:general
How to use help
---------------
It is hugely recommended that you read help pages 1 though 14 for a
quick guide on the commands available and general information.
(Do help 1 ... etc)
help index gives an index to pages 1-17
help <command> now gives help on individual commands
Thanks to Batfink for the original helpfiles, Sparrow for
the updated ones, and Xolf for some of the others...
(And Chris for the spell checking :)
Any problems, comments or suggestions to:
summink@somewhere or <the admin>
:newbie
How to use help
---------------
It is hugely recommended that you read help pages 1 though 14 for a
quick guide on the commands available and general information.
(Do help 1 ... etc)
help index gives an index to pages 1-15
help <command> gives help on individual commands
Do 'help rooms' 'help lists' and 'help basic' to get a
basic overview of what some of the commands do.
Look around and enjoy the place. If you would like a permenant account
then ask around for 'residency' and you'll usually find there's
someone around who can help you out.
:0,index
Index
-----
1 - general communication
2 - information commands
3 - customisation commands
4 - how to move around
5 - list commands
6 - news mode and commands
7 - mail mode and commands
8 - commands to check things
9 - room mode and commands
10 - more room commands
11 - the editor, and associated commands
12-16 - miscellaneous bits that dont fit elsewhere
17 - basic help and tutorial
Do 'help room' 'help list' and 'help basic' to get a
basic overview of what some of the commands do.
:1,com,comms,communication,communicate
General Communication
---------------------
say (' ` ") - say a message to people in the same room as you.
emote (: ;) - emote an action to people in the same room.
remote (<) - an emote , but to a particular person(s).
pemote (::) - posessive emote (puts 's after your name).
premote (<:) - a pemote, but to a particular person(s).
shout (!) - shout something to everyone on the program.
tell (>) - tell a particular person(s) anywhere in the program.
whisper (=) - whisper to a person(s) in the same room as you.
echo (+) - echo to people in the same room as yourself.
recho (-) - like echo, but to a particular person(s).
reply (]) - reply to a tell to several people.
ereply ([) - as reply but for an emote.
converse - a typing shortcut where everything you type will be
'said' to the room you are in. Use with care.
think (~) - express something as a thought to the room at large.
tf - short form of 'tell friends'
rf - short form of 'remote friends'
rt - short form of 'remote <player(s)> thinks . o O ( <summin> )'
:2,information,info
Information
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who - lists who is currently on the program. (who 2 etc)
swho - a brief version of 'who'
qwho/fwho - show which of your friends are on. (see help list)
twho - does a 'who' with titles, not session messages.
where - lists where everyone (or a particular person) is.
with - lists who a particular person is with.
hide - make it so no-one will know where you are.
idle - shows when someone (or everyone) last did something
idlemsg - set a message to say why you're idle.
examine (x) - show info about a person who is logged in
finger - show info about someone who isnt logged in.
look (l) - show the room you are in, and who is in it.
time - show the local time
commands - a list of every command you can do
privs - a list of abilities you have.
grabable - lists who you can grab.
:3,customise,customisation
Customisation
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title - change the message after your name.
prefix - change the message before your name.
description - write a little description of yourself.
plan - a message for when you're not on the program.
prompt - set the normal prompt to something.
cprompt - set the prompt as seen in converse mode.
password - set your password
email - set your email address
public - make your email address public for everyone to see
gender - change your sex
entermsg - change the message people see when you enter a room
ghome - toggle whether you get transed to your home
when you log in.
recap - change the capitalisation of your name
age - set your age (0 turns off)
birthday - set your birthday (0 turns off)
:4,moving,move
Moving Around
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go - move to an adjacent room.
trans - move to anyroom (if you know its id).
home - go home.
visit - visit a person in their home.
main - go back to the main room.
leave - same as main.
exits - find out where you can 'go'
check room - find out the name/id of the room you are in
grab - grab someone into the same room as yourself.
