1. Added talk mode so that I don't have to keep typing T <call> all the time.

[spider.git] / cmd / Commands_en.hlp

diff --git a/cmd/Commands_en.hlp b/cmd/Commands_en.hlp
index 5ef9126f57e131ee20cf97b78f7fd753c46f64f4..47645f9e508cd158da5de6c6e067d28338943c0b 100644 (file)
--- a/cmd/Commands_en.hlp
+++ b/cmd/Commands_en.hlp
@@ -911,8 +911,8 @@ They will all match. If there is no password you will still be offered
 numbers but nothing will happen when you input a string. Any match is
 case sensitive.
 
-=== 0^TALK <call> <text>^Send a text message to another station
-=== 0^TALK <call> > <node> <text>^Send a text message to another station via a node
+=== 0^TALK <call> [<text>]^Send a text message to another station
+=== 0^TALK <call> > <node> [<text>]^Send a text message to another station via a node
 Send a short message to any other station that is visible on the cluster
 system. You can send it to anyone you can see with a SHOW/CONFIGURATION 
 command, they don't have to be connected locally.
@@ -925,6 +925,25 @@ If you know that G3JNB is likely to be present on GB7TLH, but you can only
 see GB7TLH in the SH/C list but with no users, then you would use the
 second form of the talk message.
 
+If you want to have a ragchew with someone you can leave the text message
+out and the system will go into 'Talk' mode. What this means is that a
+short message is sent to the recipient telling them that you are in a
+'Talking' frame of mind and then you just type - everything you send will
+go to the station that you asked for. 
+
+All the usual announcements, spots and so on will still come out on your
+terminal.
+
+If you want to do something (such as send a spot) you preceed the normal 
+command with a '/' character, eg:-
+
+   /DX 14001 G1TLH What's a B class licensee doing on 20m CW?
+   /HELP talk
+
+To leave talk mode type:
+   
+   /EX
+
 === 0^TYPE <filearea>/<name>^Look at the contents of a file in one of the fileareas
 Type out the contents of a file in a filearea. So, for example, in 
 filearea 'bulletins' you want to look at file 'arld051' you would