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-@dircategory Emacs
+@dircategory Emacs network features
@direntry
-* Rcirc: (rcirc). Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.
+* Rcirc: (rcirc). Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.
@end direntry
@titlepage
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@end titlepage
+@contents
+
@ifnottex
@node Top, Basics, (dir), (dir)
@top rcirc Manual
-@end ifnottex
@code{rcirc} is an Emacs IRC client.
topic channels which are collections of many users, or privately, with
just one other user.
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+
+@end ifnottex
+
@menu
* Basics::
* Reference::
single server redirects new connections to a random server in the
network. @code{irc.freenode.net} is such a server for the Freenode
network. Freenode provides the network ``for the Free and Open Source
-Software communities, for not-for-profit organisations and for related
+Software communities, for not-for-profit organizations and for related
communities and organizations.''
@cindex port, connecting
It defaults to the login name returned by @code{user-login-name}, just
like @code{rcirc-default-nick}.
-@item rcirc-default-user-full-name
-@vindex rcirc-default-user-full-name
+@item rcirc-default-full-name
+@vindex rcirc-default-full-name
@cindex full name
@cindex real name
@cindex surname
your full name, you might want to set it to some pseudonym.
@example
-(setq rcirc-default-user-full-name "Curious Minds Want To Know")
+(setq rcirc-default-full-name "Curious Minds Want To Know")
@end example
@item rcirc-authinfo
@vindex rcirc-authinfo
-@cindex authentification
+@cindex authentication
@cindex identification
@cindex nickserv
@cindex login
@table @code
@item nickserv
-@cindex nickserv authentification
+@cindex nickserv authentication
Use this symbol if you need to identify yourself as follows when
connecting to a network: @code{/msg nickserv identify secret}. The
necessary arguments are the nickname you want to use this for, and the
details. (Using @code{/msg nickserv help}, for example.)
@item chanserv
-@cindex chanserv authentification
+@cindex chanserv authentication
Use this symbol if you need to identify yourself as follows if you want
to join a particular channel: @code{/msg chanserv identify #underground
secret}. The necessary arguments are the nickname and channel you want
(Using @code{/msg chanserv help}, for example.)
@item bitlbee
-@cindex bitlbee authentification
+@cindex bitlbee authentication
Use this symbol if you need to identify yourself in the Bitlbee channel
as follows: @code{identify secret}. The necessary arguments are the
nickname you want to use this for, and the password to use.
other instant messaging services. You can either install Bitlbee
locally or use a public Bitlbee server. There, you need to create an
account with a password. This is the nick and password you need to
-provide for the bitlbee authentification method.
+provide for the bitlbee authentication method.
Later, you will tell Bitlbee about your accounts and passwords on all
the other instant messaging services, and Bitlbee will log you in. All
@kindex C-c C-l
@cindex low priority channels
-The solution is to mark this channel as as a low priority channel.
+The solution is to mark this channel as a low priority channel.
Use @kbd{C-c C-l} to make the current channel a low-priority channel.
Low priority channels have the modeline indicator ``LowPri''.
@kbd{C-c C-@key{SPC}} will not switch to low priority channels unless
@node Notices, , Keywords, Fighting Information Overload
@section Notices
-@cindex part notices, how to omit
+@cindex part notices, how to omit
@cindex join notices, how to omit
@cindex quit notices, how to omit
@cindex nick notices, how to omit
If you're chatting from a laptop, then you might be familiar with this
problem: When your laptop falls asleep and wakes up later, your IRC
-client doesn't realise that it has been disconnected. It takes several
+client doesn't realize that it has been disconnected. It takes several
minutes until the client decides that the connection has in fact been
lost. The simple solution is to use @kbd{M-x rcirc}. The problem is
that this opens an @emph{additional} connection, so you'll have two
(delete-process process)
(rcirc-connect server port nick
rcirc-default-user-name
- rcirc-default-user-full-name
+ rcirc-default-full-name
channels))))
@end smallexample
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@bye
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