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Telegram client ncurses based console chat

"Telegram secure chat" is a simple ncurses based telegram client called in short telesecure

telesecure screen

Program features

  • 11 conurent chats allocated and key F2 - F12 for quick access
  • At F1 is a command console for telegram client, and it supports:
    • Send quick message to the user without console allocation
    • Create and delete new chat
    • List channels and users
    • Display messages from all users and chats non allocated on buffers
  • All opened chats are displayed in the top status bar with initials
    • Current active chat is higlighted with text underline
    • When the user is online on the chat initial on the status bar is yellow
    • When the user is typing message on the chat initial on status bar is blue
    • When the new message arrives from the user * char is added on the status bar

Shortcuts

  • F1-F12: Switch between chat buffers
  • CTRL+ArrowRight: (FN+ArrowRight (OSX)): Switch to next chat buffer
  • CTRL+ArrowLeft: (FN+ArrowLeft (OSX)): Switch to previous chat buffer
  • CTRL+C: Exit telegram
  • CTRL+P: run command PS on the last buffer
  • CTRL+ArrowUp (FN+ArrowUP (OSX)): Rewind history buffer up
  • CTRL+ArrowDown (FN+ArrowDown (OSX)): Rewind history buffer up
  • CTRL+A: Clear edit window

Supported commands

  • msg chat_id message: Send message to the user
  • authpass password: Send authentication password when required
  • delchat chat_id: Delete chat with particular chat identifier
  • authphoneno phone_number: Send phone number for authentication
  • authcode code: Pass authentication code
  • userlist: List all user in address book
  • chatlist: List all chats
  • help: List all commands
  • authname name: Send user authentication name
  • newchat chat_id: Open chat with particular id
  • chatlist: List all opened chats
  • quit , exit: Close application

Howto build

Prerequisties

  • C++ compiler with C++17 support (clang,g++)
  • Linux or OSX operating system
  • CMake
  • readline library (libreadline)
  • telegram client library (tdlib)
  • boost libraries
  • ncurses (libncurses)

Building

mkdir build 
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
make

TODO

  • Support for last seen time on users
  • Maybe unlimited number of buffers with intelligent status bar
  • Uploading and downloading media files
  • Managing address book (add, remove, edit users)