Changeset 12b29db for doc/user-guide/misc.xml
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r1c8e5f7 r12b29db 134 134 </sect1> 135 135 136 <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> 181 136 182 </chapter>
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