data Transfer External Address" field in Psi Options dialog.

Contributed by Frederik K.

If you plan to use Jabber (XMPP) with multiple third party IM services and creating account first time on a server, it could be practical if you enable "Auto-Authorize contacts" from "Events" preference tab before adding third party IM support. If you enable "Auto-open new messages" in that period, you won't have to read pretty same "You are now authorised" message from each user on your contact list. If you don't choose to use this option you may have to manually "Authorise" each contact on your third party IM contacts which could be really time taking on people with large contact lists. Of course, don't forget to revert preferences to your usual choices after new contact list settled up.

Contributed by Ilgaz Öcal

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