Re: IRC and BitchX newbie -- how to get started?
Mark Phillips dixit: I've just installed BitchX because I want to join in on the Slink release IRC party thingy. Unfortunately I have never used IRC, let alone BitchX before, and I'm really not sure how to get started. I tried man bitchx, and also looked in /usr/doc/bitchx, but it seems this documentation is for people who already have a basic idea about what's going on. Can anyone point me to an introductory HOWTO or some similar such thing. If you get any answer in private, could you let me know, please? I used irc long ago with doze and telnet, but bitchx (or xbitchx) doesn't look like that at all. TIA Horacio.
Re: IRC and BitchX newbie -- how to get started?
http://www.irchelp.org/ Everything you could possibly need to know about IRC. If you don't feel like reading this here's a few quick commands which should get you through the Debian party: /server SERVER connect to SERVER /join CHANNEL join CHANNEL (channel names begin with #, like #debian) /part CHANNEL leave CHANNEL /quit quit IRC /msg Bob MESSAGE... Send private message to Bob Anything you type that doesn't begin with a / is sent to the channel as a message. Anything you read in those documents that mentions ircII also applies to BitchX, as it is just an improved version. -- /---\ | Eric Gillespie, Jr.| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |*| | Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and| | depriving him of his life there exists only a difference | | of degree. | | --Emperor Paul Muad'dib (Frank Herbert's Dune Messiah) | \---/
Re: IRC and BitchX newbie -- how to get started?
Subject: Re: IRC and BitchX newbie -- how to get started? Date: Tue, Mar 02, 1999 at 01:33:29PM +0100 In reply to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Mark Phillips dixit: I've just installed BitchX because I want to join in on the Slink release IRC party thingy. Unfortunately I have never used IRC, let alone BitchX before, and I'm really not sure how to get started. I tried man bitchx, and also looked in /usr/doc/bitchx, but it seems this documentation is for people who already have a basic idea about what's going on. Can anyone point me to an introductory HOWTO or some similar such thing. Well as a (never have used IRC) newbie I looked for the HOWTO's myself. /usr/doc/bitch had some but I found that /usr/lib/bitchx had much more. ( you have learned how to use locate, right?). The files in /usr/lib/bitchx/help (hamm), were enough to let me get on and use the system. There is much more reading to do but the info does seem to be there for those that look. If you get any answer in private, could you let me know, please? I used irc long ago with doze and telnet, but bitchx (or xbitchx) doesn't look like that at all. TIA Horacio. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Basic, n.: A programming language. Related to certain social diseases in that those who have it will not admit it in polite company. ___ Wayne T. Topa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
