NAME

       colrconv - hamradio convers client with sound and ncurses color support

SYNOPSIS

       colrconv [options] <host> [<service>]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the colrconv commands.

       This  manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not
       have a manual page.

       Colrconv is a modified version of VA3DP's ttylink client. In addition to the basic split  screen  session
       it  gives  you  color and sound support plus some line editing capabilities, a scroll buffer and a status
       line.  Also the default service is changed to 3600 (convers).

       A new color is assigned to each user the first time he sends text and this color is used when  displaying
       any  subsequent  text  from  this  user. Available colors are green, yellow, cyan, magenta, blue and red.
       These are used twice, the second time with BOLD attribute on. After the colors  run  out  they  are  used
       again.

       Bold  red  is reserved for special messages (starting with ***) and for private messages (eg. <*oh2bns*>:
       Hello!).

       Colrconv plays certain sound files when it receives  text  from  the  convers  bridge.   The  files  are:
       callsign.au (eg. oh2bns.au), unknown.au, signedon.au says.au and pingpong.au. This feature is still a bit
       experimental  and  only  works  with  older convers servers. Also you have to make your own .au file. The
       rsynth package is good at this. See the readme for details. Sound files should go into /usr/lib/colrconv.

OPTIONS

       -nocolor
              Start colrconv in black and white, even if terminal has color support.

       -c channel
              Connect to channel number 'channel' at startup.

       -n name
              Send a '/n name' when connected. When -n is omitted the user's login name is used.

LINE EDITING COMMANDS

       Ctrl-A Goto beginning of line.

       Ctrl-B and Left arrow
              Go one character backward.

       Ctrl-D Delete character under cursor.

       Ctrl-E Goto end of line.

       Ctrl-F and Right arrow
              Go one character forward.

       Ctrl-K Kill from cursor to end of line (and store to kill buffer).

       Ctrl-L Repaints the whole screen.

       Ctrl-N and Down arrow
              Scroll Down.

       Ctrl-P and Up arrow
              Scroll Up.

       Ctrl-R Reprint current line.

       Ctrl-U Delete current line in total.

       Ctrl-W Erase last word.

       Ctrl-Y Yank kill buffer.

       The scroll buffer can be browsed with arrow keys Up and Down (or Ctrl-P and  Ctrl-N),  PageUp,  PageDown,
       Home and End keys.

FILES

       If  ~/.conversrc  exists,  it  is  sent  to the server after logging in.  Handy for automatically sending
       commands like /notify, /who, etc.

SEE ALSO

       /usr/share/doc/colrconv/README.colrconv.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Joop Stakenborg <pa3aba@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but
       may be used by others).

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