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40 .Nd talk to another user
48 utility is a visual communication program which copies lines from your
49 terminal to that of another user.
52 .Bl -tag -width ttyname
54 If you wish to talk to someone on your own machine, then
56 is just the person's login name.
57 If you wish to talk to a user on
67 If you wish to talk to a user who is logged in more than once, the
69 argument may be used to indicate the appropriate terminal
79 .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
80 Message from TalkDaemon@his_machine...
81 talk: connection requested by your_name@your_machine.
82 talk: respond with: talk your_name@your_machine
85 to the user you wish to talk to.
86 At this point, the recipient
87 of the message should reply by typing
89 .Dl talk \ your_name@your_machine
91 It doesn't matter from which machine the recipient replies, as
92 long as his login-name is the same.
93 Once communication is established,
94 the two parties may type simultaneously, with their output appearing
98 will cause the screen to
99 be reprinted, while your erase, kill, and word kill characters will
101 To exit, just type your interrupt character;
103 then moves the cursor to the bottom of the screen and restores the
104 terminal to its previous state.
106 Permission to talk may be denied or granted by use of the
109 At the outset talking is allowed.
115 disallow messages in order to
116 prevent messy output.
118 .Bl -tag -width /var/run/utmp -compact
120 to find the recipient's machine
122 to find the recipient's tty
136 is incompatible with the protocol used in the version released with