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who
Usage: who [o][r][f][a][R][U][s][b][w][z][L][S][B][A][l][t][v][n][#i#j]
Useful examples:
who -- lists all users logged on
who a -- lists the users logged on who are available for matches
who U -- lists the unregistered users logged on
who 15 -- lists the top one-fifth (20%) of users logged on
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The who command displays a list of users who are connected to the server
according to the parameters you give. Typing "who" alone, without any
arguments, will list all users according to their blitz ratings.
USERS TO DISPLAY [default: all users logged on]
o: Only open players.
r: Only players for rated matches.
f: Only free players (not playing a game).
a: Only available players (open & free).
R: Only registered players.
U: Only unregistered players.
#i#j: Only a portion of the who list; #j divides the list into j segments;
#i will display the i-th segment; #i cannot be higher than #j; (there
are three shortcuts: "who 1" works the same as "who 13", "who 2" works
the same as "who 23" and "who 3" works the same as "who 33"). [See
the special note below.]
ORDER OF DISPLAY
s: Standard rating.
b: Blitz rating. [this is the default]
w: Wild rating
z: craZyhouse rating
L: Lightning rating.
S: Suicide Chess rating.
B: Bughouse rating.
A: Lists players alphabetically.
l: Same as above but without rating/game info. [lower case "L"]
FORMAT OF DISPLAY
t: Terse. [this is the default]
v: Verbose.
n: Win-loss record.
EXAMPLES:
"who aRsA" would display users who are open for matches (a), who are
registered (R), displaying their ratings from standard games (s) and display
the list alphabetically (A).
"who w29" would display users by wild ratings (w) but only the 2nd of 9
segments (29), not the entire list.
NOTE: both the capital letters and the order of the options are important, but
you *may* use spaces between the various letters.
THE REGULAR (terse) DISPLAY
The following table gives an example of what the "who" request will display.
(Only a portion of a much larger listing is given here.)
2255 ^OldManII(C) 1879 Chopin 1625 :Flash 1251E:Juan
2163 Heringer 1838 ^asu 1612p Lesiege ---- Jerard
2099 ^AmacaballoFat 1799 ^Kael 1587 :Boutros ---- :Tomato(TD)
2094 ^Torr 1783 :GARP 1572 ^chessnut ++++ :arc
2074 :loon(*) 1774 :grimm 1556 #jethro ++++ ^ASESINO
2072 death(FM) 1760 :Tsang 1555 .billard ++++ .beto
The format is <rating> <status> <handle>.
Rating: Only one set of ratings are displayed -- the default is blitz unless
another type of rating is requested. The entry ---- means this user is
registered but does not have a rating for this type of chess. The entry
++++ means that the user is unregistered and thus has no rating. If you
have the 'provshow' variable set to 1, ratings will also indicate the status
of the rating (see "help v_provshow").
Status codes:
^ involved in a game
~ running a simul match
: not open for a match
# examining a game
. inactive for 5 minutes or longer, or if "busy" is set
not busy
& involved in a tournament
Handle codes (these special codes appear after some handles):
* admin
B blindfold account
C computer account
T team account
U unregistered user
CA chess advisor
SR service representative
TD Tournament Director program or a bot of some sort
TM mamer manager
FM/IM/GM/WIM/WGM titles for international chess masters -- FM = FIDE
Master, IM = International Master, GM = Grand Master,
WIM = Women's International Master, WGM = Women's
Grand Master
THE VERBOSE DISPLAY
The following table shows sample entries from a "who v" request -- where the
"v" means "verbose" style of the "who" command. A complete display, of
course, would be rather long ... one line for each user logged on who fits the
parameters of the who request. Note: Neither Bughouse nor Suicide Chess
ratings are displayed in the verbose format.
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| User Standard Blitz Lightning On for Idle |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 22 OldManII 2172 2256 ---- 4:09 |
| 40 u Torr ---- 2084 1935 14 |
| X o loon 2015 2074 ---- 11 |
| 35 Chopin ---- 1879 1675 4 |
| Xu Juan 1336 1251 1421 20 19 |
| 4 U ASESINO ++++ ++++ ---- 18 |
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| 95 Players Displayed |
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Going from left to right in the display:
## -- the number of the game the user is playing
X -- not open for games
u -- open for unrated games only
U -- unregistered player
o -- observing a game
<name> -- the player's "handle"
Standard rating -- the player's rating from standard games
Blitz rating -- the player's rating from blitz games
Lightning rating -- the player's rating from lightning games
On for -- (in hours/minutes) how long the player has been on
Idle -- (in hours/minutes) how the player has been idle
Players Displayed -- the number of current users fitting the who request
THE WIN-LOSS RECORD DISPLAY
The format for the win-loss record display is simple. Here is an example:
Name Stand win loss draw Blitz win loss draw idle
---------------- ----- ------------- ----- ------------- ----
<user> ---- 0 0 0 2018 92 56 26 10
The order is again by blitz, unless specified otherwise. This information
is also available on an individual basis by using the "finger" command. Note:
only Standard and blitz ratings are displayed in win-loss format.
SPECIAL NOTES:
(a) You can be notified automatically in several ways about users being on the
server rather than typing "who" many times in a row. See the help files for
"avail_vars" and "variables".
(b) If you have trouble with your screen scrolling when it displays a long who
list, you can use "who #i#j" to reduce the problem. Instead if displaying the
entire who list in one, long piece, display segments of it in sequence. Here
is an example: type these commands one at a time, reading each screen as you
go along: "who 19" "who 29" "who 39" "who 49" "who 59" "who 69" "who 79" "who
89" "who 99". What these commands will do is segment the who list into 9
equal and smaller segments, and display only one segment at a time.
(c) You can obtain additional info on how established player ratings are by
setting your provshow variable to 1. In this case, players whose displayed
rating has been established in the past (RD>80.) but whose RD is now >80.0
will show with an E (for Estimated) next to the rating, while players whose
rating has never been accompanied by an RD<80.0 will be marked with a P (for
Provisional) again next to the displaued rating.
Thus, a possible display such as
2134E:McKeork 1603 .wino 1294 ^PoorPoor
1950P:EscapeArtist(TD) 1541 .blindfolded(C) 1186P^Zeebo
1849P:pgv 1448 Lorro 967 ^Hikaru
would indicate that Mckeork has let his RD grow above 80.0, giving his rating
the status of estimated, while EscapeArtist, Zeebo and pgv haven't managed yet
to establish their rating since their RD has not gone below 80.0 yet.
See Also: avail_vars blindfold blitz bughouse bugwho busy chess_advisor
computers examine finger intro_information lightning mamer
observe ratings sr_info suicide_chess team variables v_open
v_provshow wild
[Last modified: March 9, 1999 -- pgv]
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