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7 <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-31" status="review">
9 <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-08-31" status="done"/>
12 <credit type="author">
13 <name>Shaun McCance</name>
14 <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
18 <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
20 <desc>Additional information necessary for connecting to IRC networks.</desc>
21 <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
24 <title>IRC Account Details</title>
26 <p>IRC accounts require different information than many other types of
27 accounts. To create an IRC account, you must specify at least an IRC
28 network and a nickname. This page details the information you can
29 provide for an IRC account.</p>
31 <note style="info package">
32 <p>You must have the <sys>telepathy-idle</sys> package installed
33 in order to use IRC in <app>Empathy</app>.</p>
38 <title><gui>Network</gui></title>
39 <p>IRC is an open system that allows people to run separate IRC
40 networks. Each network is distinct and has its own users and
41 chat rooms. <app>Empathy</app> lists the most popular networks
42 in the <gui>Network</gui> drop-down list. You can add additional
43 networks. See <link xref="#networks"/> below.</p>
46 <title><gui>Nickname</gui></title>
47 <p>Your nickname is your unique name on the IRC network. Only one
48 person on a network may use a given nickname. If you get an error
49 message that says <link xref="prob-conn-name" role="error-msg"/>
50 you will need to change your nickname.</p>
53 <title><gui>Password</gui></title>
54 <p>Some servers, particularly those on private networks, require
55 a password to connect. If you are authorized to use the network,
56 the network administrators should provide you with a password.</p>
58 <title>NickServ Passwords</title>
59 <p>On some networks, nicknames can be registered using a service
60 known as NickServ. <app>Empathy</app> does not directly support
61 nickname passwords. On some networks, including the popular
62 FreeNode network, server passwords are automatically forwarded
63 to NickServ, allowing you to set this field to identify yourself
64 with NickServ. See <link xref="irc-nick-password"/> for more
69 <title><gui>Real name</gui></title>
70 <p>You can provide your real name in addition to your nickname. Other
71 users will be able to see this when they view your information.</p>
74 <title><gui>Quit message</gui></title>
75 <p>When you go offline, a quit message is sent to all the chat rooms
76 you’re in and to all the users you’re having a private conversation
77 with. Use this field to provide a custom quit message.</p>
85 <section id="networks">
87 <title type="link">IRC Networks</title>
90 <title>Networks</title>
92 <p><app>Empathy</app> includes a list of popular IRC networks. If you
93 wish to another IRC network, you can add it to the list. You can also
94 modify networks and remove them from the list.</p>
97 <item><p>To add a network to the list, click <media type="image"
98 mime="image/png" src="figures/gtk-add.png" width="16"
99 height="16">Add</media>.</p></item>
100 <item><p>To modify a network in the list, select the network and click
101 <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/gtk-edit.png" width="16"
102 height="16">Edit</media>.</p></item>
103 <item><p>To remove a network from the list, select the network and
104 click <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/gtk-remove.png"
105 width="16" height="16">Remove</media>.</p></item>
108 <p>When adding or modifying a network, you can enter the following
113 <title><gui>Network</gui></title>
114 <p>This is the name of the network as you want it to appear in
115 the list of networks.</p>
118 <title><gui>Charset</gui></title>
119 <p>This specifies the character encoding that is typically used on
120 this network. A character encoding is a specific way of recording
121 characters internally in a computer. There are many character
122 encodings, and you need to use the same character encoding as other
123 users to see their messages correctly.</p>
125 Translators: Recommend character encodings that are common
128 <p>By default, <app>Empathy</app> uses UTF-8, a modern character
129 encoding that can handle text from most of the world's languages.
130 Another common encoding for English and some other Western languages
134 <title><gui>Servers</gui></title>
135 <p>An IRC network may have many servers you can connect to. When
136 you are connected to a server on a particular network, you can
137 communicate with all users on all other servers on that network.
138 You can add and remove servers for this network using the
139 <gui>Add</gui> and <gui>Remove</gui> buttons.</p>
140 <p>When a server is selected, click the field under <gui>Server</gui>
141 or <gui>Port</gui> to edit it. Alternatively, use the left and right
142 arrow keys to focus the field, and press the space bar to begin
144 <p>Select the check box in the <gui>SSL</gui> column to encrypt
145 all communication with a server. Note that this does not prevent
146 other users on the network from seeing what you write on public