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Node Chat Functions
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Subcommands: (G) (Q) (X) (CALL) (CHANNEL) (ECHO) (IGNORE) (HANDLE) (MENU)
(MONITOR) (PRIVATE) (SEND) (SHOW) (SILENT) (TOPIC) (WHO)
(G) Goodbye, logoff system
(Q) Quit chat, return command prompt
(CALL) Calls another user into chat
(CHANNEL) Change to another topic (or channel)
(ECHO) Enable "echo" mode
(IGNORE) Ignore input from one or more nodes
(HANDLE) Change your name (or handle) for use in chat
(MENU) Redisplay the menu regardless of Novice/Expert status
(MONITOR) Toggles monitoring of channels (optionally accepts
numbers indicating which channels to monitor)
(NOECHO) Disables "echo". Non-Echo Mode is useful for split-
screen chatting.
(PRIVATE) Make a conversation (or channel) private
(PUBLIC) Make a conversation (or channel) public
(SEND) Send a private message to another node in chat
(SHOW) Show users currently in chat
(SILENT) Toggle display of user entrance and exit information
(TOPIC) Change the topic for the current channel
(WHO) Display who is online and what they are doing
Description: Node chat allows 2 or more people to communicate with each other
across separate nodes of the BBS.
A Channel is a separate group of people or topic of conversation.
There are 255 channels available. Use of the SHOW command will
allow you to see what converstations, by topic, are currently
taking place and who is involved in each. The MONITOR command
will let you listen in on all non-private channels to help you
decide which conversations you might wish to join. Typing
MONITOR alone will toggle the function on or off. Typing
MONITOR followed by numbers will monitor specific channels.
A Handle simply allows you to identify yourself without
requiring that your entire name be used. A Handle does not
hide your identity (as seen by a WHO command in PCBoard) but
merely provides you the ability to be known by another name
while in chat.
An Open Discussion is one in which others may freely join. A
Private Discussion prevents others, not already in the channel,
from monitoring or joining. The PRIVATE command can be used to
make a channel private. The PUBLIC command will make it
public again. Channel #1 can never be made private which
leaves it open for newcomers to the chat.
During the course of an open discussion you may notice other
callers joining in. An announcement of each arrival or
departure is made to let you know who is in chat. The SILENT
command can be used to turn these announcements off.
The CALL command lets you invite other users into your chat
session. These users may already be in group chat, or they
may be out in the main part of the BBS. As long as the user
has not made himself unavailable and isn't busy performing
other duties you may issue a CALL command to request his
presence in chat. It should be understood that the caller may
decline your offer to chat.
NOTE: The CALL command is the ONLY way that someone
outside of a Private Discussion can join. Once you CALL
the user, a flag is set that allows that user join.
The SEND command can be used to privately send a one line
message to another caller that is already in group chat. The
caller does not need to be in the same channel as yourself.
The IGNORE command allows you to ignore the input coming from
one or more nodes. If a caller, in your channel, is becoming a
nuisance, that caller can be ignored. However, ultimately the
better solution would be to switch to another channel and make
it private.
The NOECHO command allows you to disable the input echoing that
normally occurs. With echoing enabled, your system must be
capable of handling ANSI cursor position commands and even then
you are limited to ONE line of text that can be typed ahead
while another caller is typing. With echoing disabled, ANSI is
no longer required and since a local split screen is used, none
of the text is transmitted until you press enter so you may
type more than a single line of text while others are typing.
Type ECHO to re-enable echoing.