intro_talking
COMMUNICATING TO OTHER USERS
There are several commands you could use for communicating with other users.
Here is a list, followed by some comparisons.
| COMMAND: | FUNCTION |
| +channel | Listen to tells sent to a given channel (-channel to leave a
channel) |
| cshout | Talk to all users who are open to shouts; message must be
about chess |
| it | Special kind of shout |
| kibitz | Talk to all players and observers of a specific chess game |
| message | Send a user a message to be stored, even if the user is not logged on at that time |
| ptell | Talk to your bughouse partner |
| rmessage | sends a message to someone connected to the IIC server |
| rtell | Talk to someone connected to the IIC server |
| say | Talk to the user you are playing chess with (or have just
played a game with) |
| shout | Talk to all users who are open to shouts |
| tell | Talk to one user, or users on one channel |
| whisper | Talk to all observers of a specific chess game |
| xtell | Talk to one user, but allow for a continuing conversation
with another user |
note:rtell and rmessage are only available on DICS and GICS
.
In general, message works like an answering machine, ptell, tell and
say are like normal one-to-one conversations, tell, cshout, it and
"tell channel 1" are for group talks, and kibitz and whisper are for
commenting on a chess match you are observing. Channel 1 is the server help
channel (see the chan_1 file).
RECEIVING MESSAGES
In general, you will receive every message sent to all users, to users on
channels you are listening to, and to you personally. However, you can decide
not to be open to certain kinds of communications. The shout and tell
variables can be set to limit what you will hear (read the intro_settings help
file). You can also decide not to hear anything from a given user (the
censor command).
note: You can censor rtells coming from another IIC server with the command
rcensor e.g. rcensor konijn@gics will censor player konijn On the German
server
The message command is used to send a message to a user and have it
stored. This command can also be used to read (and re-read) old messages that
have been sent to you as well as old messages you have sent to other users.
The clear command is used to erase old messages you have received.
SPECIAL NOTES
(a)At times, a lot of messages from various users will come across your
screen. To help you notice when a user has sent a message or request to you
personally (rather than to all users on the server), you can set the highlight
variable to to make them readily apparent (see highlight).
(b) Unregistered users (guests) are limited to the tell and xtell
commands.
(c) Please observe chess server etiquette guidelines when using these
commands.
See Also:
chan_1 etiquette IIC highlight intro_playing intro_settings
shout_abuse
