Tutorials/Chatting with the IRC Activity

The IRC Activity is an implementation of Internet Relay Chat for Sugar.

See Internet Relay Chat on our wiki.

boot Sugar

 * You must be connected to the Internet for IRC to connect.


 * The Home view screen appears.



Start the IRC Activity

 * Click on the Toolbar icon with horizontal lines Home list view.
 * (This screenshot is from another session of Sugar.)




 * Find the IRC Activity icon [[File:IRC.png]]


 * Click on it to launch the Activity.


 * IRC starts
 * Wait while it connects (5-10 seconds).
 * You are connected when there are 2 tabs on the bottom:
 * &#35;sugar-es
 * &#35;sugar


 * &#35;sugar <==translates==> #sugar-es
 * Enter Spanish in #sugar-es, read English in #sugar.

Join another IRC channel

 * List of Sugar related channels for Chat in the Sugar Labs wiki blue navigation bar at the top of every page of this wiki.
 * External link above ^
 * Starts in your browser


 * Here is an example of how to join a new IRC channel:
 * Enter: /join #trisquel in the bottom left, grey, text input area.
 * /join is a command to the IRC application server.
 * # is used to specify that you are naming a channel.


 * Click the  key on your keyboard.


 * A third tab appears on the bottom of the IRC screen, labeled #trisquel.


 * Anything you enter in the bottom left, grey, text entry area will be transmitted when you depress the  key.
 * This is where you can talk to others on the IRC channel.
 * Conversations are displayed in the large area above.
 * Connected users' names are displayed in the right vertical panel.


 * To call someone you know on an IRC channel, enter the name they are using on the channel.
 * Look for their name, on the right vertical column of the IRC window, to see if they are connected.
 * You can scroll the list, if it is long, to see if they are on line.

Name: message you want to send
 * Enter the first few characters of their name and press the  key. It should complete their name (if the first few characters were unique in the list) followed by a colon and space. You should then enter your message:
 * Do not sent a message of over 4 lines, It is not polite to do so.
 * Use your browser at the web site: http://fpaste.org
 * Paste/write you long message or text into that site's screen
 * Depress the  key.
 * copy/paste the address of this paste into your IRC message.


 * To request help without knowing who to ask:
 * Ask your question.
 * Stay connected after you ask the question.
 * It may take a while before you get an answer.


 * Be polite.
 * Thanks


 * You can switch open channels by clicking on a tab.
 * You can save the current IRC session, by clicking the icon of a Journal with an arrow pointing at it, located on the IRC Activity tool bar.

Close an IRC channel

 * Hover the mouse pointer over an IRC tab and hold down the right mouse button:
 * A pop up box appears with (X Close)


 * Click on it.
 * This closes the IRC channel.

Shut down IRC

 * Click on the white octagon icon with a black square in it, on the right of the IRC Activity tool bar.
 * Stop Ctrl+Q appears in icon palette label.


 * Click on it
 * You return to the Home view.