nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/misc/weechat.xml
Maximilian Bosch 18d419141d
nixos/weechat: cleanup module, add module documentation
This adds several improvements the previously introduced
`services.weechat` module:

* Dropped `services.weechat.init` as the initialization script can now
  be done on package-level since 2af41719bc using the `configure`
  function.

* Added `sessionName` option to explicitly configure a name for the
  `screen` session (by default: weechat-screen).

* Added `binary` option to configure the binary name (e.g.
  `weechat-headless`).

* Added docs regarding `screen` session and `weechat.service`.
2018-09-07 13:45:13 +02:00

61 lines
1.9 KiB
XML

<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
version="5.0"
xml:id="module-services-weechat">
<title>WeeChat</title>
<para><link xlink:href="https://weechat.org/">WeeChat</link> is a fast and extensible IRC client.</para>
<section><title>Basic Usage</title>
<para>
By default, the module creates a
<literal><link xlink:href="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/">systemd</link></literal> unit
which runs the chat client in a detached
<literal><link xlink:href="https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/">screen</link></literal> session.
</para>
<para>
This can be done by enabling the <literal>weechat</literal> service:
<programlisting>
{ ... }:
{
<link linkend="opt-services.weechat.enable">services.weechat.enable</link> = true;
}
</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
The service is managed by a dedicated user
named <literal>weechat</literal> in the state directory
<literal>/var/lib/weechat</literal>.
</para>
</section>
<section><title>Re-attaching to WeeChat</title>
<para>
WeeChat runs in a screen session owned by a dedicated user. To explicitly
allow your another user to attach to this session, the <literal>screenrc</literal> needs to be tweaked
by adding <link xlink:href="https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/html_node/Multiuser.html#Multiuser">multiuser</link> support:
<programlisting>
{
<link linkend="opt-programs.screen.screenrc">programs.screen.screenrc</link> = ''
multiuser on
acladd normal_user
'';
}
</programlisting>
Now, the session can be re-attached like this:
<programlisting>
screen -r weechat-screen
</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
<emphasis>The session name can be changed using <link linkend="opt-services.weechat.sessionName">services.weechat.sessionName.</link></emphasis>
</para>
</section>
</chapter>