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Synchronet v1b Chat Documention
Listing Users Online:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Anywhere within Synchronet, you can list the users currently online with the
Ctrl-U command.
List All Nodes:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From the Main, Transfer, Multinode Chat, or Private Chat sections you can list
the current status of all the nodes with the '/L' command.
Node Status Line:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When listing nodes (either with the Ctrl-U or /L commands), you will receive
a listing of nodes. The format of each line is as follows:
Node n: username action connection (flags) [sysflags]
Where:
n = node number
username = user's name
action = what the user is currently doing
connection = how the user is connected (bps rate if remote)
flags = letters representing special modes of the node:
A - Activity Alert Disabled:
User of this node will not be notified of
other users logging on or off other nodes.
L - Node is locked for sysop use:
Node is temporarily reserved for sysop
use only.
M - Message waiting for node:
An unreceived node-to-node message is
waiting for this node.
P - Page disabled:
User of this node does not wish to allow
users of other nodes to page him for chat
or send him node-to-node messages.
sysflags = modes that are sysop settable/viewable only:
A - Anonymous:
User on this node is in anonymous mode.
D - Down:
This node will be shutdown as soon as possible.
E - Event:
This node will run it's daily event (if one
is specified) before waiting for another
call.
I - Node will be interrupted:
Node connection will be terminated as soon
as possible.
Q - Quiet:
User on this node is in quiet mode.
R - Rerun:
This node will Rerun when user logs off.
U - User data update:
This user's data has been modified by
another node and needs to be read from
disk.
If the node is not in use, the possible status are:
Offline: Node is not currently running Synchronet
Waiting for Call: Node is waiting for a call.
Networking: Node is currently executing network functions.
New User Logging On: A user is logging on as new.
Waiting for all nodes to become inactive.
Running external event.
Waiting for node x to finish external event.
Send private message to another node:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From anywhere within the BBS, Ctrl-P will allow you to send a private message
to of up to 70 characters to another node (or all nodes).
Chat Section:
~~~~~~~~~~~~
To access multinode chat, private chat, disable or enable paging, or disable or
enable node activity alerts, you must first enter the chat section. To do this,
type 'C' at either the main or transfer prompts. You will then be given a
"Chat:" prompt. As with most Synchronet prompts, you can hit '?' to be given a
menu of commands. The available commands are as follows:
D:Disable/Enable Paging
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Use this command to keep users on other nodes from paging you or
sending you messages.
A:Activity Alert Disable/Enable
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Use this command if you don't want to see when users on other nodes
are logging on or off.
C:Chat with Sysop
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If this sysop is available, you can toggle the sysop page on and off
with this command.
T:Talk with The Guru
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Use this command to page The Guru for chat.
J:Join/Initiate Multi-Node Chat Session
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A multinode chat session can be joined or initiated with this command.
You will receive a few messages:
"Welcome to Multi-Chat - Type /? for menu."
"Welcome to channel 1"
Then the nodes currently in multinode chat channel 1 will be displayed.
Then the message:
"You are on the Air!"
At this point, there isn't a command prompt. If you type a line of
text, it will be sent to the other nodes in the same chat channel
To get a command prompt, type the '/' character as the first character
of the line. Now you will have a "Command:" prompt. Type '?' for a menu
of commands. Typing 'Q' will return you to to the chat prompt and
other nodes in the chat session will be notified of your leaving.
Entering a number at the "Command:" prompt will change the current
channel to the number specified ('/3' changes to channel 3). You
can toggle the echoing (repeating) of your chat input with the
'/E' command.
Multi-channel
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Users can only access channels from 1 to their Main Level.
So if a couple of level 20 users change to channel 20, any
user with an ML less than 20 will not be able to join their
conversation.
The first user to join any channel (other than channel 1) will
be asked if he wishes to password protect that channel. If the
user decides to protect the channel with a password, any users
trying to join the channel will be prompted for the password
and must enter it correctly. If a user has password protected
his channel an asterisk ('*') will appear next to his channel
number in the node listings. The password is also displayed to
sysops.
A sysop can type '/0' and join a "global" channel where he will
see all the chat messages on all channels and if he enters a
line of text, it will be sent to all users in all channels.
P:Private Node-to-node chat
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If a user wishes to chat with just one user in a real-time, character
by character chat mode, he can request private chat with another
node with the 'P' command from the Chat: prompt. If the user accepts,
both users will be in a live chat, as opposed the to line by line
or paragraph style of multinode chat. The command access is the same
as multinode chat, in that '/?' will display a menu. '/L' will list
all nodes, '/E' will toggle echo, and '/Q' will quit private chat.
If the user's terminal or terminal program supports split-screen chat
mode, the '/E' command can be used to toggle off the echo of that
user's input so that the user can then start the split-screen chat
mode of his or her term program. Now, both users can type
simultaneously without disrupting each other's window.
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