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8 <link type="guide" xref="irc-manage#manage"/>
9 <desc>Additional information necessary for connecting to IRC networks.</desc>
10 <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-31" status="review">
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15 <revision pkgversion="2.30" version="0.2" date="2010-04-19" status="review"/>
16 <credit type="author">
17 <name>Shaun McCance</name>
18 <email its:translate="no">shaunm@gnome.org</email>
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32 <title>IRC account details</title>
34 <p>IRC accounts require different information than many other types of
35 accounts. To create an IRC account, you must specify at least an IRC
36 network and a nickname. This page details the information you can
37 provide for an IRC account.</p>
39 <note style="info package">
40 <p>You must have the <sys>telepathy-idle</sys> package installed to use IRC
41 in <app>Empathy</app>.</p>
46 <title><gui>Network</gui></title>
47 <p>IRC is an open system that allows people to run separate IRC
48 networks. Each network is distinct and has its own users and
49 chat rooms. <app>Empathy</app> lists the most popular networks
50 in the <gui>Network</gui> drop-down list. You can add additional
51 networks. See <link xref="#networks"/> below.</p>
54 <title><gui>Nickname</gui></title>
55 <p>Your nickname is your unique name on the IRC network. Only one
56 person on a network may use a given nickname. If you get an error
57 message that says <link xref="prob-conn-name" role="error-msg"/>
58 you will need to change your nickname.</p>
61 <title><gui>Password</gui></title>
62 <p>Some servers, particularly those on private networks, require
63 a password to connect. If you are authorized to use the network,
64 the network administrators should provide you with a password.</p>
66 <title>NickServ Passwords</title>
67 <p>On some networks, nicknames can be registered using a service
68 known as NickServ. <app>Empathy</app> does not directly support
69 nickname passwords. On some networks, including the popular
70 freenode network, server passwords are automatically forwarded
71 to NickServ, allowing you to set this field to identify yourself
72 with NickServ. See <link xref="irc-nick-password"/> for more
77 <title><gui>Real name</gui></title>
78 <p>You can provide your real name in addition to your nickname. Other
79 users will be able to see this when they view your information.</p>
82 <title><gui>Quit message</gui></title>
83 <p>When you go offline, a quit message is sent to all the chat rooms
84 you’re in and to all the users you’re having a private conversation
85 with. Use this field to provide a custom quit message.</p>
93 <section id="networks">
95 <title type="link">IRC Networks</title>
98 <title>Networks</title>
100 <p><app>Empathy</app> includes a list of popular IRC networks. If you
101 wish to another IRC network, you can add it to the list. You can also
102 modify networks and remove them from the list.</p>
105 <item><p>To add a network to the list, click <media type="image"
106 mime="image/png" src="figures/gtk-add.png" width="16"
107 height="16" its:translate="no"><span
108 its:translate="yes">Add</span></media>.</p></item>
109 <item><p>To modify a network in the list, select the network and click
110 <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/gtk-edit.png" width="16"
111 height="16" its:translate="no"><span
112 its:translate="yes">Edit</span></media>.</p></item>
113 <item><p>To remove a network from the list, select the network and
114 click <media type="image" mime="image/png" src="figures/gtk-remove.png"
115 width="16" height="16" its:translate="no"><span
116 its:translate="yes">Remove</span></media>.</p></item>
119 <p>When adding or modifying a network, you can enter the following
124 <title><gui>Network</gui></title>
125 <p>This is the name of the network as you want it to appear in
126 the list of networks.</p>
129 <title><gui>Charset</gui></title>
130 <p>This specifies the character encoding that is typically used on
131 this network. A character encoding is a specific way of recording
132 characters internally in a computer. There are many character
133 encodings, and you need to use the same character encoding as other
134 users to see their messages correctly.</p>
136 Translators: Recommend character encodings that are common
139 <p>By default, <app>Empathy</app> uses UTF-8, a modern character
140 encoding that can handle text from most of the world's languages.
141 Another common encoding for English and some other Western languages
145 <title><gui>Servers</gui></title>
146 <p>An IRC network may have many servers you can connect to. When
147 you are connected to a server on a particular network, you can
148 communicate with all users on all other servers on that network.
149 You can add and remove servers for this network using the
150 <gui>Add</gui> and <gui>Remove</gui> buttons.</p>
151 <p>When a server is selected, click the field under <gui>Server</gui>
152 or <gui>Port</gui> to edit it. Alternatively, use the left and right
153 arrow keys to focus the field, and press the space bar to begin
155 <p>Select the check box in the <gui>SSL</gui> column to encrypt
156 all communication with a server. Note that this does not prevent
157 other users on the network from seeing what you write on public