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Introduce to IRC

Wei-Shiang Huang <huangwh@cs.nctu.edu.tw>. Introduce to IRC. What is IRC?. It means “Internet Relay Chat”. A form of real-time Internet text messaging (chat). It’s a server and client model. It has a lot of channels on a server. Also provide private messages and file sharing functions.

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Introduce to IRC

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  1. Wei-Shiang Huang <huangwh@cs.nctu.edu.tw> Introduce to IRC

  2. What is IRC?

  3. It means “Internet Relay Chat”

  4. A form of real-time Internet text messaging (chat). • It’s a server and client model. • It has a lot of channels on a server. • Also provide private messages and file sharing functions.

  5. If you want to use irc on unix-like platform…..

  6. You will need irssi – the client of the future

  7. Install • An example on FreeBSD • cd /usr/ports/irc/irssi/ • make install clean • rehash

  8. Basic Commands • Connect to an irc server (ex:freenode) • /connect irc.freenode.net • Own your nickname • /nick maximum • Register your nickname • /msg NickServ REGISTER <password> • /msg NickServ IDENTIFY <password> • Join a channel • /join #Channel_name key (if necessary key) • Ex: /join #nctuNASA ILoveCSCC (For course purpose)

  9. Basic Commands (Cont’d) • Private message • /msg <nickname> blah~~~~ • Leave a channel • /wc • Close irssi • /quit • Switch channel key • Alt+<NUM>, Alt+<LEFT>, Alt+<RIGHT>

  10. Irssi status

  11. Irssi Configuration • If you have a configuration file, you can connect and join a channel automatically. • Configurate IRC Network • /NETWORK ADD freenode • Configurate IRC Server • /SERVER ADD -auto -network freenode irc.freenode.net • Add a Channel • /CHANNEL ADD –auto #nctuNASA freenode ILoveCSCC • Set Encoding • /SET term_charset UTF-8 • /SET recode_transliterate ON • /SET recode_fallback UTF-8 • /SET recode_out_default_charset UTF-8

  12. Irssi Configuration (Cont’d) • Channel Encoding • /RECODE ADD #channel_name encode • Ex:/RECODE ADD #nctuNASA UTF-8 • Autolog • /SET autolog_path ~/tmp/logs/irc-$tag-$0-%Y%m%d • Save configuration • /SAVE

  13. Reference • Irssi • http://irssi.org/ • irssi UTF-8 Big5 中文轉換與設定 • http://blog.seety.org/everydaywork/2005/3/15/253/ • 用 screen + irssi 上 irc 之鄉民版教學 (含Q&A) • http://lzy-blah.blogspot.com/2007/08/screen-irssi-irc-q.html • NA IRC Channel: • #nctuNASA • Password: ILoveCSCC

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