eChat - network conversations
echat [-tsvdh] [-n nick] [-g gender] [-c channel]
[-m mode] [-i activity] [-a address] [-p port] [-l
filename]
eChat is a serverless messaging system dedicated to chat and messages exchange
over the TCP/IP networks
compatible with Vypress Chat and quickChat for
Windows9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
- -n nick
- your nick
- -g 0|1
- your gender: 0 - male, 1 - female
- -c channel
- main channel
- -m 0|1|2|3
- your mode: 0 - normal, 1 - dnd, 2 - away, 3 -
offline
- -i 0|1
- your activity: 0 - not active, 1 - active
- -a address
- broadcast send address (only one)
- -p port
- listen port
- -l filename
- name of logfile (only one)
- -t
- start tcp server
- -s
- enable server mode
- -v
- be verbose
- -d
- show compiled in defines
- -h
- this help
- F1-F4
- - switch to channel
- ^O or TAB
- - next channel
- ^D
- - quit eChat
- ^A
- - change activity
- ^K
- - reverse users
- ^R or F5
- - update users
- ^L
- - refresh screen
- ^T
- - top of screen history
- ^B
- - bottom of screen history
- ^P or PGUP
- - scroll up
- ^N or PGDN
- - scroll down
- ^E
- - recode input line after cursor (-DCHARSET)
- '`' , [1-9]
- - put nick #[1-9] into input line: `1 - will be replaced
with first nick, `2 - with second nick, etc
- '/' , [1-9]
- - message to nick #[1-9]: /1 - message to first nick,
/2 - message to second nick, etc
- quit
- - quit eChat
- help
- - help on commands
- version
- - show version
- status
- - show current status
- keys
- - show working keys
- verbose
- - toggle verbosity
- clear
- - clear command and screen history
- !
- - shell command
- load
- - load configuration from file
- save
- - save current configuration to file
- answer
- - show/change current autoanswer
- gender
- - change gender
- my
- - change beeps mode
- favorite
- - show/favorite/unfavorite nick(s)
- ignore
- - show/ignore/unignore nick(s)
- ban
- - show/ban/unban address(es)
- join
- - join channel
- leave
- - leave channel
- nick
- - change current nick
- message
- - send message to nick
- mass
- - send mass message
- exec
- - execute command
- me
- - me action
- topic
- - show/change current topic
- add
- - add to current topic
- mode
- - change current mode
- normal
- - change current mode to normal
- dnd
- - change current mode to dnd
- away
- - change current mode to away
- off
- - change current mode to offline
- info
- - get info on nick(s)
- beep
- - beep to nick(s)
- talk
- - private chat with nick
- here
- - who here
- active
- - change current activity
- note:
- some command may be used with double space for cleaning entire list:
- - `/favorite ', `/ignore ', `/ban ' - clear user lists
- - `/dnd ', `/away ', `/off ' - clear autoanswer lists
- - `/topic ' - clear current topic
-
- +
- - normal mode
- -
- - dnd mode
- =
- - away mode
- *
- - offline mode
- /etc/echatrc
- general configuration
- ~/.echatrc
- user configuration
- ./.echatrc
- current configuration
VyPRESS Research, LLC <http://www.vypress.com> - for nice program
Sergey Barkov <stive@softhome.ru> - for technical support
Genix <genix@sendmail.ru> - quickChat port, first man page
sibkot <sibkot@mail.ru> - author of VyperChat for linux
all the FreeZNet for testing assistance, and personally Andy, Mouse
quickChat and Vypress Chat protocols are basically insecure and contains no any
protection against spoofing, flooding or sniffing.
it's not a bug, it's a feature