Tutorials/Chatting with the IRC Activity
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How to use IRC
- boot Sugar
- You must be connected to the internet for IRC to connect
- The Home (or f3) Screen appears
Start IRC application
- click on the top bar icon with horizontal lines "list view'
- 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
How to join another IRC channel
- Here is an example of how to join a new IRC channel:
- enter: /join #trisquel in the left bottom grey bar
- hit return
- a third tab appears 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.
- You can switch channels by clicking on a tab
- Hover over a tab and hold down the right mouse button:
- A pop up box appears with (X Close)
- Click on it
- This closes the 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 f3 screen