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28Let's join `/urbit-meta`:
28Let's join `/urbit-meta`:
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30+Use `ctrl-x` to switch from `:dojo` to `:talk`, then:
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30− ~your-urbit: ;join ~doznec/urbit-meta
32+ ~your-urbit:talk> ;join ~doznec/urbit-meta
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32You'll see:
34You'll see:
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95in your post, to show you the prospective linebreak. Your essay
97in your post, to show you the prospective linebreak. Your essay
96will be posted in multiple lines.
98will be posted in multiple lines.
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100+ ~your-urbit:talk> this is a long message, so it will by truncated right at this•spot
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102+will print as
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104+ ~your-urbit; this is a long message, so it will by truncated right at this
105+ ~your-urbit; spot
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98#### URLs
107#### URLs
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100A URL is any valid URL.
109A URL is any valid URL.
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111+ ~your-urbit:talk> http://example.com
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102### Commands
113### Commands
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104A command is a hoon expression, prefaced by '#'.
115A command is a hoon expression, prefaced by '#'.
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117+ ~your-urbit:talk> #(add 2 2)
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119+### Activating Lines
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121+A line number identifying the *subsequent* line is displayed every 5 lines.
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123+ ---------[0]
124+ ~your-urbit; this is my message
125+ ~your-urbit@ this is an @ message
126+ ~your-urbit; this is a long message, so it will by truncated right at this
127+ ~your-urbit; spot
128+ ~your-urbit/ http://example.com/
129+ ---------[5]
130+ ~your-urbit# (add 2 2) 4
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132+You can use a line number to *activate* a line:
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134+ ~your-urbit:talk> ;0
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136+which prints the number, line identifier, timestamp, sender, audience,
137+and contents:
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139+ ? 0
140+ 0v3.hl51p.jhege.amhec.vb37r.3rejr at ~2016.6.24..04.48.21..a235
141+ ~your-urbit to ~another-urbit
142+ this is my message
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144+Activating a URL will print the full URL (it could have been truncated),
145+and activating a command will evaluate it.
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147+You can activate the most recent line with `;`, the second-most recent with
148+`;;`, and so on.
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106### Creating and managing stations
150### Creating and managing stations
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108`;create journal %serious-journal 'description'` - Creates a `%journal`, a privately writable publicly readable station.
152`;create journal %serious-journal 'description'` - Creates a `%journal`, a privately writable publicly readable station.