adial(1)

NAME
adial - X Windows and AF application to dial the phone

SYNOPSIS
adial

DESCRIPTION
This problem implements an X based phone dialler. Type a number or name into the entry box and hit return, or select a number or name somewhere on the screen and click dial. The application picks up the telephone using ahs(1) and dials the phone using aphone(1). After that, a through audio connection is made to the local handset or headset using aset(1).

If the entry box is empty, then the current X selection is used
    as the number. You can type ^U in the entry box to delete whatever is there.

The entry (or selection) is translated by aname2num(1) before
    being dialled. See aname2num for details, but briefly, it can look up names in a personal phone directory (usually ~/.phonelist).

When the call is finished, click Hangup.

If you just want to answer the phone, click Pickup.  Then use Hangup to
    disconnect.

This program is implemented with the Tcl/Tk toolkit, which must be installed
    on your system for the program to run.

RESTRICTIONS
The name to number translation is fairly limited. You can change it, but you have to recode name2num.

ENVIRONMENT

AUDIOFILE
    to get the default host and server to use.

BUGS
If you encounter a reproducible bug, please submit a problem report to (af-bugs@crl.dec.com).

SEE ALSO
AF(1), aphone(1), ahs(1), aname2num(1)

COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1993-1994, Digital Equipment Corporation.
See AF(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

AUTHOR
Larry Stewart, Digital Cambridge Research Lab