brw@jim.odr.oz (Brian Wallis) (04/14/88)
Does anyone know the protocol that the `talk' program uses to talk to the daemon `talkd'? Or does anyone have source to a PD `talk' program? (In case it's relevant, we are running Ultrix 2.0 on a MvaxII + SunOS 3.2 on a Sun3/110) What I would like to do is write a version to use with a GNU emacs `talk' mode rather than suspend emacs each time I use talk (a lot). I'd also like to stop talkd splattering it's message all over the screen, a message in the mode line and ringing the bell would be better. -- Brian Wallis (brw@jim.odr.oz) O'Dowd Research P/L. (03) 562-0100 Fax: (03) 562-0616, Telex: Jacobs Radio (Bayswater) 152093
ag@portnoy.CTS.COM (Keith Gabryelski) (04/19/88)
This is posted to the net incase anyone else is interested. In article <233@jim.odr.oz> brw@jim.odr.oz (Brian Wallis) writes: >What I would like to do is write a version to use with a GNU emacs `talk' >mode rather than suspend emacs each time I use talk (a lot). > >I'd also like to stop talkd splattering it's message all over the screen, a >message in the mode line and ringing the bell would be better. I wrote a conference program that works with GnuEmacs. It allows unlimited users to conference as well as Emacs editing and no screen splattering. I've given the option to the FSF to distrubute it (if they wish). I think Richard is holding up until they have an archive site to put the sources. Write me for more information. pax, Keith -- [ Keith ] UUCP: {ucsd, cbosgd!crash, sdcsvax!crash, nosc!crash}!portnoy!ag [Gabryelski] INET: ag@portnoy.cts.com ARPA: crash!portnoy!ag@nosc.mil
mike@turing.UNM.EDU (Michael I. Bushnell) (04/20/88)
In article <233@jim.odr.oz> brw@jim.odr.oz (Brian Wallis) writes: >Does anyone know the protocol that the `talk' program uses to talk to the >daemon `talkd'? Or does anyone have source to a PD `talk' program? >(In case it's relevant, we are running Ultrix 2.0 on a MvaxII + SunOS 3.2 >on a Sun3/110) Yeah, I know the protocol. I am working on an emacs lisp/c program to do talk in emacs. You can figure out the protocol, kind of, from the relevant include file. Incidentally, talkd is used only to rendezvous the talks. It doesn't transfer the info, the talks do that themselves. >What I would like to do is write a version to use with a GNU emacs `talk' >mode rather than suspend emacs each time I use talk (a lot). >I'd also like to stop talkd splattering it's message all over the screen, a >message in the mode line and ringing the bell would be better. Since talkd is the system program, you can't change its behavior. Sigh. N u m q u a m G l o r i a D e o Michael I. Bushnell HASA - "A" division 14308 Skyline Rd NE Computer Science Dept. Albuquerque, NM 87123 OR Farris Engineering Ctr. OR University of New Mexico mike@turing.unm.edu Albuquerque, NM 87131 {ucbvax,gatech}!unmvax!turing.unm.edu!mike