System Architecture: All/General
RedHat Release: All/General
FAQ Category: Application Notes
Modification Date: Oct 18, 1998
- How do I get it to "page" ? - How do I get color ? - Can I use irc under netscape ? - There is apparently a plug-in (ichat) for netscape 4.0? - How do I leave a channel without quitting irc ?
- irc clients for most platforms can be found at ftp://cs-pub.bu.edu/irc/clients - a list of servers can be found at ftp://ftp.comco.com/pub/irc/server-list-current ftp://ftp.comco.com/pub/irc/stats/server-lists/undernet-server-list ftp://ftp.comco.com/pub/irc/server-list-euronet - for help on irc, try http://www.irchelp.org - various useful commands: /admin <server> - get the email address of the server admin /help - get a list of all known commands /join #channel - join a particular channel /list - list all channels /list #a* - list all channels that begin with #a /motd <server> - read the message-of-the-day /quit - exit irc /who #channel - show who's on a channel /whois nickname - find out who a user really is - to keep clowns from messing up your screen, type "mesg n" before starting irc. - to avoid seeing messages from a schmuck, type the following: /whois nick (to get his/her username/hostname) /ignore username@hostname ALL - irc usage: irc [switches] [nickname] [server list] - command line switches: -c <channel> - joins <channel> at startup -p <port> - default server connection port (usually 6667) -f - your terminal uses flow control (^S/^Q) -F - your terminal doesn't use flow control (default) -d - runs IRCII in "dumb" terminal mode -q - does not load .ircrc -a - adds default servers and command line servers to server list - nicknames may be at most 9 characters long
ftp://cs-pub.bu.edu/irc/clients ftp://ftp.comco.com/pub/irc/server-list-current ftp://ftp.comco.com/pub/irc/stats/server-lists/undernet-server-list ftp://ftp.comco.com/pub/irc/server-list-euronet http://www.irchelp.org Special thanks to Magnus Schoultz for the re-write of this entry