The Destination Box

Xzewd uses the contents of the destination box to tell where to send a message. You can send to people, instances, and classes. You can also change your signature and how the message is sent on a per-message basis, without going through the options dialog.

The destination box is set automatically when you click on a button in the list window or the snapshots window. You can also type in it yourself, which can be even easier than clicking on buttons when you use completion.

  • Keyboard reference.
  • Quick reference to the destination format.
  • The destination format in depth.
  • Keyboard reference

    Control-Backspace
    Erase the contents of the destination box.
    Tab
    Type into the message box from now on.
    Up
    Complete next matching username.
    Down
    Complete previous matching username.
    Shift-Up
    Complete next matching username. Only consider aliases and people who are currently logged in.
    Shift-Down
    Complete previous matching username. Only consider aliases and people who are currently logged in.
    Control-Return
    Send the message.

    Destination quick reference

    Click here for an in-depth description of the format.

    Words are separated by spaces or enclosed in double quotes; destinations are separated by commas.

    word
    Send to word.
    -c
    Set class.
    -i
    Set instance.
    -r
    Set recipient.
    <class,instance,recipient>
    Send to class, instance, recipient.
    -a
    Send authenticated.
    -d
    Send unauthenticated.
    -v
    Acknowledge.
    -q
    Don't acknowledge.
    -s
    Send with given signature.