join - join someone in the room they are in
:5,list
Your List
---------
list - view your list
clist - clear entries in your list
slist - set particular flags in particular entries
rlist - reset particular flags in particular entries
tlist - toggle particular flags in particular entries
flist - force the flaglist to that specified
noisy,ignore, }
inform,grabme,} toggle, set or reset flags according to which
friend,bar, } command is used on a particular person or
invite,beep, } persons in your list
block }
:6,news
Using News
----------
check news - see what news there is
news - do a news command, or enter news mode
Via the news command, or whilst in news mode
read - read a news article
view - view all articles
(a)reply - reply to a posting (via mail) (prepend 'a' for
anonymous reply)
(a)post - post an article
(a)followup - post an article refering to a previous article
remove - remove one of your posts
end - exit sub command mode
:7,mail
Using Mail
----------
check mail - see whats in your mailbox
mail - do a mail command, or enter mail mode
Via the mail command, or whilst in mail mode
read - read a piece of mail to you
view - view the mail you have received
(a)post - post mail to a person or persons (prepend 'a' to
post anonymously)
(a)reply - reply to a piece of mail
delete - delete mail you have received
inform - toggle whether you get informed of new mail for you
sent - show what mail you have sent.
remove - remove mail that you have sent
noanon - toggle whether you will be able to receive anonymous
mail
end - exit sub command mode
:8,checking,check
Checking things
---------------
check mail - view your mailbox
check news - view the news
check exits - view the exits in the room
check autos - see the automessages in a room
check room - list info about a room
check rooms - list your rooms
check email - see what your email address is set to
check wrap - check the line/word wrap stats
check entry - check the entry for your name, on someone elses list.
check flags - checks how some things are set for you
:9,room,rooms
Stuff for Rooms
---------------
lock - lock and unlock the room you are in.
room - do a room command, or enter room mode
connect_room - sets the room you will attempt to connect to
boot - boots people out of your rooms
Via the room command, or whilst in room mode
sethome - make this room your home
lock - lock a room
bolt - close the room to all but you, and open it again
lockable - make your room lockable by others apart from you
open - make it so anybody can enter a room
notify - you get told when someone enters a room of yours
link - link your rooms to another
linkable - make it so other people can link to a room of yours
entrance - opens a room so people can arrive there when they login
entermsg - set the message that other people will see when
someone leaves a room to enter this room
[+-]exit - add or remove an exit to another room (+ to add, -
to remove)
Continued on 'help 10' or 'help room-more'
:10,room-more
More Room Stuff
---------------
Via the room command, or whilst in room mode
edit - edit the description for the room.
id - set the id of the room
name - set the name of the room
info - give some info about the room
check - info about all your rooms
[+-]auto - add or remove an automessage (+ to add a message, -
to remove one)
speed - change the speed of the automessages
linkable - make it so other people can link to a room of yours
autos - check automessages, or turn them on or off
delete - delete a room
create - create a room
end - end sub command mode
:11,editor,edit
The Editor
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Lines not starting with / or . are inserted into the text.
.del - delete the current line
.- - go back a line
.+ - go forward a line
.view - see what you've written
.l - view the current line
.g - goto a line
.top - goto the top
.bot - goto the bottom
.wipe - completely clear the buffer
.stats - show some stats about the buffer
.quiet - toggle whether you go into 'quiet' mode when editing
.end - quit the editor and KEEP the changes
.quit - quit the editor and THROW AWAY any changes
:12,misc,miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
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blocktells - ignore any tells to you.
earmuffs - ignore any shouts.
quiet - go quiet, ignore shouts and tells
linewrap - turn off, or set the width of your terminal
wordwrap - turn off, or set the largest word that will
trigger wrapping
show - show what sort of command, some text has originated
from.
hitells - high-lights any personal messages for you.
quit - leave the program
list_su/lsu - list the superusers currently on
:13,disclaimer
Disclaimer
----------
Here, the term 'administrators' refers to Whoosh
In no event will the administrators of this program be liable to you
or anybody else for any damages, including any general, special,
incidental, or consequential damages, arising out of use or inability
to use the program, or arising from the actions of you or other
users of the program.
This includes, but is by no means limited to, the fact that any
statement made by any user of the program is not necessarily the view
of the administrators, nor supported by them.
By using this program you are explicitly accepting the above
terms, for this and any future uses of the program, and that you
indemnify the administrators against any damages arising in any way to
do with your, or anybody elses, use or misuse of the program.
:14,rules
The Rules
---------
The name of the game is to enjoy yourself.
What you do on your own is private, but, should anything you do
be abusive or annoying to other users (this includes 'piping' or 'spamming'),
or at all offensive, then be prepared to bear the full brunt of the
consequences.
Drug related conversation is in ALL WAYS banned from public rooms
(see help drugs for more information on the rule). Smilarly, no exchange
or discussion of 'where to get' pirated software is permitted.
