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.TH PHONE 1 "March 26 1999" "DECnet utilities"
.SH NAME
phone \- Phone utility for DECnet
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B phone
[options]
.br
Options:
.br
[\-vVh] [\-s switchhook char] [initial command]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
.B phone
is a program that allows the user to communicate interactively with users
on VMS systems. Two user interfaces are available: X-Windows (GTK+) and
terminal (ncurses). If X-Windows is available and compiled into phone
then it will be used unless the
.B \-n
flag is present on the command line.
.br
After entering the phone command you will be presented with the phone screen
which has windows for the chat and a command-line at the top. If you are not
talking to another user then you can enter commands directly, otherwise you
will need to precede commands with the 'switch hook' character, which
defaults to the percent sign (%).
.br
You can also enter a command for phone on the shell command-line. This command
will be executed when phone starts up. This makes it convenient to enter
commands such as:
.br
'phone answer' or 'phone marsha::chrissie'
.br
.br
.br
In command mode phone understands several commands:
.br
.br
DIAL <node::user> Call a user
.br
ANSWER Answer an incoming call
.br
REJECT Reject an incoming call
.br
EXIT or QUIT Return the the command prompt
.br
HOLD Hold all callers
.br
UNHOLD Unhold callers
.br
HANGUP Hangup the phone
.br
DIR <node> Show users logged into <node>
.br
FACSIMILE <file> Send <file>
.br
HELP Show this help
.br
.br
All commands (apart from QUIT and EXIT) can be abbreviated to 3 characters
and all (really all this time) commands are case insensitive.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.I \-h \-?
Displays help for using the command.
.TP
.I \-V
Show the version of phone.
.TP
.I \-s
Set the switch hook character. This is the character used to switch from
talking to another user and entering PHONE commands when using the terminal
interface.x
.TP
.I \-n
Disables use of the X-windows user interface. Use this to run phone in an
xterm.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR phoned "(8)"
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