VCHAT(1)

NAME
vchat - interactive IP level chat system.

SYNOPSIS
vchat [-i ip-addr] [-n nick] [-p port] [-r] [-s host]

DESCRIPTION
VChat is the VChat front end program. Upon startup VChat tries to make a connection to a vserver(8) on a specified host or by default on the local host.

VChat is a multi-channel chat program, which offers you up to 65536 independent conference channels. Conference channels are divided into "public" and "private" channels. Positive channel values are public conferences, negative channel values are private conferences, which means other users will not see which channel you're on, unless you invite them to join the channel you're on, using the -invite- command of VChat.

Each user has a nickname, which by default is his username. You can define an environment variable NICK, which VChat will use as your nickname upon startup. The nickname can also be supplied, using the -n nick commandline option. During the conference, you can change your nickname at any time, by using the .n command of VChat.

The options are as follows:

-i ipaddr
    connect to vchat server at ip-addr.

-n nick
    set nickname to nick.

-p port
    connect to VChat server on TCP port port.

-r  set reverse screen mode.

-s host
    connect to VChat server on host.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
VChat recognizes the following environment variables:

VSERVER host

default vserver to connect to.

NICK nick

nickname to use upon startup.

SEE ALSO
vserver(8), vping(8), inetd(8), services(5)

AUTHOR
Andreas S. Wetzel

E-mail: mickey@deadline.bln.sub.org

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1993/94 by mickey@deadline.bln.sub.org (Andreas S. Wetzel)

All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgement:

This product includes software developed by Andreas S. Wetzel.

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