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r12b29db r0e99548 117 117 </sect1> 118 118 119 <sect1 id="nick_changes">120 <title>Changing your nickname</title>121 122 <para>123 BitlBee now allows you to change your nickname. So far this was not possible because it made managing saved accounts more complicated.124 </para>125 126 <para>127 The restriction no longer exists now though. When you change your nick (just using the <emphasis>/nick</emphasis> command), your logged-in status will be reset, which means any changes made to your settings/accounts will not be saved.128 </para>129 130 <para>131 To restore your logged-in status, you need to either use the <emphasis>register</emphasis> command to create an account under the new nickname, or use <emphasis>identify -noload</emphasis> to re-identify yourself under the new nickname. The <emphasis>-noload</emphasis> flag tells the command to verify your password and log you in, but not load any new settings. See <emphasis>help identify</emphasis> for more information.132 </para>133 134 </sect1>135 136 <sect1 id="channels">137 <title>Dealing with channels</title>138 139 <para>140 You can have as many channels in BitlBee as you want. You maintain your channel list using the <emphasis>channel</emphasis> command. You can create new channels by just joining them, like on regular IRC networks.141 </para>142 143 <para>144 You can create two kinds of channels. Control channels, and groupchat channels. By default, BitlBee will set up new channels as control channels if their name starts with an &, and as chat channels if it starts with a #.145 </para>146 147 <para>148 Control channels are where you see your contacts. By default, you will have one control channel called &bitlbee, containing all your contacts. But you can create more, if you want, and divide your contact list accross several channels.149 </para>150 151 <para>152 For example, you can have one channel with all contacts from your MSN Messenger account in it. Or all contacts from the group called "Work".153 </para>154 155 <para>156 Type <emphasis>help channels2</emphasis> to read more.157 </para>158 159 </sect1>160 161 <sect1 id="channels2">162 <title>Creating a channel</title>163 164 <para>165 When you create a new channel, BitlBee will try to guess from its name which contacts to fill it with. For example, if the channel name (excluding the &) matches the name of a group in which you have one or more contacts, the channel will contain all those contacts.166 </para>167 168 <para>169 Any valid account ID (so a number, protocol name or part of screenname, as long as it's unique) can also be used as a channel name. So if you just join &msn, it will contain all your MSN contacts (as long as you have only one MSN account set up). And if you have a Facebook account set up, you can see its contacts by just joining &facebook.170 </para>171 172 <para>173 To start a simple group chat, you simply join a channel which a name starting with #, and invite people into it. All people you invite have to be on the same IM network and contact list.174 </para>175 176 <para>177 If you want to configure your own channels, you can use the <emphasis>channel set</emphasis>.178 </para>179 180 </sect1>181 182 119 </chapter>
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