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Below is a brief introduction to the use and etiquette of IRC. | Below is a brief introduction to the use and etiquette of IRC. | ||
== | == The basics == | ||
Chat is one of Redbrick's most popular services, and in this tutorial we hope to familiarise you with the general commands, etiquette of chat and the role played by channel operators. | |||
After logging in with Putty, just type chat and hit enter to bring up the default chat client on redbrick, [[Irssi|irssi]]. You'll then be greeted with a screen like this: | |||
[[Image:Welcome_to_chat.gif]] | [[Image:Welcome_to_chat.gif]] | ||
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This might look a little daunting at first, so we'll explain what everything means. | This might look a little daunting at first, so we'll explain what everything means. | ||
The line at the top of the screen is the topic, which contains info about current events, funny quotes or random gibberish. In this case it shows what's happening during Rag Week. Below this, is the main area where messages and info are shown. Every time you join a channel in IRC, you're shown who's in it, so all the words between the different '[' and ']' characters are the nicks of people in that channel. This area will soon fill up with messages from people talking. As you can see, phaxx has just said hello to receive. Phaxx's name is highlighted here because he's addressed receive directly. Highlighting makes sure you notice when people are talking to you. | The line at the top of the screen is the topic, which contains info about current events, funny quotes or random gibberish. In this case it shows what's happening during Rag Week. Below this, is the main area where messages and info are shown. Every time you join a channel in IRC, you're shown who's in it, so all the words between the different '[' and ']' characters are the nicks of people in that channel. This area will soon fill up with messages from people talking. | ||
As you can see, phaxx has just said hello to receive. Phaxx's name is highlighted here because he's addressed receive directly. Highlighting makes sure you notice when people are talking to you. | |||
=== Status Bar === | === Status Bar === | ||