How to connect to IRC
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How to connect to IRC
IRC is Internet Relay Chat. Read Wikipedia for more informations. This article explains how to connect to the XOOPS Cube IRC channel. In this article, some IRC clients are used as examples, but you can choose your favorite IRC client from a number of clients.
Channel Information
- Server: irc.freenode.net
- Channel: ##xoopscube
Mac OS X
Uses Colloquy as example, which is one of good IRC client under GPL license. Download Colloquy and copy it to your application folder. Next, run Colloquy and you see the following dialog:
Input your account informations
Input your nickname to Nickname. And. input "irc.freenode.net" to Chat Server. Because Colloquy accesses your personal data in Mac OS X, you may click Details to change your information. After then, click "Connect" Button.
Connections
You see "Connections" windows instead of the previous dialog.
Confirm that you are selecting irc.freenode.net, and clock "Join Room" in menu.
Join to ##xoopscube
Another dialog shows up. Input "##xoopscube" to Chat Room and click "Join" button.
Let's start talking
Success! You can send messages from the right-down text form. For more informations of Colloquy, read documents or help. And, if your friend who use the same mother language as you opens other channels for XOOPS Cube, you may join those channels in the same time.
Tips
It's possible to connect to specific channels automatically in most IRC clients. In Colloquy, to set automatic channels, you click "Info" button in "Connections" window. If you can't find "Info" button by the narrow window, you can select "Get Info" to do the same thing from the context menu (click right button of your mouse on the "irc.free.node" row.)
After then, click the "Automatic" tab, click "+" button and input "##xoopscube" in "Join Rooms". You may choose "Connect on lunch".
