Re: How to replicate the old unix chat?

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Author: Andrew Harris
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Subject: Re: How to replicate the old unix chat?
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Matt Graham <> wrote:
>> If I'm not mistaken, you'll also need to set mesg to 'y' in order
>> to allow it to converse.  This is either global, or per user.
>
> If you try "talk joebob pts/2" then you'll get "your party is refusing
> messages" if joebob on pts/2 has mesg set to n.  Also, talkd is usually
> started from xinetd or inetd, so remember to set that up or talk will never
> work at all and you'll be confused.  Also also, ytalk has more features than
> talk, like possible 3-way chats IIRC.
>

Yeah, just install a talk daemon on your system if it doesn't come
with one, and then install ytalk.

ytalk is super useful. you can even drop to a shell during your
conversation, and say, open up vim inside the term. So it's great for
coworking.
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