NAME¶
colrconv - hamradio convers client with sound and ncurses color support
SYNOPSIS¶
colrconv [options] <host> [<service>]
DESCRIPTION¶
This manual page documents briefly the
colrconv commands.
This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the
original program does not have a manual page.
Colrconv is a modified version of VA3DP's ttylink client. In addition to
the basic split screen session it gives you color and sound support plus some
line editing capabilities, a scroll buffer and a status line. Also the default
service is changed to 3600 (convers).
A new color is assigned to each user the first time he sends text and this color
is used when displaying any subsequent text from this user. Available colors
are green, yellow, cyan, magenta, blue and red. These are used twice, the
second time with BOLD attribute on. After the colors run out they are used
again.
Bold red is reserved for special messages (starting with ***) and for private
messages (eg. <*oh2bns*>: Hello!).
Colrconv plays certain sound files when it receives text from the convers
bridge. The files are: callsign.au (eg. oh2bns.au), unknown.au, signedon.au
says.au and pingpong.au. This feature is still a bit experimental and only
works with older convers servers. Also you have to make your own .au file. The
rsynth package is good at this. See the readme for details. Sound files should
go into /usr/lib/colrconv.
OPTIONS¶
- -nocolor
- Start colrconv in black and white, even if terminal has
color support.
- -c channel
- Connect to channel number 'channel' at startup.
- -n name
- Send a '/n name' when connected. When -n is omitted the
user's login name is used.
LINE EDITING COMMANDS¶
- Ctrl-A
- Goto beginning of line.
- Ctrl-B and Left arrow
- Go one character backward.
- Ctrl-D
- Delete character under cursor.
- Ctrl-E
- Goto end of line.
- Ctrl-F and Right arrow
- Go one character forward.
- Ctrl-K
- Kill from cursor to end of line (and store to kill
buffer).
- Ctrl-L
- Repaints the whole screen.
- Ctrl-N and Down arrow
- Scroll Down.
- Ctrl-P and Up arrow
- Scroll Up.
- Ctrl-R
- Reprint current line.
- Ctrl-U
- Delete current line in total.
- Ctrl-W
- Erase last word.
- Ctrl-Y
- Yank kill buffer.
The scroll buffer can be browsed with arrow keys Up and Down (or Ctrl-P and
Ctrl-N), PageUp, PageDown, Home and End keys.
FILES¶
If
~/.conversrc exists, it is sent to the server after logging in. Handy
for automatically sending commands like /notify, /who, etc.
SEE ALSO¶
/usr/share/doc/colrconv/README.colrconv.
AUTHOR¶
This manual page was written by Joop Stakenborg <pa3aba@debian.org>, for
the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).