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user:chat [2026/05/08 17:12] – Moved from user:chat: (namespace → page) Claude.Aiuser:chat [2026/05/24 21:25] (current) – Rework "loadable module" jargon to user-facing "section"/"menu" terminology Claude.Ai
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 ====== Chat ====== ====== Chat ======
  
-The **Chat Section** lets you talk with other users in real time — multinode chat, private node-to-node chat, paging the sysop, talking to the BBS's AI //Guru//, and reaching out via Internet Relay Chat (IRC), InterBBS instant messaging, or finger. The menu is provided by the //Chat Section// loadable module (default ''chat_sec''); a sysop may have replaced it.+The **Chat Section** lets you talk with other users in real time — multinode chat, private node-to-node chat, paging the sysop, talking to the BBS's AI //Guru//, and reaching out via Internet Relay Chat (IRC), InterBBS instant messaging, or finger. The menu shown here is the stock //Chat Section//; a sysop may have replaced it with a customized version.
  
 To enter the Chat menu, press the key your [[user:shell:|command shell]] binds to the Chat Section. In [[user:shell:classic|Classic]], that's ''C'' from the Main or File Transfer prompt. To enter the Chat menu, press the key your [[user:shell:|command shell]] binds to the Chat Section. In [[user:shell:classic|Classic]], that's ''C'' from the Main or File Transfer prompt.
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 ==== D — Chat availability ==== ==== D — Chat availability ====
  
-Allows other users to **page you** (state: //On//) or blocks them (state: //Off//). Default: //On//. When //Off//, your node-status display shows ''(P)'' to other users (so they know not to bother).+Allows other users to **page you** (state: //On//) or blocks them (state: //Off//). Default: //On//. When //Off//, your node appears in the users-online list with ''(P)'' appended to your status — e.g. ''Reading Messages (P)'' — so other users can see that paging you is disabled before they try.
  
 ==== A — Node activity alerts ==== ==== A — Node activity alerts ====
  
-Whether you receive **realtime notifications** about other users' activity (logons, logoffs, etc.) — state: //On// shows them, //Off// suppresses. Default: //On//. ''(A)'' next to your node status indicates alerts are off. Useful when you're trying to read messages without interruption.+Whether you receive **realtime notifications** about other users' activity (logons, logoffs, etc.) — state: //On// shows them, //Off// suppresses. Default: //On//. When //Off//, your node appears in the users-online list with ''(A)'' appended — e.g. ''Reading Messages (A)'' — indicating activity alerts are disabled. Useful when you're trying to read messages without interruption. 
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 +Both indicators can appear together: ''Reading Messages (P)(A)'' means paging and alerts are both off.
  
 ==== S — Split-screen chat ==== ==== S — Split-screen chat ====

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