- The
Main area shows the messages you have sent and received.
The current topic for this room, if any, is shown in the
title bar.
- The
right list displays people currently in this chat room.
Your nick is displayed as bold. If you select one
or more names from the list then your messages (and sounds)
will only go to those people. There are two special characters
that preceed some names:
- @
indicates an operator that issue commands to control
the room.
- +
indicates a user with "voice", only users with voice
can speak in a moderated room.
- At
the bottom is the input line. You can send a message by
typing it on this line. A few basic commands you can enter
are:
/nick newname |
Change your nickname
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/join #newroom |
Create a new room or join an existing room
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/action message |
Sends an action (red) message
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/whois nick |
Shows you information about this nickname
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/quit |
Leave the chat and disconnect from the server
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/sound sound message |
Sends a sound and a message
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| The sound will only be heard
by others using the java client. Some common sounds
are: bell, laugh, gong, moo, crash, flush, knock
and whistle.
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