Date: 24 Mar 96 22:43:26 GMT From: peter@jhome.DIALix.COM (Peter Wemm) To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patch to talkd Message-ID: <peter.827707406@jhome.DIALix.COM> References: <199603241849.KAA27707@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>, <199603241917.MAA10069@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) writes: >> > If I don't like talk requests, I can always mesg n in my elm window, >> > after all! :) >> >> As a side effect of this patch what happens to a talk request if your >> least idle xterm has mesg n turned on? Does the talk fall back to >> another xterm, or do you get an error now? >Rod, you read my mind. >I would prefer a fallback in order of increasing idle time, then the >patch would be perfect. >The "type w and specify a tty" soloution only works if the user is local >and or if finger (better than w for this) is enabled. You can explicitly request a remote tty name when you are using ytalk (which is in ports somewhere) -Peter > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org >--- >Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present >or previous employers.
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