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==How to use IRC==
<noinclude>[[Category:Tutorial|Chat]]</noinclude>__TOC__
*boot Sugar
 
:f3 Screen appears
 
[[File:Screenshot_of_Home_f3_spiral.png]]
The IRC Activity is an implementation of [[wikipedia:Internet Relay Chat|Internet Relay Chat]] for Sugar.
===Start IRC application===
 
*click on the top bar icon with horizontal lines "list view'
See [[Internet Relay Chat]] on our wiki.
:find the IRC application and click on it
 
[[File:Screenshot_of_list_view_pointer_on_IRC.png]]
 
*IRC starts
===boot Sugar===
:wait while it connects (5-10 sec)
 
:You are connected when there are 2 tabs on the bottom:
 
::sugar
:[[Tutorials/Connecting_to_the_Internet|You must be connected to the Internet for IRC to connect]].
::sugar-es
 
===How to join another IRC channel===
{{:Nav-Tutorials}}
:click on the (name) on the bottom right of the screen
* The '''Home''' view screen appears.
:enter: /join #trisquel in left bottom white area
 
:a third tab appears labeled "trisquel"
 
[[File:Screenshot_of_IRC_Join_cmd2.png]]
[[File:Screenshot_of_Home_f3_spiral.png|600px]]
*You can switch channels by clicking on a tab
 
:Note: hover over a tab and hold down the right mouse button
===Start the IRC Activity===
::A drop down box appears with options
* Click on the Toolbar icon with horizontal lines '''Home''' list view.
*: (This screenshot is from another session of Sugar.)
 
[[File:Home_ListView_button.png|600px]]
 
: Find the IRC Activity icon [[File:IRC.png]]
* Click on it to launch the Activity.
 
 
[[File:Screenshot_of_list_view_pointer_on_IRC.png|600px]]
* 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===
* [http://chat.sugarlabs.org:9090/?channels=sugar 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 <Enter> key on your keyboard.
 
 
[[File:Screenshot_of_IRC_Join_cmd2.png|600px]]
: 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 <Enter> 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.
* Enter the first few characters of their name and press the <Tab> 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:
{{Code|Name: message you want to send}}
* 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 <Enter> 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
 
[[File:Screenshot_of_IRC_Activity_with_trisquel.png|600px]]
* 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===
===Shut down IRC===
:click on the white octagon icon with a black square in it, in the right top bar
* 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 drop down menu
: '''Stop''' Ctrl+Q appears in icon palette label.
:'''Click on it'''
* Click on it
* You return to the '''Home''' view.
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