[1.5+] Dark Chat - rednet chat program! (Works on 1.6+)

• Does not require a server program!
• Simple IM styled chat
• Channels and colour too!
• Scrollable chat (Bar goes yellow when scrolling - see screenshots)
• Nice slash command system

• Github: My Github
• Pastebin: N22T449A -using the dark retriever!
• Also featured in LogOS!

• Add colour support - Added
• re-do chat to be more supportive of slash commands - Done
• Add in channel switching - Added
• Add history / scrollable chat - Added
• Add in user filtering
• Add channel 'admins'
• Channel 'dictionary' ?

Spoiler

• Dark Programs: Server with Database! / Keycards / remote login / relays etc
• Dark Buttons! - Easy bundled cable control gui for monitors

SuicidalSTDz, on 25 February 2013 - 12:57 PM said:

Looks nice, never even saw this thread before or I would have posted a response :P/>

EDIT: Can two users have the same name? If so you should store all nicknames in a file and compare before they can join.

darkrising, on 26 February 2013 - 06:56 AM said:

Didn't think anyone was interested in this program :o/>

But anyway I did a small update and fixed the "sending to self" problem.

SuicidalSTDz, on 25 February 2013 - 12:57 PM said:

Looks nice, never even saw this thread before or I would have posted a response :P/>

EDIT: Can two users have the same name? If so you should store all nicknames in a file and compare before they can join.

I'm planning to do this soon, as well as a channels feature.

Edit: Added dark chat to my github, bring on auto updates!

SuicidalSTDz, on 26 February 2013 - 10:34 AM said:

Loving it. Keep it up ;)/>

TwelveEight, on 26 February 2013 - 08:29 PM said:

Colour chat and Channel Switching? *pukes rainbows*
I saw this yesterday and it is already so much better! c:

darkrising, on 27 February 2013 - 07:02 AM said:

TwelveEight, on 26 February 2013 - 08:29 PM said:

Colour chat and Channel Switching? *pukes rainbows*
I saw this yesterday and it is already so much better! c:

Yeah when I put my mind to something usually it gets done quick :)/>
hopefully I'll have slash colours working sometime soon (or even bukkit colours)

Edit: added config option for public / private
Edit2: Added the '/list' command to see who's online

• Scrollable chat
• /help command
• new screenshots above

darkrising, on 13 December 2012 - 02:23 PM said:

• Added new private / public config options

parallel:22: Terminated

term.clear()
shell.run("startup")
exit()

parellel:22: b:302 attempt to call nil

momona5, on 28 February 2013 - 01:18 PM said:

darkrising, on 13 December 2012 - 02:23 PM said:

• Added new private / public config options

What exactly do the public / private options do? What is the difference?

-snip-

Derp_Herpsworth, on 01 March 2013 - 11:18 AM said:

I've installed this program on my test server. It was nice. Tell me, was it hard coding it?

momona5, on 25 February 2013 - 05:22 AM said:

uhmmm. So I'm not sure why, but I'm on my friends server with this chat and whenever i join, leave, or chat, it says it twice…

momona5, on 17 March 2013 - 07:01 AM said:

I've been trying for a while to make the chat program run something after, but I'm not sure how to do this. Help? I tried changing a couple things, but I'm not sure how your code works exactly with the whole "/exit" thing.

urielsalis, on 17 March 2013 - 07:58 AM said:

for channels you can modify you recieve and send functions o the channel can be a text!!

YoYoYonnY, on 19 March 2013 - 08:43 AM said:

momona5, on 25 February 2013 - 05:22 AM said:

uhmmm. So I'm not sure why, but I'm on my friends server with this chat and whenever i join, leave, or chat, it says it twice…

I think you are printing it first.
Delete that line
(For example:
input = read()
print(input)
rednet.send(input)
rednet.receive()
)
delete 'print(input)' here

darkrising, on 19 March 2013 - 12:39 PM said:

momona5, on 17 March 2013 - 07:01 AM said:

I've been trying for a while to make the chat program run something after, but I'm not sure how to do this. Help? I tried changing a couple things, but I'm not sure how your code works exactly with the whole "/exit" thing.

When you type '/exit' the function is called in the commands table (comD), it then queues the event 'exit' which the function 'exitEventListen' is waiting for, when that function returns it causes parallel function to also return, exiting the program.

If you wanted to run a program on exit, you could either add shell.run("<program name>") right at the bottom under parallel or add another function in to run after the parallel function has returned.

Hope this helps :)/>

- snip -

function exitEventListen()
  while true do
	os.pullEvent("exit")
	modem.closeAll()
	term.clear()
	term.setCursorPos(1,1)
	shell.run("/mrom/menus/rednet")
	return exit
  end
end

function exitEventListen()
  while true do
	os.pullEvent("exit")
	modem.closeAll()
	term.clear()
	term.setCursorPos(1,1)
	return
	shell.run("/mrom/menus/rednet")
  end
end

parallel:22: serialize:1: attemp to index ? (a nil value)

momona5, on 26 March 2013 - 07:45 AM said:

-snip-

  ["exit"] = {
	run = function()
	  rSend("has quit.", true)
	  os.queueEvent("exit")
	end,
	help = ""
  },

  ["exit"] = {
	run = function()
	  rSend("has quit.", true)
	  os.queueEvent("exit")
	 shell.run("/mrom/menus/rednet")
	end,
	help = ""
  },

darkrising, on 27 March 2013 - 08:24 AM said:

momona5, on 26 March 2013 - 07:45 AM said:

-snip-

-snip-

momona5, on 01 April 2013 - 09:30 AM said:

darkrising, on 27 March 2013 - 08:24 AM said:

momona5, on 26 March 2013 - 07:45 AM said:

-snip-

-snip-

I tried that and it just exits when I type /exit
and I have no clue why



EDIT: by exit, I mean it just drops you into the terminal and doesn't run the program.

encrypted, on 02 July 2013 - 12:38 PM said:

Can you add a function to change your nickname by typing /nick followed by your username?

encrypted, on 02 July 2013 - 08:37 PM said:

Wow, that was fast. I was trying to figure out how to code it myself but i'm still learning this programming.