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     119<sect1 id="nick_changes">
     120<title>Changing your nickname</title>
     121
     122<para>
     123BitlBee 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>
     127The 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>
     131To 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>
     140You 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>
     144You 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 &amp;, and as chat channels if it starts with a #.
     145</para>
     146
     147<para>
     148Control channels are where you see your contacts. By default, you will have one control channel called &amp;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>
     152For 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>
     156Type <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>
     165When 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 &amp;) 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>
     169Any 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 &amp;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 &amp;facebook.
     170</para>
     171
     172<para>
     173To 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>
     177If you want to configure your own channels, you can use the <emphasis>channel set</emphasis>.
     178</para>
     179
     180</sect1>
     181
    119182</chapter>
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