Edit Menu

Logging

pConv supports logging all inbound and outbound text to a user specified logfile. Selecting Edit->Logging will bring up a file dialog box where you can specify the filename and location of the log file to create.

Colon Commands

pConv, like some other clients, will respond to a number of remote commands which are prefixed by a colon ":". The Edit->Colon Commands menu option allows you to turn stop the client from responding to those commands.

:ping

Get a >>pong reply

:time

Get the localtime

:<callsign> time

Get the local client's localtime

:<callsign> version

Get the local client's version

:<callsign> sysinfo

Get the local client's system information

:<callsign> uptime

Get the local client's uptime

:<callsign> help

Get this message

<callsign> is the callsign you entered in the connection dialog.

Background

Edit->Background drops down a menu allowing you to change the background colour on the fly. Colours for individual people are retained if you switch backgrounds, and then switch back.

Change Font

Edit->Change Font allows you to select what font is used in the main text window.

Preferences

Edit->Preferences brings up a menu allowing you to change preferences that will be retained when the program ends.

Defaults:

This option allows you to set what the default settings are for a new connection.

Colours:

This allows you to select what colours out of the available X11 RGB palette will be used with each background. There is more help on the screen that appears when you select this option. You have to restart the client to make any changes to the colour selections take effect.

Edit Connections:

This brings up another menu of connection definitions in your preferences file. Selecting one of those definitions allows you to change anything in that definition except the name.

Delete Connections:

This brings up the same menu as the \"Edit Connections\" option however selecting one definition will delete it from the preferences file.

Clear Callsigns

Edit->Clear Callsigns clears all callsigns from the callsigns window on the right hand side of the application. Anybody that joins or speaks after the window is clear will be re-added to the window.

Display Statistics

Edit->Display Statistics brings up a dialog box with 3 fields. The first displays how many bytes have been transmitted since the application was started. The second displays how many bytes have been received since the application was started. The third displays how many bytes were received and ignored (ie not displayed) due to the author's callsign being set to Ignore.