MSN Menu Overview
From MercuryWiki
These are the options available from the Mercury MSN menu in the main window of Mercury. Most of these are quite self-explanatory, but you can use this overview to search for specific features or just to get some more information on any specific option. Use the contents table to go directly to the menu-item you wish to see.
Mercury 2.0 Unstable
MSN
Sign out
Signs you out from your MSN account in the current MSN tab. Shortcut key: Ctrl+L
Change status
Opens a sub-menu where you can choose the status you want to show on your MSN account.
Custom state
Opens a sub-menu where you can also choose a status to show on your MSN account, but these are custom states which are shown (in Mercury atleast) alongside your normal status.
Open log directory
Opens the directory where your log files are stored.
Open received files directory
Opens the directory where your received files are stored, or where the contact-specific subfolders for your received files are located.
Open display picture directory
Opens the directory where your contacts' display pictures are stored (in contact-specific subfolders).
Exit
Exits the Mercury client entirely. Shortcut key: Ctrl+Q
Tabs
New MSN tab
Opens a new MSN tab within Mercury where you can log in with a different MSN account. Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+M
Close current tab
Closes the current tab.
Close all tabs
Closes all tabs in Mercury (except the System tab, which never closes)
Actions
Add a contact
Add a contact to your contact list by entering their email address in the dialog that is shown and optionally define their alias and group, then click Add.
Add a group
Add a group to your contact list by entering its name in the dialog that is shown and clicking Add.
Add emoticon
Add a custom emoticon to Mercury by providing its URL (for web images) or local file path (for local images) and the key combination you wish to use with this emoticon. Then click Add.
Search contacts
Search for contacts in your contactlist. Clicking this enables a search field at the top of your contact list which you can use to search through your contact list. When you're done searching, you can click the X on the right to remove it again. Shortcut key: Ctrl+F
Show/hide offline contacts
Toggles the hiding or showing of offline contacts in your contact list (invisible contacts are not seen as offline, even if their status icon is the same as the offline icon) Shortcut Key: F4
Send a message to ...
Send a chat message to a contact by entering their email address in the shown window, then pressing OK.
Download unknown display pictures
Download display pictures you don't yet have from people in your contactlist. (May not be applicable if the "Auto download unknown display pictures" option is checked in Account preferences > Conversations/Settings > Display Picture)
Play webcam stream
Select a Mimic (*.ml20) file from your saved webcam streams and play it in Mercury.
Convert webcam stream (Requires JMF)
Convert one of the Mimic (*.ml20) files to Quicktime (*.mov) video files. As noted, you need the JMF to do this (should be included in official 1.9 stable release)
Import/Export
Import/Export Account settings and/or your MSN contactlist.
Change contact list display
Toggles the display method of your MSN contact list. The available display methods are Normal(as defined by your Contact list view), Display Picture Row (with contacts shown only as display pictures in a row and full details given for the currently selected contact) and Display Picture Table (with contacts shown only as display pictures in a single table with details given for the contact while hovering over it). The last two display modes are still very experimental and are not practical for everyday use.
Preferences
Account preferences
Opens your Account preferences window.
View preferences
Opens your View preferences window.
Global preferences
Opens your Global preferences window.
Help
Mercury Forum
Opens the Mercury Forum site in a browser window.
Changelog
Shows the changelog for Mercury
MSN Service Status
Opens the MSN Service Status site in a browser window.
Debug
Select current communications log
Opens a file browser window with the communications log selected in it.
Select current info log
Opens a file browser window with the info log selected in it.
Debug Console
Opens the Debug Console. This can be used to execute commands without needing to open a conversation to anyone or even being signed in to an MSN account.
Write settings to info log
Writes your current account settings to your info log for better understanding of a situation in case of an error or bug.
About Mercury
Opens a window with author and version information and credits.
Mercury 1.9 Stable
MSN
Sign out
Signs you out from your MSN account in the current MSN tab. Shortcut key: Ctrl+L
Change status
Opens a sub-menu where you can choose the status you want to show on your MSN account.
Custom state
Opens a sub-menu where you can also choose a status to show on your MSN account, but these are custom states which are shown (in Mercury atleast) alongside your normal status.
Open log directory
Opens the directory where your log files are stored.
Open received files directory
Opens the directory where your received files are stored, or where the contact-specific subfolders for your received files are located.
Open display picture directory
Opens the directory where your contacts' display pictures are stored (in contact-specific subfolders).
Exit
Exits the Mercury client entirely. Shortcut key: Ctrl+Q
Tabs
New MSN tab
Opens a new MSN tab within Mercury where you can log in with a different MSN account. Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+M
Open RSS tab
Opens a new RSS tab within Mercury. Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+R
Close current tab
Closes the current tab.
Close all tabs
Closes all tabs in Mercury (except the System tab, which never closes)
Actions
Add a contact
Add a contact to your contact list by entering their email address in the dialog that is shown and optionally define their alias and group, then click Add.
Add a group
Add a group to your contact list by entering its name in the dialog that is shown and clicking Add.
Add emoticon
Add a custom emoticon to Mercury by providing its URL (for web images) or local file path (for local images) and the key combination you wish to use with this emoticon. Then click Add.
Search contacts
Search for contacts in your contactlist. Clicking this enables a search field at the top of your contact list which you can use to search through your contact list. When you're done searching, you can click the X on the right to remove it again. Shortcut key: Ctrl+F
Show/hide offline contacts
Toggles the hiding or showing of offline contacts in your contact list (invisible contacts are not seen as offline, even if their status icon is the same as the offline icon) Shortcut Key: F4
Send a message to ...
Send a chat message to a contact by entering their email address in the shown window, then pressing OK.
Download unknown display pictures
Download display pictures you don't yet have from people in your contactlist. (May not be applicable if the "Auto download unknown display pictures" option is checked in Account settings > Conversations/Settings > Display Picture)
Play webcam stream
Select a Mimic (*.ml20) file from your saved webcam streams and play it in Mercury.
Convert webcam stream (Requires JMF)
Convert one of the Mimic (*.ml20) files to Quicktime (*.mov) video files. As noted, you need the JMF to do this (should be included in official 1.9 stable release)
Options
Account settings
Opens your Account settings window.
View settings
Opens your View settings window.
Global settings
Opens your Global settings window.
Import/Export
Import/Export Account settings and/or your MSN contactlist.
Help
Mercury Forum
Opens the Mercury Forum site in a browser window. Keyboard shortcut: F1
Changelog
Shows the changelog for Mercury
MSN Service Status
Opens the MSN Service Status site in a browser window.
Debug
Select current communications log
Opens a file browser window with the communications log selected in it.
Select current info log
Opens a file browser window with the info log selected in it.
Debug Console
Opens the Debug Console. This can be used to execute commands without needing to open a conversation to anyone or even being signed in to an MSN account.
Write settings to info log
Writes your current account settings to your info log for better understanding of a situation in case of an error or bug.
About Mercury
Opens a window with author and version information and credits.
