Hotkeys

CapsLock-S

Switch focus between chat history and chat compose areas

CapsLock-W

Report status of all active conversations

Ctrl-Up

Read the entire previous message when focus is in the history, not a single line of the message

Ctrl-Down

Read the entire next message when focus is in the history, not a single line of the message

Settings

Read background messages

Tells LSR to read incoming messages even when Pidgin is not in the foreground

Usage

Navigate the buddy list using the up and down arrows. Press Enter on the buddy with whom you want to chat. In the new window that appears, type your message to your buddy and press Enter. Wait for your buddy to respond. LSR will read his or her message to you when the chat window is in the foreground. New conversations will start in new tabs in this chat window by default.

To review what your buddy has said, press CapsLock-S to switch to the message history. Use the arrow keys to navigate this text area. Press Ctrl-Up and Ctrl-Down to move by entire messages. Press CapsLock-S again to return to the message composition box.

To check on the status of all conversations, press CapsLock-W.