X-Git-Url: http://git.silcnet.org/gitweb/?p=silc.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=apps%2Firssi%2Fdocs%2Fhelp%2Fin%2Fwhois.in;h=d153a023e55f76e54f2a410ef1d22c88bdfc0361;hp=55f3e330453fc9a54c86cb35654ffbc0f04f8438;hb=382d15d447b7a95390decfa783836ae4fe255b3d;hpb=7130a7d7a31ecf3293e12d9ec77d20c6a05bf369 diff --git a/apps/irssi/docs/help/in/whois.in b/apps/irssi/docs/help/in/whois.in index 55f3e330..d153a023 100644 --- a/apps/irssi/docs/help/in/whois.in +++ b/apps/irssi/docs/help/in/whois.in @@ -1,15 +1,30 @@ @SYNTAX:whois@ -Shows whois information of the specified nick. -By default, this is aliased to /WI. +Shows WHOIS information of the specified client. By default, +this is aliased to /WI. If the -details option is used WHOIS +will retrieve as detailed information about the user as possible. +Using this option WHOIS MAY return following information about +the user: -/WHOIS nick1 nick1 also queries the idle time of -the user. This is aliased to /WII by default. + o User's public key + o Business card of the user (VCard) + o List of network services user is currently using + o Text and/or multimedia message (MIME, image, etc) + o User's personal mood + o User's preferred language + o User's preferred contact method (chat, email, etc) + o User's timezone + o User's geographical location + o Information about the device user is using (computer, PDA, etc) -If given nick is not in the IRC, irssi automatically -sends a WHOWAS query. Read carefully the reply to see -if it is a WHOIS or WHOWAS reply. :) +It is also possible to receive other information. Note that all +users do not want to send these informations or may send only +some of the information. It also possible that none of these +informations is received. -See also: WHO, CHANNEL +If you want to send your information in WHOIS you can set the +information with ATTR command. See HELP ATTR. + +See also: WHOIS, CHANNEL, ATTR, NAMES, WHO