The actions of any administrator (that includes superusers) are beyond
argument. However, please note that NO-ONE on the program has the power
to snoop, or intersect anything that happens in private.
You must set a valid email address or your user will not save.
Please stick to one resident user per person, it saves on disk
space. Anybody found having multiple characters, may have ALL their
users brutally removed.
:15,credits
Credits
-------
This program is based on the EW-too source code
which was coded 92/93 by Simon Marsh.
Also Chris Hughes did a lot of work on the code in 93,
with it running as Foothills.
Then from December 1993 to May 1994 Athanasius did a *LOT* of work on
the code as Surfers.
Also, thanks go to all the various spods who helped debug the
program, and provide valuable suggestions as to what it should do.
:16,flags
Flags
-----
This is a list of the flags you can set for someone in your list,
also for everyone:
Noisy - person can defeat blocktells and earmuffs
Ignore - you will not see anything person does, and if they
try a tell they will get your ignoremsg if set.
Inform - you will see a message when person connects
Grab - person can grab you
Friend - person is a friend
Bar - blocks person from entering your rooms, even if
they are open.
Invite - person is invited to your rooms
Beep - your terminal will beep when person connects
Bloc - blocks tells from person
Key - gives person the key to your rooms, they can enter
locked rooms and lock and unlock any room
Find - person can find you even when hidden
:17,basic,intro,tutorial
WELCOME TO THIS TALKER V0.90
===========================
OK, first a quick notation note: anything written <something> should
be replaced by the value of <something>, eg "trans <owner>.<roomid>"
becomes "trans nicolai.atrium" when you put in some specific values
for <owner> and <roomid>.
THIS TALKER is a place to meet people, hang out, and talk. Please respect
other people, and treat them as you would anyone you might meet
somewhere else. THIS TALKER is run by the admin(istrator)s, assisted by
superusers (SUs). They're the people to talk with if you have problems
or questions or suggestions.
Unfortunately some people use This Talker to insult and offend others.
This is about the only thing which is not allowed. Anyone doing so can
expect to be warned and if they persist, banned from using the
program. If you are the object of harassment in public, tell a
superuser or admin and the person will be subject to punishment. If
you are being severely harassed, use emergency scripting. "emergency
<reason>" will script for 60 seconds all that happens. "emergency
stop" will stop before that time. USE SPARINGLY. If you have a good
reason noone will mind. If you don't, they will. Consider the
emergency stop on a train. You can also "ignore" a person (when
resident), and you can always leave another character's rooms.
Continued in basic2,intro2,tutorial2 and basic3, etc.
:18,basic2,intro2,tutorial2
THIS TALKER offers many communication commands. The basic one is "say", which
is heard by everyone in the room; "tell <someone>" is only heard by
'someone'. "emote" and "remote" are the corresponding action commands.
"shout" is heard by everyone on the program, but can be ignored by
wearing "earmuffs". "tell" and "remote" can also be done to 'everyone'
or 'friends', going to everyone on the program or to those you have
named as 'friends' respectively. "echo" statements are used for
general atmosphere; they appear with a + at the start.
Residents have a title, prefix, plan and description to add to the
atmosphere. Please try and set them to something. If everyone does a
bit to add to the place, This Talker will become much more than the sum of
its parts. Your prefix appears in front of your name when you do most
things, your title appears in lists of people in rooms and so on, your
description will be seen by anyone who "examine"s you. "examine" will
show info about someone who is online, "finger" will get a bit less
info (but including the plan, unlike "examine" on anyone)
People with permanent characters on This Talker are called residents. If
you intend to use This Talker, it is much more comfortable to be a
resident. Ask any superuser or admin for residency. You will need to
supply your email address, which will remain private and visible only
by admins unless you make it public. Note once you are resident your
name cannot currently be changed. Being resident means only you can
use the name you are resident under.
THIS TALKER is divided into rooms. You arrive by default in the main room,
the general gathering place. Hang out here to talk and just generally
promenade. Residents have rooms of their own, and they can change the
description, name, the message people see when someone goes to the
room, and so on. Some rooms are open to all, some are only for those
specifically invited. The command "bounce" will take you on a
semi-random tour of open rooms. If you know the id of a room, you can
do "trans <owner>.<roomid>" and get there if you are allowed in. Rooms
may have exits, you can see with "exits" and you can go through them
"go <exit name>". You can also "join" someone and "visit" their home
room if you are allowed to. Read "help rooms" and "help rooms-more"
for help on the room commands.
