Chat Client

A terminal client for the chat server. Text from the server stays in the upper part of the screen. The line you are typing stays at the bottom, and new text does not clear it.

The bottom line is the prompt the server just sent: the name prompt, a password prompt, or the player's own prompt. The two lines above it are the last two lines you sent, still showing the prompt that was in use then. A bar separates that area from the history. The server's prompt is not copied into the history.

Install

pip install lupaxa-chat-client

Requires Python 3.10+.

Note: chat-client only runs in a terminal. It stops before connecting when standard input or standard output is not a terminal.

Run

The host and the port are required. Use the port the server is listening on.

chat-client telnet 127.0.0.1 9000
chat-client ssh 127.0.0.1 9022

Telnet and SSH both show the server's normal text. On telnet the line is edited locally and sent when you press Enter. On SSH each character is sent as you type, and the server echoes it onto the prompt. SSH signs in as the user chat.

The first SSH host key is saved in ~/.chat-client/known_hosts. A key that no longer matches is refused.

The Screen

Server lines wrap to the width of the terminal. Narrowing or widening the window wraps them again from the original lines. Page Up keeps the same rows on screen while more text arrives. End, or Page Down back to the bottom, shows the newest lines.

A password prompt hides the characters you type. Ctrl-C leaves and restores the terminal.

Keys

Scrolling and editing stay on this client. They are not sent to the server.

Up and Down do not recall earlier lines. Ctrl-D does not quit.