| 1 | <chapter id="Usage"> |
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| 3 | <title>Usage</title> |
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| 4 | |
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| 5 | <sect1> |
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| 6 | <title>Connecting to the server</title> |
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| 7 | <para> |
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| 8 | Since BitlBee acts just like any other irc daemon, you can connect to |
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| 9 | it with your favorite irc client. Launch it and connect to localhost port 6667 |
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| 10 | (or whatever host/port you are running bitlbee on). |
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| 11 | </para> |
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| 12 | |
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| 13 | </sect1> |
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| 14 | |
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| 15 | <sect1> |
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| 16 | <title>The &bitlbee control channel</title> |
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| 17 | |
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| 18 | <para> |
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| 19 | Once you are connected to the BitlBee server, you are automatically joined |
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| 20 | to &bitlbee on that server. This channel acts like the 'buddy list' you have |
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| 21 | on the various other chat networks. |
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| 22 | </para> |
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| 23 | |
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| 24 | <para> |
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| 25 | The user 'root' always hangs around in &bitlbee and acts as your interface |
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| 26 | to bitlbee. All commands you give on &bitlbee are 'answered' by root. |
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| 27 | </para> |
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| 28 | |
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| 29 | <para> |
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| 30 | You might be slightly confused by the & in the channel name. This is, |
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| 31 | however, completely allowed by the IRC standards. Just try it on a regular |
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| 32 | IRC server, it should work. The difference between the standard #channels |
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| 33 | and &channels is that the #channels are distributed over all the servers |
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| 34 | on the IRC network, while &channels are local to one server. Because |
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| 35 | the BitlBee control channel is local to one server (and in fact, to one person), |
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| 36 | this name seems more suitable. Also, with this name, it's harder to confuse |
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| 37 | the control channel with the #bitlbee channel on OFTC. |
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| 38 | </para> |
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| 39 | |
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| 40 | </sect1> |
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| 41 | |
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| 42 | <sect1> |
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| 43 | <title>Talking to people</title> |
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| 44 | |
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| 45 | <para> |
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| 46 | You can talk to by starting a query with them. In most irc clients, |
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| 47 | this can be done with either <command>/msg <nick> <text></command> |
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| 48 | or <command>/query <nick></command>. |
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| 49 | </para> |
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| 50 | |
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| 51 | <para> |
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| 52 | To keep the number of open query windows limited, you can also talk to people |
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| 53 | in the control channel, like <command><nick>: <text></command>. |
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| 54 | </para> |
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| 55 | |
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| 56 | </sect1> |
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| 57 | |
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| 58 | </chapter> |
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