:19,basic3,intro3,tutorial3
Room descriptions, mail, and news use the editor. This is a line-based
editor which is quite easy to use. Commands to the editor are entered
on a blank line beginnging with a ".", so we have ".quit", ".top",
etc. Read "help editor" BEFORE using mail, news, or room edit.
Each resident has a list. People can be put on it, and then be flagged
as friends, as invited, as to be ignored, that a message should be
displayed when they login ("inform") and others. Lists are an
important part of This Talker. Read "help list" to find out how to
maintain your list.
Most any numerical limits on a character in the program can be changed
on request by an admin, if you can justify it.
By Nicolai with a little help from Psmith :-)
:help,man,?
help,man - Gives help on a topic. <topic> can be a word,
typically a command or a number, for the more
general help pages. Can be abbreviated to ?
Syntax: help <topic> or man <topic>
:user_list
user_list - This is a comma separated list of users, like
joe,fred,sally,sue
:pager,page
The Pager
---------
b or p - Back 1 page.
f or n - Forward 1 page.
t - Go to the top of what is being paged.
q - Quit.
Anything else will just re-print the same page.
:nopager
nopager - Toggles whether you get paged output or not.
Read 'help pager' for help on how to use it.
Syntax: nopager
:|,pipe
A way of directing text to several different people.
Format: <emote/shout/say/echo> <msg> | <user_list>
(see 'help user_list' for help on <user_list>)
Example emote smiles at you. | batfink,burble
You will see :
You Emote : Spang smiles at Batfink and Burble.
Batfink sees (as a personal message)
Spang smiles at you and Burble.
Burble sees (as a personal message)
Spang smiles at Batfink and you.
Everyone else in the room sees (as a room message) :
Spang smiles at Batfink and Burble.
:say,',`,"
say (' ` ") - say a message to people in the same room as you.
(see also 'help |'). Can be abbreviated to ' or
` or "
Format: say <msg>
:emote,:,;
emote (: ;) - emote an action to people in the same room.
(see also 'help |') Can be abbreviated to : or ;
Format: emote <msg>
:remote,<
remote (<) - an emote , but to a particular user_list.
(see 'help user_list' for help on <user_list>)
Can be abbreviated to <
Format: remote <user_list> <msg>
:pemote,::,;;
pemote (:: ;;) - posessive emote (puts 's after your name).
Can be abbreviated to ::
Format: pemote <msg>
:premote,<:
premote (<:) - a pemote, but to a particular user_list.
Can be abbreviated to :<
Format: premote <user> <msg>
:shout,!
shout (!) - shout something to everyone on the program
(see also 'help |') Can be abbreviated to !
Format: shout <msg>
:tell,>
tell (>) - tell a particular user_list anywhere in the program.
(see 'help user_list' for help on <user_list>). Can
be abbreviated to >
Format: tell <user_list> <msg>
:exclude
exclude - say something to everyone in a room except those
specified. Those excluded will be told you said
something about them.
Syntax: exclude <user_list> <msg>
:reply,]
reply (]) - tell the same set of users, more than 1, that includes
you, that were the object of a previous tell or remote,
<msg>. Can be abbreviated to ]
Syntax: reply <msg>
:ereply,[
ereply ([) - remote to the same set of users, more than 1, that
includes you, that were the object of a previous tell
or remote, <msg>. Can be abbreviated to [
Syntax: ereply <msg>
:whisper,=
whisper (=) - whisper to a user_list in the same room as you.
(see 'help user_list' for help on <user_list>)
Can be abbriviated to =
Format: whisper <user_list> <msg>
:think
think - Express some comment as a thought to the room at
large.
Syntax: think <msg>
:echo,+
echo - echo to people in the same room as yourself.
(see also 'help |'). Can be abbreviated to +
Format: echo <msg>
:recho,-
recho - like echo, but to a particular user_list.
(see 'help user_list' for help on <user_list>)
Can be abbreviated to -
Syntax: recho <user_list> <msg>
:seeecho
seeecho - causes echoes to be prefixed with the name of the
person who did them.
Syntax: seeecho
:converse
converse - a typing shortcut where everything you type will be
'said' to the room you are in. To leave 'converse'
mode type '/end'.
Normal commands can be used if prepended by /
eg '/emote smiles.'
