About a hundred years ago, on an old Tandy 6000 unix system that I had,
there was a command line 'chat' utility that allowed an interactive 'chat'
between a host computer and a terminal logged in to the host. It was much
simpler, faster, and (to my mind) more efficient than any graphical 'chat'
Also, somewhat related, there was an ability to 'echo' a short message
from one connected party to another. How can that be done now?
For example, one might echo the message, Need to chat, got a minute?
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It sounds a lot like 'talk' on linux ( and most unixes):
TALK(1) BSD General Commands Manual
TALK(1)
NAME
talk — talk to another user
SYNOPSIS
talk person [ttyname]
DESCRIPTION
Talk is a visual communication program which copies lines from your
ter‐
minal
There are various IRC (Internet Chat Relay) programs, like xchat, you could
use. But they are not direct between two users logged into the same system
as you are asking for.
Linux does have a chat utility that could be what you used back then but the
man page describes it as being an automated
Looks like JD found what you are looking for. It is not included in ubuntu
by default but you can install it via Synaptic (not via the Software Centre)
and you will need talkd also.
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 9:10 AM, JD Austin j...@twingeckos.com wrote:
It sounds a lot like 'talk' on linux ( and
If I'm not mistaken, you'll also need to set mesg to 'y' in order to allow it
to converse.
This is either global, or per user.
Been like 10+ years since I've even touched this, wow...
--Dan
On Apr 9, 2011, at 9:18 AM, Dazed_75 wrote:
Looks like JD found what you are looking for. It is not
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Matt Graham danceswithcr...@usa.net wrote:
If I'm not mistaken, you'll also need to set mesg to 'y' in order
to allow it to converse. This is either global, or per user.
If you try talk joebob pts/2 then you'll get your party is refusing
messages if joebob on
I second talk. But you may also want to check out wall.
On 4/9/11, Andrew Harris t...@supertunaman.com wrote:
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Matt Graham danceswithcr...@usa.net wrote:
If I'm not mistaken, you'll also need to set mesg to 'y' in order
to allow it to converse. This is either
