This module (exec/chat_sec.js) displays the “Chat” menu/prompt from the Terminal Server accepts/acts upon user input (hot keys) to perform chat-related functions.
┌───────────┐ │ Chat Menu │ └───────────┘▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ █▀ Join a Chat ▀█ █ J Join/initiate multinode chat █ █ P Join/start private node/node chat █ █ C Chat with Sysop: Not Available █ █ T Talk with The Guru (AI) █ █ F Finger (query) remote user/system █ █ R Internet Relay Chat (IRC) █ █ I InterBBS Instant Messaging █ █ Toggles █ █ D Chat availability state: On █ █ A Node activity alerts state: On █ █ S Split-screen chat state: On █ █ █ █ Q Quit chat menu █ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Chat:
This module supports the following configuration options in the [chat] section of the ctrl/modopts.ini file:
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| finger | true | Allow finger client use |
| imsg | true | Allow inter-BBS instant messenger use |
| irc | true | Allow IRC client use |
| irc_server | irc.synchro.net 6667 | Comma-separated list of IRC Server addresses and (optional) TCP port |
| irc_channel | #Synchronet | Comma-separated list of IRC Channels to auto-join |
| irc_seclevel | 90 | Security level required to change IRC server/channel parameters |
Do you have multiple IRC servers configured in modopts.ini and you want a different channel list per server? Just add more
keys to the modopts.ini [chat_sec] section of the form:
<server>=<channel_list>
Where <server> is the IRC server's host name (e.g. irc.synchro.net)
and <channel_list> is a comma-separated list of channels to override
the default list of channels (set with the irc_channel key).
In Synchronet v3.20, SCFG->System->Loadable Modules->Chat Section is set by default to “chat_sec” and will be automatically invoked with the JavaScript bbs.chat_sec() method or the Baja chat_section function call.
With older versions of Synchronet, this module should be installed in stock command shells by default (over-riding the hard-coded “Chat” menu logic). To install into additional command shells, replace the following line(s) in exec/*.src:
chat_section
with:
exec_bin chat_sec
And then recompile with Baja - or just run the update module.