Format: converse
:end
end - ends commands in a submode and returns to normal mode.
Gets you out of mail, room, etc., modes.
:who
who - lists who is currently on the program. (who 2 etc)
:swho
swho - a brief version of 'who'
'swho -' will give names only.
:qwho,fwho
qwho/fwho - show which of your friends are on. (see help list)
:list_su,lsu
list_su - Shows you the currently logged in and on_duty
superusers.
Syntax: list_su
:twho
twho - shows a 'who' with titles, rather than session messages.
:where
where - lists where everyone (or a particular user) is.
You can also do "where everyone" and "where friends"
Format: where <user>
:with
with - lists who a particular user is with.
Format: with <user>
:hide
hide - make it so no-one will know where you are.
:idle
idle - shows when someone (or everyone) last did something
Syntax: idle [<user_list>]
:save
save - saves your character lest something nasty happen.
It will also be saved when you use the quit command,
when the program shuts down, hopefully if it crashes,
and when certain important things happen to it, BUT NOT
IF YOU MERELY DISCONNECT.
Syntax: save
:wake
wake - Attempt to wake someone. Sends them a message and a
somewhat obnoxious set of beeps.
Syntax: wake <user>
:session
session - Sets the session. This is for atmosphere, amusement
and as a discussion topic. Please set a comment,
however trivial, using "comment". Note all users see
a message when the session is changed.
Syntax: session <whatever>
:comment
comment - sets a one-line comment to the session topic. Please
set one when the session changes, even if it's
completely trivial.
Syntax: comment <msg>
:seesess
seesess - Shows you (optionally page <n>) of the session comments.
Syntax: seesess [<n>]
:motd
motd - displays the message of the day. Read this whenever you
login, it will contain any important announcements.
Syntax: motd
:idlemsg
idlemsg <reason> - set a message to say why you're idle.
eg idlemsg is off to the loo.
Then in the places that the idle message shows up people will see:-
<your name> is off to the loo.
This will only last until you next type a command, even
if it is not a valid one.
:ignoremsg
ignoremsg - sets the message people you are ignoring will
receive when they try a tell or remote.
Syntax: ignoremsg <msg>
:invites
invites - lists those people currently logged in from whom
you have an invite.
Syntax: invites
:iacgs
iacga - This controls whether you get prompt change messages
via the telnet protocol. These can be used by a
frontend to display an appropriate prompt.
Some telnet clients have problems with this, so it
can be switched off. If it ain't broke, don't fix it
Syntax: iacga
:examine,x
examine (x) - show info about a user who is logged in
Format: examine <user> or
x <user>
:finger
finger - show info about someone who isn't logged in.
Format: finger <user>
:look,l
look (l) - show the room you are in, and who is in it.
Can be abbreviated to l
:time
time - show the local time and a couple of stats.
:commands
commands - a list of every command you can do
:privs
privs - a list of abilities you have.
:grabable
grabable - lists who you can grab.
:recap
recap - Recapitalise your name.
Syntax: recap <new capitalisation>
eg. recap NiCOLaI
:title
title - change the message after your name.
Format: title <msg>
:seetitle
seetitle - Toggles whether you see session comments or titles
in the who list.
Syntax: seetitle
:prefix
prefix - change the message before your name.
Format: prefix <msg>
:noprefix
noprefix - toggles whether you will see prefixes or not.
Syntax: noprefix
:description,desc
description - write a little description of yourself.
Format: description <msg>
:plan
plan - a message for when you're not on the program.
Format: plan <msg>
:prompt
prompt - set the normal prompt to something.
Format: prompt <msg>
:cprompt
cprompt - set the prompt as seen in converse mode.
(when already in converse mode use /cprompt
Format: cprompt <msg>
:password
password - set your password
:email
email - set your email address
Format: email <address>
:public
public - make your email address public for everyone to see
(toggles between private and public)
:gender
gender - change your sex
Format: gender m/f/n
:entermsg
entermsg - change the message people see when you enter a room
Format: entermsg <msg>
:ghome
ghome - toggle whether you get transfered to your home
when you log in.
:connect_room
connect_room - set the room you arrive in when you login.
The owner must have set it as an entrance.
Syntax: connect_room name.roomid
:capitalise
capitalise - change the capitalisation of your name
Format: capitalise <your name>
:age
age - set your age (0 turns off)
Format: age <number>
:birthday
birthday - set your birthday (0 turns off)
Format: birthday <day>/<month>(/<year>)
:go
go - move to an adjacent room.
