chat
A very small command-line based chatting program in Erlang. This was part of an assignment at CAU Kiel. Additionally, color.erl is made by eproxus (link: https://github.com/eproxus/color).
Usage
You will need to download chat_client.erl, color.erl, and base.erl. (You will also need to install Erlang if you do not already have Erlang on your computer, see https://www.erlang.org/downloads.) You will also have to compile all three files in order to run them.
To start your own server:
Start a node using the command:
erl -sname <server_name>
Start the server:
chat_server:start().
To join as a client:
Start your own node using the command:
erl -sname <name>
Then connect to the server:
chat_client.join(<server_name>).
After that, you should be in the chat, so long as the server you are connecting to is valid and running!
Commands
To logout:
.bye
To private message someone in the chat:
.pm
To see the list of commands:
.help
To see the list of participants in the chat:
.whosthere