Tutorials/Chatting with the IRC Activity
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- to connect to another part of this Annotated Guide to Sugar
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How to use IRC
boot Sugar
- The Home (or f3) Screen appears
Start IRC application
- click on the top bar icon with horizontal lines "list view'*
- * (this screen-shot is from another session of sugar)
- find the IRC application
- click on it
- IRC starts
- wait while it connects (5-10 sec)
- You are connected when there are 2 tabs on the bottom:
- sugar
- sugar-es
- sugar<==translates==>sugar-es
- type Spanish in #sugar-es read English in #sugar
Join another IRC channel
- List of #sugar related Channels Chat in the wiki top bar
- External link ^
- Starts in your browser
- Here is an example of how to join a new IRC channel:
- enter: /join #trisquel in the left bottom grey bar
- /join is a command to the IRC application server
- # is used to specify that you are naming a channel
- hit <return>
- a third tab ^ appears on the bottom of the IRC screen, labeled "trisquel"
- Anything you type in the left bottom grey bar will be transmitted; when you hit <return>
- 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 type 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 to see if they are on line.
- Type their name (followed by a colon) and then your message:
Name: message you want to send
- Do not sent a message 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
- hit <return>
- 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 channels by clicking on a tab
- You Can store the current IRC session, by clicking the journal icon with the arrow pointing at it, Located in the top bar.
Close an IRC Channel
- Hover 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, in the right top bar
- "Stop Ctrl+Q" appears in drop down menu
- Click on it
- You return to the Home (or f3) screen
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