who

contents

commands

Usage:  who

who rank
who rating
who rank range
who rating range
who all flag

who by itself lists all players currently logged into IGS.
Example:  who

who and rank,  lists all players by the rank selected.
Exmaple:  who 4k

who and rating,  lists all players of the rating selected.
Example:  who 34

who and rank range,  lists all players within the range selected.
Example:  who 1d-4d,  who 1d-9p

who and rating range,  lists all players within the range selected.
Example:  who 32-36

who all and a flag, will also list players by flags.

The flags are:
c - players in the channels
g - guest logins
l - players looking for matches
o - players open for games
p - players involved in a game
r - players with an IGS rating
1 - default game choice is Go
3 - default game choice is Shogi
4 - default game choice is Chinese Chess
v - players whose login is set to verbose (help toggle)

Examples:
who all c,  who all g,  who all o

The o flag is useful in combination with the who command. For example, you may wish to see all the players within a certain range who are open for games.
Example:  who 1d-4d o    who 10k-2d o

Here is a partial who display without a client

The who display will show letters or numbers, or both, in three areas to the left of the players. The letters indicate the state of certain switches. The first number indicates the number of a game a person is observing, the second number indicates the number of a game a player is involved in playing.

The following letters represent the 'states':

Q - system messages are not seen
S - shouts are not seen, except administrator shouts
X - not accepting match requests
! - looking for games
(The 'states' are set on or off (true or false) with the toggle command.)

In the following example, the first 3 lines are a typical who display, and illustrates how the states are used.

tobe' has the letter 'Q' and the number '12' to the left of the name. This indicates tobe has disabled seeing system messages, and that tobe is observing game 12.

'tillie' has the letter 'S' and '!', which indicate tillie has disabled seeing shouts, and is looking for games. The number '12' directly before the name indicates tillie is playing in game number 12.

'beam' has the letter 'X', which indicates beam is closed for games and is not accepting match requests.

'ivy' is playing in game number 12 with tillie.

The lower case 's' and 'm' after a number indicate the length of time a player has been idle.

s - seconds
m - minutes
h - hours

(The who display from the Xgospel UNIX/Linux based client)

(The who display from the TgWin PC Windows client)