BNCHAT(1)

💖 bnchat — the Battle.net text-based chat client 💖

okay bestie, welcome to bnchat(1) from the BNETD User's Manual — it's giving terminal-chic, it's giving 1999, and it's honestly kinda iconic 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

bnchat — a Battle.net text-based chat client 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bnchat [options] [servername [serverport]]

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so bnchat is a lil baby Battle.net client emulator 💅 it's a minimal chat client that vibes with bnetd(1) so you can test certain aspects of your server config, or do server administration straight from the Unix command line. lowkey a multitasker.

it's also compatible with FSGS servers, but ngl it has difficulty with real Battle.net servers 😭 not its fault, the real ones are just built different.

if you don't specify a servername, localhost is assumed. if you don't specify a serverport, 6112 is assumed. periodt.

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -a, --ansi-color — lets bnchat use ANSI terminal color escapes so everything is more readable ✨ you must be on a terminal that's compatible with VT100 positioning and ANSI color codes. the program will not try to figure out your terminal type for you — no guessing games, bestie 🙈
• -b — makes bnchat emulate a Brood Wars client 🔥
• -c, --change-password — makes bnchat prompt for a new login password on the bnetd(1) server 🔐
• --client — makes bnchat emulate a specific client. these client tags are recognized: DRTL DSHR STAR SSHR SEXP W2BN. there are also short options you can use instead for the common clients 👑
• -d — makes bnchat emulate a Diablo client 💀
• -h, --help, --usage — prints usage info and exits. bye bestie 👋
• -k, --cdkey — makes bnchat report an alternate key to the bnetd(1) server 🔑
• -o, --owner — makes bnchat report an alternate owner to the bnetd(1) server 👤
• -n, --new-account — makes bnchat prompt to create a new player account on the bnetd(1) server 🌸
• -s — makes bnchat emulate a Starcraft client ⭐
• -v, --version — prints its version number and exits 🎀
• -w — makes bnchat emulate a Warcraft II BNE client 🧚

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✨ NOTES ✨

the terminal width gets attempted-to-be-determined at runtime, but if that doesn't work, you might need to try running resize(1). and as a final act of desperation, you can try setting the COLUMNS environmental variable 😭

if SIGWINCH and its associated ioctl(2) are supported on your system, resizing the window while the program is running should immediately update the width of the entry line. real-time glow-up, we love to see it 💅

the current version is available with the bnetd distribution at:

http://www.bnetd.org/

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✨ BUGS ✨

okay so this program assumes the terminal will move to the beginning of the current line when the carriage return character (^M) is printed. it also assumes the backspace character (^H) will move one column to the left, and that a character printed after that will replace the ones already on the screen. assumptions, bestie. big assumptions. 🙈

the terminal settings are not consulted for keybindings. these are the ones it just assumes:

• ^H — delete the character to the left of the cursor
• ^J — accept current line
• ^M (return) — accept current line
• ^T — transpose the last two characters
• ^W — delete word to the left of the cursor
• ^U — delete the whole input line
• ^[ (escape) — cancel the current input line
• ^? (delete) — delete the character to the left of the cursor

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• bnetd(1) 💜

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✨ AUTHOR ✨

Ross Combs (ross@bnetd.org) 👑

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fr fr that's the whole page, no cap. now go chat on your server and slay 💖

and that's a wrap, bestie — this page came to you from BNETD, dated 09 April, 1999, and it ate, it left no crumbs 🎀✨