@Override
  public synchronized void run() {
    try {
      for (int i = 0; i < NUM_PIPES; i++) {
        while (Thread.currentThread() == reader[i]) {
          try {
            this.wait(100);
          } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
          }
          if (pin[i].available() != 0) {
            String input = this.readLine(pin[i]);
            appendMsg(htmlize(input));
            if (textArea.getDocument().getLength() > 0) {
              textArea.setCaretPosition(textArea.getDocument().getLength() - 1);
            }
          }
          if (quit) {
            return;
          }
        }
      }

    } catch (Exception e) {
      Debug.error(me + "Console reports an internal error:\n%s", e.getMessage());
    }
  }
  public void toChatScreen(String toScreen, boolean selfSeen)
      throws IOException, BadLocationException {
    // Timestamp ts = new Timestamp();
    String toScreenFinal = "";
    Date now = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();
    SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm");
    String ts = format.format(now);

    // chatScreen.append(ts + " " + toScreen + "\n");
    toScreenFinal = "<font color=gray>" + ts + "</font> ";
    if (selfSeen) toScreenFinal = toScreenFinal + "<font color=red>" + toScreen + "</font>";
    else toScreenFinal = toScreenFinal + toScreen;

    // chatter.addTo(toScreen);

    // if(standardWindow) {
    //    chatScreen.setCaretPosition(chatScreen.getDocument().getLength());
    // }
    // else {
    JScrollBar vBar = scrollChat.getVerticalScrollBar();
    int vSize = vBar.getVisibleAmount();
    int maxVBar = vBar.getMaximum();
    int currVBar = vBar.getValue() + vSize;
    kit.insertHTML(doc, doc.getLength(), toScreenFinal, 0, 0, null);
    if (maxVBar == currVBar) {
      chatScreen.setCaretPosition(chatScreen.getDocument().getLength());
    }

    // }

    // kit.insertHTML(doc, doc.getLength(), toScreenFinal, 0, 0, null);

  }
 private void appendMsg(String msg) {
   HTMLDocument doc = (HTMLDocument) textArea.getDocument();
   HTMLEditorKit kit = (HTMLEditorKit) textArea.getEditorKit();
   try {
     kit.insertHTML(doc, doc.getLength(), msg, 0, 0, null);
   } catch (Exception e) {
     Debug.error(me + "Problem appending text to message area!\n%s", e.getMessage());
   }
 }