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Line 1: − {{TOCright}}+ − The '''IRC''' activity allows you to chat with other Sugar/OLPC users and enthusiasts on the Internet via [[wikipedia:Internet Relay Chat|Internet Relay Chat]] (IRC). − The activity defaults to a "channel" (akin to a "room") called #sugar on the [http://www.freenode.org/ Freenode] network, but you can join one of the many channels available by typing <tt>/join <b>#channel</b></tt>, where <b>#channel</b> is the channel name. Like many Free/Open Source projects, [[Sugar]] developers frequent this channel, and are happy to help with any Sugar questions and suggestions you may have.+ − See the [[Internet Relay Chat]] page on this wiki for a list of Sugar-related channels you can join.+ − − ===IRC Commands=== − − *<tt>/join <b>#channel</b></tt> - join a channel − *<tt>/server <b>irc.example.org</b></tt> - connect to a different network − *<tt>/query <b>user</b></tt> - open up a private chat window with another user − *<tt>/msg <b>user</b> <b>message</b></tt> - privately message another user without opening a new window − *<tt>/nick <b>new_name</b></tt> - change your nickname away from the default − − Many other commands are available, and you can create and administer your own channels as well: see the [http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/altircfaq.html IRC FAQ] for more information. − − ==Development== − The activity was originally developed under the name '''XoIRC''' in 2007 by [http://edsiper.linuxchile.cl Eduardo Silva]. It was migrated to Sugar Labs Git/Trac in 2009 and maintained until 2010 by [[User:Mchua|Mel Chua]]. [[User:Aneesh Dogra|Aneesh Dogra]] and [[User:Fran Rogers|Fran Rogers]] are the current maintainers. − − Internally, the activity is built around an all-Python IRC client, [http://urk.sourceforge.net/ Urk] (no longer maintained since 2007). The license is [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html GPL2+]. − − ==Resources== − * [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4029 Activity Library page], with downloads − * [http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/irc Sources] − * Trac Tickets: [http://trac.sugarlabs.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=closed&status=new&status=reopened&groupdesc=1&group=milestone&component=Irc&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=priority&col=version&col=severity&col=resolution&col=status_field&col=reporter&col=time&col=changetime Sugar Labs] [http://dev.laptop.org/query?status=assigned&status=closed&status=new&status=reopened&groupdesc=1&group=milestone&max=150&component=xoirc-activity&order=id&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=owner&col=type&col=next_action&col=changetime OLPC] − − [[Category:Activities|IRC]]
Migrate to GitHub
== IRC ==
Read at https://help.sugarlabs.org/irc.html
The source file has been moved to [https://github.com/godiard/help-activity/blob/master/source/irc.rst GitHub]
The following commands can be typed into the input box, all preceded by a slash ('''/'''):