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60 ~your-urbit:talk> ;~doznec/urbit-meta
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62−There are two ways of using `:talk`: from the CLI or through a web ui available at `http://your-urbit.urbit.org/talk` (or `http://localhost:8080/talk`).
62+There are two ways of using `:talk`: from the CLI or through a web ui available at `http://your-urbit.urbit.org/talk` (or `http://localhost:8080/talk`).
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64The web ui ships as compiled JavaScript on your Urbit, but has its own source repo [here](https://github.com/urbit/talk).
64The web ui ships as compiled JavaScript on your Urbit, but has its own source repo [here](https://github.com/urbit/talk).
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66+Last, let's create a channel we can invite some friends to:
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68+ ~your-urbit:talk> ;create channel %my-channel 'some description'
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70+Not you can your friends to `;join ~your-urbit/my-channel`.
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66## Manual
72## Manual
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68`:talk`s design is similar in spirit to [nntp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_News_Transfer_Protocol) the underlying protocol for Usenet.
74`:talk`s design is similar in spirit to [nntp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_News_Transfer_Protocol) the underlying protocol for Usenet.
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88#### URLs
94#### URLs
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90−A URL is any valid URL.
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92### Commands
98### Commands
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111### Station Glyphs
117### Station Glyphs
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113Glyphs are assigned by station hash out of the following list
119Glyphs are assigned by station hash out of the following list
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121 > = + - } ) , . " ' ^ $ % & @
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117Alphanumeric characters and `|#;:*~_` are reserved; all others (the above lists, and `\/!?({<`) can be manually assigned.
123Alphanumeric characters and `|#;:*~_` are reserved; all others (the above lists, and `\/!?({<`) can be manually assigned.
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139Here we're talking to the station bound to `=`:
145Here we're talking to the station bound to `=`:
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143Here we're talking directly to `~dannum-mitryl`:
149Here we're talking directly to `~dannum-mitryl`:
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145− ~your-urbit:talk(~dannum-mitryl)
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147#### Configuration
153#### Configuration
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