Format: go <roomname>
:trans
trans - move to anyroom (if you know its id).
Format: trans <userid.roomid>
:bounce
bounce - moves you to another mostly randomly chosen open
room. This is a nice way to see more of THIS TALKER.
Syntax: bounce
:home
home - go to your home.
:colony
colony - This takes you to the This Talker nudist colony, a place
to mess around. You can do most anything here, as
long as you do not involve people in other rooms.
Party on, folks!
Syntax: colony
:visit
visit - visit a user's home.
Format: visit <user>
:hilltop
hilltop - takes you to the hilltop.
:main
main - go back to the main room.
:leave
leave - go back to the main room.
:exits
exits - find out where you can 'go' from the current room.
:grab
grab - grab someone into the same room as yourself.
Format: grab <user>
:boot
boot - boot someone out of your room, back to the main room.
Syntax boot <user_list>
:join
join - join someone in the room they are in
Format: join <user>
:cls
cls - clears the screen. You must have a terminal type set
for this.
Syntax: cls
:clist
clist - remove someone's entry from your list
Format: clist <user>
:slist
slist - set particular flags in particular entries
(see 'help user_list' for help on <user_list>)
Format: slist <user_list> <flag list>
:rlist
rlist - reset particular flags in particular entries
(see 'help user_list' for help on <user_list>)
Format: rlist <user_list> <flag list>
:tlist
tlist - toggle particular flags in particular entries
(see 'help user_list' for help on <user_list>)
Format: tlist <user_list> <flag list>
:flist
flist - force the flaglist to that specified
(see 'help user_list' for help on <user_list>)
Format: flist <user_list> <flag list>
:bug
bug - Report a bug. Please be as specific as possible.
Your report will be logged and dealt with.
Syntax: bug <whatever the sodding bug is>
:noisy
noisy - Allows you to hear a user through 'blocktells'
'ignore' and 'block'
(see 'help user_list' for help on <user_list>)
Format: noisy <user_list>
:find
find - Allows someone on your list to find out where
you are even when you are hidden.
Syntax: find <user_list>
:ignore
ignore - Allows you to 'ignore' someone.
(see 'help user_list' for help on <user_list>)
Format: ignore <user_list>
:inform
inform - Informs you when <user> logs in.
(see 'help user_list' for help on <user_list>)
Format: inform <user_list>
:grabme
grabme - Allows yourself to be 'grab'bed by someone
else.
(see 'help user_list' for help on <user_list>)
Format: grabme <user_list>
:friend
friend - Puts your 'friend' on the checklist for
qwho/fwho. See also qwho or fwho
(see 'help user_list' for help on <user_list>)
Format: friend <user_list>
:friends
friends - This will, with some commands, do the command to
all those on your list as friends. You replace
the usual <user_list> with "friends", eg
tell friends "hello folks" or
finger friends
:everyone
everyone - This will, with some commands, do the command to
everyone. You replace the usual <user_list> with
"everyone", eg
tell everyone how do I smoke kippers?
Can also be a list entry, eg "inform everyone".
:bar
bar - Bars someone from entering your rooms.
Once barred, this user cannot enter, no
matter what.
(see 'help user_list' for help on <user_list>)
Format: bar <user_list>
:invite
invite - Allows the invited user to enter your
room, when you have set it to invites only,
or when it is open to all.
(see 'help user_list' for help on <user_list>)
Format: invite <user_list>
:key
key - Gives a person the keys to your rooms. They can
enter locked rooms of yours and (un)lock them.
Syntax: key <user>
:beep
beep - Sends a beep to your terminal when <user>
logs in.
(see 'help user_list' for help on <user_list>)
Format: beep <user_list>
:block
block - Stops a user from 'tell'ing to you.
(see 'help user_list' for help on <user_list>)
Format: block <user_list>
:lock
lock - lock the room you are in. This means only you and
keyholders can enter.
:blocktells
blocktells - ignore any tells to you.
:earmuffs
earmuffs - ignore any shouts.
:quiet
quiet - go quiet, ignore shouts and tells
:linewrap
linewrap - turn off, or set the width of your terminal
Format: linewrap off/<term width>
:wordwrap
wordwrap - turn off, or set the largest word that will
trigger wrapping
Format: wordwrap off/<max word size>
:show
show - show what sort of command, some text has originated
from. 'show' on it's own will tell you what it which
options(below) will be shown to you.
