Also, if you have a terminal multiplexer like tmux, you can have a very small horizontal split at the bottom to execute the `talk` command and use `less +F talk

Also, if you have a terminal multiplexer like tmux, you can have a very small horizontal split at the bottom to execute the `talk` command and use `less +F talkfile` in the top split to view the chat log with the ability to scroll back and search. You could also use tmux's built-in scrolling and just use `tail -f talkfile` but that would only show you the content which was tailed after you executed that command.