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tutorials:node7.html [2011/04/30 20:28] – [6.2.2 COM Session Example] georg | tutorials:node7.html [2011/04/30 20:31] – [6.2.3 What to Do if You Are Caught in the Newbie Loop] georg | ||
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1. Newbie starts on the unix command line. | 1. Newbie starts on the unix command line. | ||
- | 2. Newbie enters COM Mode by typing | + | 2. Newbie enters COM Mode by typing |
3. Newbie might have to wait a few seconds, but she eventually sees com start. (I think new users see a menu of the com commands & have to answer Yes that they have read & understood the menu.) After com starts, Newbie will be in the lobby & will see a list of the people in that room. (The lobby is the default room & is where most of the chatting happens.) | 3. Newbie might have to wait a few seconds, but she eventually sees com start. (I think new users see a menu of the com commands & have to answer Yes that they have read & understood the menu.) After com starts, Newbie will be in the lobby & will see a list of the people in that room. (The lobby is the default room & is where most of the chatting happens.) | ||
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4. Newbie wants to say hello to everyone, so she types the Space Bar & waits until she sees a '' | 4. Newbie wants to say hello to everyone, so she types the Space Bar & waits until she sees a '' | ||
- | 5. Everyone in the room will see ``[newbie] Hi all. I'm new.'' | + | 5. Everyone in the room will see '' |
6. Newbie is doing well so far, but now let's have her make a mistake. | 6. Newbie is doing well so far, but now let's have her make a mistake. | ||
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The problem is compounded by com's modality & Newbie' | The problem is compounded by com's modality & Newbie' | ||
- | | + | The other people in the room see what Newbie is going through, but there isn't much they can do because they can't see Newbie' |
12. Eventually, Newbie figures it out while com is waiting for her to type a command. At this time, Newbie types '' | 12. Eventually, Newbie figures it out while com is waiting for her to type a command. At this time, Newbie types '' | ||
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Here's why the steps in Table 6.3 work: | Here's why the steps in Table 6.3 work: | ||
- | 1. If com is waiting for you to type a command, then you could type the command anyway, but you type Space, which gets you a prompt (com isn't interpreting commands). Then you type Return, which ends that prompt. So now com is waiting for a command again. So the Space Bar & Return sequence was unnecessary, | + | 1. If com is waiting for you to type a command, then you could type the command anyway, but you type Space, which gets you a prompt (com isn't interpreting commands). Then you type Return, which ends that prompt. So now com is waiting for a command again. So the Space Bar & Return sequence was unnecessary, |
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+ | 2. If com has prompted you & is not interpreting your commands, the Space Bar won't do anything useful, but the Return key will end that prompt. If you had mistakenly typed Return earlier & com was waiting for you to say something into the room, the Space Bar will do nothing, but the Return will end that mode, & com will now wait for you to type a command.. (If you had typed things before the Space Bar, you will '' | ||
==== 6.2.4 COM History ==== | ==== 6.2.4 COM History ==== | ||
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From a section' | From a section' | ||
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Quits the bulletin board. | Quits the bulletin board. |