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