npm install onf-simple-chat
The impetus for this project was to chat with others when logging into a system remotely (perhaps pair programming in a chroot) or working on a system without an X window system.
There are Unix utilities such as [wall][1] and [talk][2], but neither worked exactly as I wanted, and as usual, I wanted to learn by doing :)
Only tested on Linux. It uses the [select][3] API, so it should be portable :)
1. npm i onf-simple-chat
2. make (how to build depends on the platform, of course)
Start the server.
``
npm run chat
By default it binds to port 3333, but this can be changed, i.e.:
`
npm run chat -- 1992
Clients connect via telnet:
`
telnet localhost PORT
- [cmake`][4]
Benjamin Toll
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_(Unix)
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_(software)
[3]: https://linux.die.net/man/2/select
[4]: https://cmake.org/