Some notes and resources about my use of IRC.

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Channels

AbiWord:

• Server: irc.gnome.org
• Channel: #abiword

LVLUG:

• www.thelinuxlink.net?
• #lvlug

Clients

Used:

• Ksirc

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

• http://www.irchelp.org/
• http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/new2irc.html#talking

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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