On Sunday 04 September 2005 09:59 pm, Cameron MacDonald wrote: > > Thanks, Rick. I had done some reading and got befuddled. I'll go > back and do some more. > But anyway... I'm on now. Between you and Stephen, I got it done. > Renamed ~/.xchat2 and started over. One problem was that someone was > already using my nickname (how dare he/she). Things are happy now. > Fortunately, I have been given many nicks---many of which I will not > share, in hopes that they will die. > Peace and thanks > Cameron
Glad that you got things going. As to nicks, IRC is like that. If the nick is in use, you're out of luck. One nice thing about Freenode and the other networks that support it, is that nicks can be registered, so that they can't be used except by you. Other's use of the nick is restricted. They do expire after a while, so if you aren't on, they can be released. If someone has the nick you want, you're pretty much out of luck, other than to watch and see if the registration expires. The other thing to remember about IRC nicks is that people will be typing the nick a lot, so if you choose something easier to type, you'll make those answering you a lot happier. And also, this registration is on a per network basis, so it isn't for every IRC network, just the one you registered on. There are a lot of different IRC networks to explore, some are really large like EFnet and Undernet, others are medium to small in size. They all have their different "personalities". Have fun exploring. And don't get discouraged about the reading. IRC is a great new world to explore. In no time it'll all make complete sense. Rick Kunath
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