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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-11 21:40:09 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-11 21:40:09 +0000
commit80e5779001a9337a84f29f2a1e46f0022fb98026 (patch)
treee15e37ecf0918c142b82398da2f0dee4a897b4ca /usr.bin/talk/talk.1
parentd7d5044e2ea6ec17428055f7a436dfe704ec1fb7 (diff)
Various cleanups and standardizations.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/talk/talk.1')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/talk/talk.129
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/talk/talk.1 b/usr.bin/talk/talk.1
index 4cdb3e2f8ab..2e1b17aed8c 100644
--- a/usr.bin/talk/talk.1
+++ b/usr.bin/talk/talk.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: talk.1,v 1.9 2000/03/06 03:17:40 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: talk.1,v 1.10 2000/03/11 21:40:04 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: talk.1,v 1.3 1994/12/09 02:14:23 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
.Ar person
.Op Ar ttyname
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm talk
+.Nm
is a visual communication program which copies lines from your
terminal to that of another user.
.Pp
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ The command arguments are as follows:
.It Ar person
If you wish to talk to someone on your own machine, then
.Ar person
-is just the person's login name. If you wish to talk to a user on
-another host, then
+is just the person's login name.
+If you wish to talk to a user on another host, then
.Ar person
is of the form
.Ql user@host .
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ is of the form
.El
.Pp
When first called,
-.Nm talk
+.Nm
sends the message
+.Pp
.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
Message from Talk_Daemon@localhost...
talk: connection requested by your_name@your_machine.
@@ -84,23 +85,27 @@ of the message should reply by typing
.Dl talk \ your_name@your_machine
.Pp
It doesn't matter from which machine the recipient replies, as
-long as the login name is the same. If the machine is not the one to which
+long as the login name is the same.
+If the machine is not the one to which
the talk request was sent, it is noted on the screen.
Once communication is established,
the two parties may type simultaneously, with their output appearing
-in separate windows. Typing control-L
-.Ql ^L
+in separate windows.
+Typing control-L
+.Pq Ql ^L
will cause the screen to
be reprinted, while your erase, kill, and word kill characters will
-behave normally. To exit, just type your interrupt character;
-.Nm talk
+behave normally.
+To exit, just type your interrupt character;
+.Nm
then moves the cursor to the bottom of the screen and restores the
terminal to its previous state.
.Pp
Permission to talk may be denied or granted by use of the
.Xr mesg 1
-command. At the outset talking is allowed. Certain commands, in
-particular
+command.
+At the outset talking is allowed.
+Certain commands, in particular
.Xr nroff 1
and
.Xr pr 1 ,