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- ~J~6 HELP!!!
- ~7
- ~L/? ~G- This help screen. ~L?~G by itself, without the ~L/~G, will also work.
-
- ~L/q ~G- Quit (exit chat, go back to the BBS) ~Lq~G or ~Lx~G by itself will
- also work.
-
- ~L/t ~G- Change "Channel" - TommCHAT supports 256 "channels" so that separate
- discussions can be carried out without interference or confusion
- with other conversations. Include the channel number you want to
- change to, example:
- ~P
- /t42
- ~G
- ... this will take you to channel 42. Only other users
- on channel 42 will be able to see what you publicly
- type.
- ~O
- By default, you start out on Channel 1.
-
- ~L/s ~G- "Status" - gives a quick summary of all nodes using TommCHAT.
- Typing ~Lwho~G by itself on a line does the same trick.
-
- ~L/sm~G- "Show Members" - gives a quick user list
-
- ~L/ga~G- "Generic Action" - crudely mimics a popular Glop feature. This command
- causes the system to make a third-party statement about you. Here
- is an example:
- ~P
- /a is laughing his fool head off!
- ~G
- This might cause the following to be displayed to everyone on your
- channel:
- ~L
- Waffle is laughing his fool head off!
-
- ~L/a ~G- "Action" - This invokes SmartActions.
- ~L/a?~G- "Actions Help" - Detailed help for SmartActions.
- ~L/al~G- "Actions List" - List all available SmartActions.
-
- ~L/h ~G- "Handle" - lets you change your online name in TommCHAT
- Here is an example:
- ~L
- /h Waffle
-
- ~G This will change your handle to "Waffle". You have the option of
- permanently saving the handle as your default, or just leaving it
- as a temporary handle.
-
- ~L/p ~G- "Private" - Anything you type on the same line with /p will go to
- the node you specify only. Here is an example:
- ~L
- /p2 Hey, Larry, what's up?
- ~G
- This will cause the following message to be displayed to the
- user on node 2 (hence the /p2):
- ~N
- P#2 Waffle: Hey, Larry, what's up?
- ~G
- This feature has a couple of shorthand forms which do exactly the
- same thing.
- ~L
- /2 Hey, Larry, what's up?
- /larry Hey, Larry, what's up?
- ~G
- In the latter form, you can use the first few letters in the other
- guy's handle, or if he is using funny high-bit ANSI characters
- that you can't type, you can specify a few characters from in the
- middle of the handle, for example:
- ~L
- /arry Hey, Larry, what's up?
-
- ~L/x ~G- "Squelch" - Disallows /p messages from a user. To sqelch someone
- type /x followed by their node number, e.g.
- ~P
- /x2
- ~G
- This will stop whomever is on node 2 from sending you /p
- messages. To allow a user to /p again, or "unsquelch",
- simply repeat the command, e.g. /x2 a second time will
- unsquelch node 2.
-
- ~L/xa~G- "Squelch All" - Disallows /p messages from all users! This will
- actually squelch everyone who is on at the time, however if someone
- logs off and comes back, they will be able to /p you again. You can
- unsquelch everyone by typing /xa again, and you can selectively
- unsquelch certain users using the above /x command.
-
- ~L/tt~K<node>~G - Participate in a "Tele-Trial" - by using this command
- you are casting a vote to remove the user on the node you specify
- from the system! If enough votes are cast, the user will be kicked
- off! ~OOne vote per user...
-
- ~L/u1~K<text... >~G - Enter your "hello" message, which announces to
- other users when you are logging on. The <text> can be up to 96
- characters and may include embedded characters. To go back to the
- default "hello" message, just type ~O/u1~G without any text.
-
- ~L/u2~K<text... >~G - Enter your "goodbye" message, which announces to
- other users when you are logging off. The <text> can be up to 96
- characters and may include embedded characters. To go back to the
- default "goodbye" message, just type ~O/u1~G without any text.
-
- ~L/m ~G- Message - This displays one of the system messages which are
- automatically displayed from time to time. There are up to 36
- system messages from A to Z and 0 to 9.
-
- Example:
- ~L
- /ma
- ~G
- will display the /ma message (if present).
-
- ~L/m+~K<slot>~G - Enter Message. If you have been assigned a message
- slot by the sysop, you can enter text into it using this command.
-
- ~L/m- - Toggle /m auto messages on and off.
-
- ~L><user>~G - Direct your comments to one user, but keep it public.
- This probably needs some explaining. With this command, you can
- speak publicly, but it will be known by all on the channel to whom
- your message is intended. This helps people keep track of more
- than one conversation on the same channel.
-
- There are several forms for this. You can enter > followed by the
- user's node and then the message, or use a full or partial handle.
- Here are some examples.
- ~L
- >larry Hey, Larry, how about them Leafs?
- >arr Hey, Larry, how about them Leafs?
- >2 Hey, Larry, how about them Leafs?
- ~G
- Any of these might generate:
- ~P
- (1) Waffle (to Larry): Hey, Larry, how about them Leafs?
- ~G
- Except for Larry, who sees:
- ~P
- (1) Waffle (to you): Hey, Larry, how about them Leafs?
- ~G
- There are a few "special" cases of this.
-
- You can specify your own node or handle, and it will say (to
- himself) or (to herself) to everyone on the channel except you, who
- will still see (to you). You can also say something to >all which
- shows up as (to everyone) or to >none which shows up as (to
- no-one).
-
- ~O
- Anything else you type will be sent to everyone else on your
- channel!
-
- A new feature for version 1.3 is the "Private" or "locked"
- channel. In this, a user can go to another channel, "lock"
- it, and then only users she invites to the channel will be
- able to go to that channel. All others get a message
- stating that the channel is locked.
-
- There are four basic commands.
-
- /lock
-
- This simply locks the channel that the user is on. There
- are limits to this, of course. See "NoLock" in the config
- file and earlier in this document.
-
- /unlock
-
- This unlocks, or frees up for public use, the channel that
- the user is on. Note that TommCHAT keeps track of who
- locked the channel, so only a sysop or the user herself who
- locked the channel can use /unlock.
-
- /invite
-
- This invites a user to the channel. You can specify a
- username or a node, e.g. /invite tommy or /invite 1. If
- nothing is specified, TommCHAT will supply a list of users
- and ask which one to invite.
-
- /eject
-
- This kicks a user out of the channel.
-