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# This is the help file for Tampa PingPong convers/conversd
# by Brian A. Lantz/KO4KS <brian@lantz.com>
# $Revision: 1.14 $$Date: 1995/06/16 14:47:52 $
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# The format:
# all lines beginning with ':' are ID lines, that tell what
# subject query/queries this applies to. Multiple subject are
# separated by a ':'. All other lines will be displayed in response
# to a query on that subject.
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# In the case of a '/help' command with no query subject, the first
# line of all subjects (including to subject ID '*'), will be
# displayed.
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:*
The commands can be abbreviated by leaving out any non-capitalized letters
:*
in the command name. Parameters in "[]" are optional.
:*
:*
NOTE: Commands marked with "*" are only available to SYSOPs.
:?:help
/? Prints a short summary of the available commands
:*
:away
/Away [text] Mark user as being away
The away command places you in Away mode, and sets an away-text for the
other users. If you call the away command with no additional arguments, you
are marked as being back again.
:action:me
/ACtion text Write action to channel
:all
/ALl text Send text to all users
If you are in Query mode, a text written with /all at the front will
be displayed as a normal convers text written to all users on this channel.
:beep:bell
/Beep Toggle Beep-Mode
:beep:bell
/BELl Toggle Beep-Mode
The beep command toggles a warning bell (^G) being sent before every message
coming from another user. This command really is a subset of the /prompt
command, see there.
:bye:exit:quit
/BYe Terminate the convers session
:channel:join
/Channel n Switch to channel n
:charset
/CHARset [in [out]] Change terminal emulation (default ansi)
With this command, you can tell the convers deamon which type of umlauts you
prefer to use. The Syntax is /char [intype [outtype]]. For example, if you
work on an Atari st you could say: "/char atari atari". If you use a pc and
like to write your own umlauts in TeX style, "/char tex pc" may work. Play a
bit around with this feature ! Special Thanks to Thommy,
<dl9sau@zedat.fu-berlin.de> (Internet mail) <dl9sau@db0sao.ampr.org>
(AmPR-Net mail) who wrote this nice feature. Suggestions to this feature
should be redirected to him :-)
:cq
/CQ [text] Sends a CQ to all users
Invoking this command will send out a message like:
*** callsign@hostname channel xx calling CQ [topic]'
where 'xx' is your current channel number and 'topic' is an optional
text string. This will be displayed as a normal convers text written to all
users on all channels.
:cstat
/CStat Displays links and destinations information
:cut
/CUt Simulates the cutting of a card deck/displays result
Simulates the cutting of a deck of cards and displays selected card.
:destinations:hosts
/Destinations List reachable ping-pong hosts
:bye:exit:quit
/Exit Terminate the convers session
:exclude:imsg:iwrite
/EXClude user text Send Text to all on channel except user
:halt
/HAlt Halt the convers server - operator-only command
The halt command is a special operator mode command that is used to bring a
confused or troublesome server to a halted condition. This does everything
that the /restart command does, and then goes into an infinite loop,
not allowing new connects or links, but also not exiting the program.
While it's usefulness is limited, when you need it, you NEED it ;-)
:help:?
/Help [subj] Get help on a subject
The help command may be invoked with an additional parameter. I believe you
hacked in "help help" to see this, right ? :-). better try out help options
that are followed by an additional command.
:destinations:hosts
/HOsts List reachable ping-pong hosts
All Pingpong hosts in the network being connected to each other are listed.
The numbers shown in the list are response times in seconds.
:invite:page
/Invite user Invite user to join your channel
:exclude:imsg:iwrite
/IMsg user text Send Text to all on channel except user
:exclude:imsg:iwrite
/IWrite user text Send Text to all on channel except user
The exclude command is the opposite of the /msg command. You can send
messages to all users on the channel except the one given as the first
parameter. Internally these messages are sent as private messages to the
users, so links are flooded a bit more :-)
:channel:join
/Join Switch to channel n
Join another channel. Unlike other other conversd implementations Ping-Pong,
conversd supports multiple channel joins the same time. Thus the old channel
is not left. You may do this by invoking "/leave".
