Some notes and resources about my use of
IRC.
See
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Contents
Channels
AbiWord:
- Server: irc.gnome.org
- Channel: #abiword
LVLUG:
- www.thelinuxlink.net?
- #lvlug
Clients
Used:
Tried:
- KVirc (too much color, hard to read)
- Irssi (black background, hard to read, but looks like it has useful options (like automation))
- Xchat (black background, hard to read, but looks interesting)
- irc, ircii, ircII from command line -- would not start, presumably not installed.
Some simple commands
- /whois <username> -- provides information about a user
- /quit Good night (need quotes?) -- quits a channel and posts a Good night message.
- <just type, hit return> -- everybody on the channel sees your message, prefixed with your nickname
- /msg <username> hi there -- only the named user sees "hi there"
- /dcc chat <username> -- you request a direct chat with the named user
- she accepts the invitation by typing /ddd chat <your_username>
- then exchange messages using the format:/msg =<other_username> Hi there!
- /nick <new_nickname> -- changes your nickname
- /help -- can't figure out what this does
Setting a different alias
(otherwise uses my username on my home computer which is "dad" -- not my preference):
- In Ksirc, specify as part of the channel, like #abiword/rhkramer -- that did not seem to work -- I apparently created my own channel abiword/kramer -- maybe I need spaces around the slash.
- ??
- Specify an environment variable named IRCNAME:
- In the ksh shell:
- setenv IRCNAME = "rhkramer"
- or, set in .cshrc file
- In the bash shell (and several others):
- IRCNAME = "rhkramer"
- export IRCNAME
- or, set in .profile
Running Scripts
- Don't -- they create a security hole -- people have had their machines taken over by others when they've run scripts.
- Don't accept scripts from strangers (or "friends")
Performance
It seems that everything slows down perceptibly when I start an
IRC client, and it seems to stay slowed down even after I close it. top says ksirc is using 8.8% of memory and very little CPU (0 to 0.1%)
Sources of Help
Contributors
- RandyKramer - 2001-02-19, updated 2001 -- 12 Jun 2001 (transferred from swiki)
- RandyKramer - 23 Apr 2002 -- transferred from home TWiki
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