Format: show echo,tell,room,shout,autos
:hitells
hitells - high-lights any personal messages for you.
Terminal types available : xterm, vt220, vt100,
vt102, sun, ansi, wyse-30, tv1912, adm, hp2392
If in doubt, vt100 is often a good choice.
Format: hitells <termype/?/off>
:quit
quit - leave the program
:resident,residency
To obtain RESIDENCY ask a registered user if he/she/it knows of a SU who
can, or failing that, shout. Someone will eventually hear your cry...
Residents have rooms of their own, which they can decorate as they wish,
a saved list and access to more commands than a newbie (non-resident).
Also much personal data about them can be set and will be saved. On
a more basic level, it means noone else can use your name...
:emergency
emergency - If there is a problem with someone on the program
ie, they are being rude/abusive, and there is no
superuser to take action against the offending
party, This command makes a script of everything
that happens for the next 60 seconds.
It is implemented by typing 'emergency'
To which the program replies:
You must give a reason for starting emergency scripting as an argument.
(And the reason better be good ...)
Then you enter a reason why you started the scripting. eg:
Abusive behaviour from Spang
For the next 60 seconds, anything that anybody says will
be logged to a file, however, you may stop scripting
at any time by typing 'emergency stop'.
IF THIS COMMAND IS ABUSED, BE PREPARED TO TAKE THE CONSEQUENCES!!!!!
:dynamic
Dynamic rooms
OK, you all want to know about this:
Basically every previous version of This Talker has had all the rooms of
all residents loaded into memory at once. This uses rather a lot of
memory. Sooooo Burble wrote some code to load the rooms as needed, and
this has just been added. This involved major changes to large chunks
of the room code. If anyone gets any strange behaviour or bugs
associated with rooms, use bug to describe the problem as accurately
as possible, including where you were and what you did, and what
happened. Also tell any SU or admin around. If you can send us a
script of what happened, that would be nice. Email such, and lengthy
bug reports in general, to summink@somewhere
:wwkban
Warwick University bans 'games' such as THIS TALKER from 9am to 6pm weekdays.
THAT is why you cannot login to THIS TALKER at those times, so don't complain to
us.
:copyright
Some people have been posting material, including but not limited to
songs and poems, written by others, and claiming they wrote it.
THIS IS ILLEGAL and also morally bankrupt. Please refrain from doing
this.
If you must post other's works, make sure you attribute them properly.
This is not the primary purpose of the news on This Talker, so original
works would be preferred.
Exchange or discussion of 'where to get' WareZ, that is, pirated
software, is strictly forbidden. Anyone engaging in such can expect
to have their character removed and any information we have about the,
may well be passed to the police. Should the police investigate we will
cooperate. The survival of THIS TALKER comes way above your personal
wellbeing! You have been warned!
:expiry
Character timeout/expiry.
If a character has not logged in for some time, it may be
automatically deleted by the program. So if you do not wish this to
happen, either make sure you use This Talker regularly, or ask for
no_timeout. This can be granted by an admin if there are special
circumstances that will keep you off the net for a while outside
vacations, but when you will definitely be back on This Talker in the
medium future.
The expiry feature is disabled during and around vacations so you
need not worry if you can only login during term time.
:clipper
Information on Clipper
======================
*THIS IS IMPORTANT!*
For those of you who don't know, Clipper is a proposal circulating in the
US government right now whereby the government will require that all methods
of encrypting data (including e-mail) have a 'backdoor' of sorts so that the
government will be able to decrypt and read the data. As you may have
guessed, this is an infringement on your right to privacy.
To sign on a petition against the Clipper proposal, send a message to:
Clipper.petition@cpsr.org
with the message "I oppose Clipper" (no quotes)
You will receive a return message confirming your vote.
For more information ftp to cpsr.org, login as ftp with your email address
as the password and have a look at the files in /cpsr/privacy/crypto/clipper.
:drugs
Drugs
-----
All drug-related discussion in all public rooms is banned. Drugs referrs to
any substance defined as illegal to sell or purchase under US or UK law.
No user of this program may may in any way attempt to sell or purchase drugs
using this program as a medium. Anyone found doing so will have their
character banished, and they will be banned from ever using this program
again.
There will be no discussions on this rule, it is absolute, and important to
the future existance of this program.