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1<chapter id="Usage">
2
3<title>Usage</title>
4
5<sect1>
6<title>Connecting to the server</title>
7<para>
8Since BitlBee acts just like any other irc daemon, you can connect to
9it with your favorite irc client. Launch it and connect to localhost port 6667
10(or whatever host/port you are running bitlbee on).
11</para>
12
13</sect1>
14
15<sect1>
16<title>The #bitlbee control channel</title>
17
18<para>
19Once you are connected to the BitlBee server, you are automatically joined
20to #bitlbee on that server. This channel acts like the 'buddy list' you have
21on the various other chat networks.
22</para>
23
24<para>
25The user 'root' always hangs around in #bitlbee and acts as your interface
26to bitlbee. All commands you give on #bitlbee are 'answered' by root.
27</para>
28
29</sect1>
30
31<sect1>
32<title>Talking to people</title>
33
34<para>
35You can talk to by starting a query with them. In most irc clients,
36this can be done with either <command>/msg &lt;nick&gt; &lt;text&gt;</command>
37or <command>/query &lt;nick&gt;</command>.
38</para>
39
40<para>
41To keep the number of open query windows limited, you can also talk to people
42in the control channel, like <command>&lt;nick&gt;: &lt;text&gt;</command>.
43</para>
44
45</sect1>
46
47</chapter>
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