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 IRC

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What are IRC client for emacs?

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Most preferred is erc - it is powerful and comes with Emacs since 22.1

version.

See: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/InternetRelayChat.

 * erc

   http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ERC

 * rcirc

   http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/rcirc

 * ZenIRC, see:

   http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ZenIRC

Channel modes

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** Invite-Only channel.

An Invite-Only channel can only be joined if you are invited by one of its

channel operators.

To make your channel invite-only:

  irc> /mode #channel +i

To invite users to the channel:

  irc> /invite user #channel

** Private channels.

Private channels turn up normally in the channels list. People can see you are

on a private channel somewhere, but they can never find out on -which- private

channel you are unless they search all (private) channels by brute force.

To make your channel private:

  irc> /mode #channel +p

** Secret channels.

Secret channels do not show up in a channels list and you cannot find out its

topic unless you join it. If you are on a secret channel, someone who is not

on the same channel can't see that you are there.

To make your channel secret::

  irc> /mode #channel +s

How make chanal for private discuss?

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Create new channel and set it invite-only and invite all you need. Or make

password protected channel.

Create new channel (by joining to non existed one) with password:

  irc> /join #<channel> <password>

Another people join same:

  irc> /join #<channel> <password>

Or join without password and setup it late:

  irc> /join #<channel>

  irc> /mode +k <password>

Don't forget set topic for newly created channel:

  irc> /topic #<channel> <topic>

What server well know?

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Random server (connect to most near placed):

  irc.freenode.net

                http://freenode.net/

  irc.wyldryde.org

                http://www.wyldryde.org/

Freenode.

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How register on freenode::

  irc> /msg nickserv register <your-password> <your-email>

  ...get mail, make mail instructions...

  irc> /msg nickserv set hidemail on

Adding alternative nick::

  irc> /nick foo_

  irc> /msg nickserv group

See:

  http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#registering

  http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#nicksetup.

Getting help

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::

  /help

  /msg nickserv help

  /msg chanserv help

  /msg chanserv access #icfp-contest list