Basic zwgc Commands

zlocate friend is the command used to find out if user ``friend'' is logged in and subscribing to zephyrgrams. If they are logged in and subscribing to messages you will receive information about where they are logged in. If they are not logged in you will receive the message ``Hidden or not logged-in.'' This means they either do not want to be found or are not logged in.

zwrite friend is used to send a message to friend. Just follow the instructions given. If you get an error saying the person is hidden or not logged in then your message has not been sent and the person you are trying to reach is not logged in or is not subscribing to messages and you should try sending e-mail instead.

zctl hide can be used to ``hide'' yourself. When hidden you are not zlocatable, but if someone tries to zwrite you anyway they will succeed.

zctl wg_shutdown should be used if you want to stop receiving zephyrgrams for this session.

zctl set zwrite-signature ``foo'' (quotes are mandatory) will change your Zephyr signature, or zsig, to foo. By default your zsig is your name as it exists in your finger information. It shows up in a zephyrgram before your username. You can change it to almost anything you like, although you should avoid very long zsigs since they tend to annoy people.

zaway is used to let people know you are away from the terminal and not deliberately ignoring their messages. It sends a message to whoever sends you a personal zephyrgram that lets them know that you are away (and will probably respond later).

zwgc -ttymode will start up a Zephyr client when you are logged in remotely. Zephyrs appear as plain text on your screen.

znol will let you know which people on a list are logged in. Your ~/.anyone file should contain the list of usernames you want to know about (it should have one name per line and no spaces). You will also be sent login and logout notices in the form of a zephyrgram whenever one of the users in your list logs in or out (if they are announced, see below) after you have run znol during a session.

zctl set exposure exposurelevel will set your exposure (how other people know when you are logged in). An exposure level of net-announced causes login and logout notices to be sent to people who have you in their .anyone file, and you will be zlocatable. net-visible is the same except login and logout notices are not sent. The realm-announced and realm-visible settings require authentication before your information is divulged, but behave in most situations in the same way as net-announced and net-visible, respectively. The opstaff setting makes you unable to be zlocated and does not send login and logout notices. Finally the none setting provides no information about you and you will not be able to receive zephyrgrams.

zctl sub message foo $\backslash$* will subscribe you to a Zephyr ``instance'' named foo. Zephyr instances (and classes) allow groups of people to have conversations via Zephyr. The above zctl command will subscribe you to the instance foo for your current login only; to make it more permanent replace sub with add. To unsubscribe for this login only change sub to unsub, and to unsubscribe permanently use delete instead.

zwrite -i foo will send a message to the Zephyr instance foo.

zctl sub foo $\backslash$* $\backslash$* subscribes you to the Zephyr class foo. Zephyr classes are slightly more private than instances as you must know the name of the class to subscribe to it. unsub, add and delete work the same way for classes as for instances.

zwrite -c foo sends a zephyr(gram) to class foo.