:last
/LAst user List last appearances of user
The last sign on and sign of of the specified user is diplayed. You must at
know his name then the data base will be searched to look up the login/out
time. Special thanks to Wolfgang Tremmel for his basic work on this item
His email adresses are <dh2paf@db0sao.ampr.org> and <tremmel@ira.uka.de>.
:leave
/LEave [channel] Leaves specified or default channel
Invoking this command you will leave the actual channel or the specified
channel. If the given channel is your last existence in the convers channel,
you'll quit the whole program.
:links
/Links [args] List or setup links (see "help links")
The current link state is displayed. In the standard version, host name,
link state, link round trip times, neighbour revision codes and state time
followed by time of next try and count of connect tries (on disconnected or
connecting links) are shown, connected lines print out their queue length
and total transmit statistics.
If you are sysop, you may also set up or remove links at runtime.
Adding a link might happen like this:
"/l dc6iq-u 2 4 unix:/tcp/.sockets/netcmd connect tcp dc6iq 3600"
In this command a host called dc6iq-u will be entered into group 2 by
quality 4. The link will be established by using WAMPES.
:list
/LISt List all channels and topics
All channels, their topics (if set), flags (if some) and users are displayed.
:action:me:
/ME text Write action to channel
If you want to display an action you take, you might use this command. E.g.
entering the line "/me yawns" all connected users in this channel will see
a message like: "*** dc6iq yawns"
:mode
/MOde #channel options Set channel options
The mode command is one of the most complicated ones. It is invoked with
"/mode <channel> <+|-><t|i|s|m|p|l|o<name>>". Flags may be a set of the
following:
t - channel topic may be set by channel operators only
i - channel is invisible for users not on it
s - channel is secret, only its number not displayed
m - channel is moderated, only channel-operators may talk
p - channel is private, invitation needed to join here
l - channel is local, no text forwarding to other nodes (NYI)
o<name> - make <name> a channel operator
The plus indicates an option to be set, a dash resets the option. A
combination of + and - is allowed so the following command will work:
"/mode 69 -s+todc6iq". Channel 69 is no longer secret, but topics may be
set only by channel operators. In addition the user dc6iq becomes a
channel operator.
:msg:send:write
/Msg user|#channel text Send message to a user or joined channel
:news
/News Prints out the current PingPong 'news'
Prints out the current Conference Bridge 'news'.
:nickname
/NIckname name Set the name you will be identified by
Set the name you will be identified by.
:nonickname
/NOnickname Reset nickname to your username
Set the name you will be identified by back to your user name.
:notify
/NOTify [calls] Send notice if one of calls signs on
You are notified if one person out of the notification list appears on any
channel in this convers. E.g. "/notify + dc1ik" adds the user dc1ik to the
notification list, "/notify - db4ut" removes him from the list. The list is
initially treated as if a plus "+"-sign was given, multiple lists may be
specified. The following command would be legal and would result in adding
dc1ik, db4ut and dg3kcr to the list, while removing dc6iq and dh2paf:
"/notify dh2paf + dc1ik db4ut - dc6iq dh2paf +dg3kcr"
Removing non-members to the list is ignored.
:note:personal
/NOTE [text] Set personal description
:operator:sysop
/Operator [number] Become operator
:invite:page
/Page user Page a user to join your channel
An invitation to the named user is sent. The invite is passed through all
convers nodes in the net. If the user is on another channel, he will be able
to join your private channel. If he is online on a unix machine, he will
receive the invitation message via standard broadcast by conversd. In the
latter case he will be unable to join a private channel directly.
:note:personal
/PErsonal [text] Set personal description
A brief description can be set up, accessible to all users via the "/who"
command. A typical Message looks like this: "/pers Fred, Buechig, JN49fb".
:prompt
/PRompt abcd Prompts a=query b=std c=ctrl-g d=ctrl-h
The prompt command takes up to four arguments in one concatenated string.
