GEMS-CLIENT(1)

📦 version 1.1.1, in ubuntu jammy

💖 GEMS-CLIENT(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the gems manual — yes this is a real thing, and yes it's lowkey iconic. buckle up 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

gems-client — shows you the data that gems-server(1) is transmitting. that's it. that's the whole job. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

gems-client [-i] host [port]

gems-client -h | -v

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here's the vibe: gems-client connects to a computer that's running gems-server(1), and then it shows you, right there in your local terminal, all the data being transmitted. In real time. Like, live. not a replay, not a screenshot — the actual stream, as it happens. it's giving main character energy fr fr 👑

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • host — the hostname or IP address of the machine where the server is running. where's your server bestie at?? 📍
  • port — the TCP port the server is using. default is 6666. yes, 6666. no cap. 🔥
  • -i — ignore the server's terminal size. ngl this one is important: if you don't pass -i, then gems-client will disconnect itself whenever your local terminal is smaller than the terminal associated with the server. so like... if your window is too smol, the client just dips. 🙈 pass -i to make it stop doing that.
  • -h — shows a short help message. short. sweet. helpful. 🫶
  • -v — shows version information. 🌈

🎀 FUNCTION KEYS 🎀

While gems-client is running, a couple of keys have special powers. yes, they're keyboard shortcuts. no, they're not in the options list, they're their own thing. iykyk:

  • q — quit. bye bestie 👋
  • a — enable/disable alarm blocking. when this is active and the server transmits an alarm character ('\a'), the client just ignores it, so the alarm never plays. this is especially useful when lots of clients are hanging out in the same room, so you don't get that cursed simultaneous beep situation. you know the one. the annoying one. 💀

💜 AUTHORS 💜

  • Diego Essaya <dessaya@fi.uba.ar>
  • Emiliano Castagnari <ecastag@fi.uba.ar>

(these are the legends who made it. show some respect 🫡)

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

gems-server(1), script(1)

and that's the whole page, bestie — this gem of a manpage comes from gems, dated AUGUST 2004, and it's GEMS-CLIENT(1) forever and always 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅

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