help/C/irc-account.page

   1 <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
   2   type="topic"
   3   id="irc-account">
   4
   5   <info>
   6     <link type="guide" xref="irc-manage#manage"/>
   7     <link type="seealso" xref="prob-conn-neterror"/>
   8     <desc>Create a new IRC account.</desc>
   9     <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-07-25" status="draft"/>
  10
  11     <credit type="author">
  12       <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
  13       <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
  14     </credit>
  15     <copyright>
  16       <year>2009</year>
  17       <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
  18     </copyright>
  19
  20     <license>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</license>
  21
  22     <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  23   </info>
  24
  25   <title>Create an IRC account</title>
  26
  27   <steps>
  28     <item>
  29       <p>
  30               From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
  31       </p>
  32       <list>
  33         <item>
  34                 <p>
  35                   Press <key>F4</key>
  36                 </p>
  37               </item>
  38               <item>
  39                 <p>
  40                   Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>
  41                 </p>
  42         </item>
  43       </list>
  44     </item>
  45     <item>
  46       <p>
  47               If it is the first time you launch <app>Empathy</app>:
  48       </p>
  49       <list>
  50               <item>
  51                 <p>
  52                   From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
  53                   <gui>IRC</gui>, then click on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
  54                 </p>
  55               </item>
  56       </list>
  57       <p>
  58               Otherwise:
  59       </p>
  60       <steps>
  61               <item>
  62                 <p>
  63                   Click on the <gui>Add</gui> button.
  64                 </p>
  65               </item>
  66               <item>
  67                 <p>
  68                   From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
  69                   <gui>IRC</gui>, then click on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
  70                 </p>
  71               </item>
  72              </steps>
  73            </item>
  74            <item>
  75             <p>
  76               From the <gui>Network</gui> drop-down list, select the name of the network
  77               you are creating the account for.
  78             </p>
  79            </item>
  80            <item>
  81            <!-- TODO: think of a simple way to talk about the nickname -->
  82             <p>
  83               In the <gui>Nickname</gui> text box, type the name...
  84             </p>
  85            </item>
  86            <item>
  87             <p>
  88               In the <gui>Password</gui> text box, type the password you used to register
  89               your nikcname. If you do not have one, leave this field blank.
  90             </p>
  91            </item>
  92            <item>
  93             <p>
  94               In the <gui>Real name</gui> text box, type your real name.
  95             </p>
  96             <note>
  97               <p>
  98                 It is not necessary to insert also your real name.
  99               </p>
 100             </note>
 101            </item>
 102            <item>
 103             <p>
 104               In the <gui>Quit message</gui> text box, type the text message that will be
 105               sent when you close your session.
 106             </p>
 107            </item>
 108            <item>
 109             <p>
 110               To enable the new account, select the <gui>Enabled</gui> check-box
 111               next to the name of the account in the box on the left of the dialog.
 112       </p>
 113     </item>
 114          </steps>
 115
 116   <note>
 117     <p>
 118       If you want to use different networks at the same time, you need to create an
 119       account with each of the networks you want to use.
 120     </p>
 121   </note>
 122
 123 </page>