I second talk. But you may also want to check out wall.
On 4/9/11, Andrew Harris <
tuna@supertunaman.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Matt Graham <danceswithcrows@usa.net> 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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