Thus "/prompt abcd" will set up "a" for the query prompt, "b" for the
standard prompt. "d" is the character to remove the prompt, and "c" is
displayed whenever a text is sent to you. Normally you make "c" a control-G
(beep char) and "d" a backspace or delete character (control-h or 0x7f).
:query
/QUEry [user] Start/End a private conversation
The username given as argument will be the only recipient for all further
texts. They are send as private messages (just like /m). With no optional
argument, the further texts go into the whole channel again.
:bye:exit:quit
/Quit Terminate the convers session
Passing this command to conversd, you will retire from the famous Ping-Pong
conversation. I hope you enjoyed this stuff :-)
:quote
/QUOte Sends host's Quote-of-the-day to the current channel
Sends host's Quote-of-the-day to the current channel.
:realname
/Realname [user] List nicknames and realnames of users
List nicknames and realnames of users.
:restart
/REStart Restart the convers server - operator-only command
This is a operator mode command that brings down all active links and users.
The server remains up and active after the /restart command is complete.
This is good to flush the system and start fresh, with requiring the
server to exit and restart.
:roll
/ROll Simulates the rolling of two dice/displays selection
Simulates the rolling of two dice amd displays selected dice.
:msg:send:write
/Send user text Send a private message to user
:smiley
/SMiley Displays a random 'smiley' and its meaning
Displays a random 'smiley' and the meaning of that smiley.
:stats
/STats [[mode] [num]] Request statistics on this server
:sysinfo
/SYsinfo [host] Requests information about a specific host site
Requests system information about a specific host. The information can
contain anything, but should at least contain the email address of the
sysop of that site
:operator:sysop
/SYSOp [number] Become operator
Invoking this command, a random number from 0..99999 will be displyed.
Take each digit, multiply with the corresponding digit in the secret number
at the configuration file, sum it and enter the number by invoking
"/oper <n>".
:time
/Time Sends host's current time to the current channel
Sends host's current time to all on the current channel.
:topic
/TOpic [#chan] [text] Set channel topic. Text=@ removes topic
A brief description of the channel topic can be set. Other users can look
it up with the "/who quick" or "/list" commands. If the channel number is
omitted, the topic will be set to the current channel, else to the desired
one. if no #channel is given, the topic will appear on the current channel,
if specified, the topic on that channel will be set (only if you're logged
on to that channel). To clear a topic, just try to set a topic like "@" :-)
An empty topic command diplays the current's channel topic.
:uptime
/UPtime How long has this conversd been up ?
The uptime command tells us how long this conversd is up and running.
:users:who
/Users [*|A|L|Q] List users and their channel numbers
:verbose
/Verbose Toggles verbose Flag
The verbose flag is toggled. You will be flooded with information if you
enable this feature.
:version
/VERSion Show version information
Print out version information to this software.
:users:who
/Who [*|A|L|Q|U users] List users and their channel numbers
The who command supports up to four switches. An "a" will diplay all users
and their Away texts, if set. A "l" generates a _long_ list containing
personal texts, away texts and Queue informations. A "q" gives a brief list.
An asterisk "*" displays the users on your current channel in normal mode.
If you want to get informations about specific users, you can use the
"who u userlist" variant or the "whois user" command.
:whois
/WHOIs [user] Gives complete information about a user
This is a question to conversd. "/whois dc6iq" will show all available
informations about dc6iq, i.e. joined channels, personal description,
away message and times.
:width
/WIdth [value] Set/show terminal width
Tell conversd about your screen width. Then formatted messages will use the
entire screen. It is set to 80 by default.
:msg:send:write
/WRite user text Send a private message to user
Send a text to one special user or a joined channel. If the message should
be redirected to a channel, The command must be invoked in this syntax:
"/msg #<channel> <text>". The adressee (if user) can indicate the private
character of the message due to additional asterisks in his received lines.
a mesage written by dc6iq to dc1ik looks like this: "/m dc1ik This is a Test"
will be received by dc1ik like this: "<*dc6iq*>: This is a test".
