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IRC in Opera

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a simple chat system. To join an IRC you'll connect to an IRC-Server using your IRC-client. This page will explain how to quickly join an IRC and change your username. If you want to know a bit more about IRC read the wikipedia:Internet Relay Chat page.

IRC Clients

Allthough some IRC Servers provide a web-based interface, typically you'll need an IRC client installed locally in your system. There is an tremenuous amount of clients available since IRC is a very well established protocol.

Some popular clients:

http://xchat.org Linux, Windows
http://colloquy.info OS X, iOS
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/chatzilla/ Chatzilla Add-On for Firefox

Mit Chatzilla zu Bauhaus.fm verbinden

/attach bauhaus.fm
/join bauhaus.fm

Mit Chatzilla zum Maschinenraum verbinden

/attach irc.freenode.org
/join maschinenraum

Mit Chatzilla zum Pure Data #dataflow verbinden

/attach irc.freenode.org
/join dataflow

Useful IRC commands

Configuring the IRC connection is done by sending the IRC server, called the nickserv a special message beginning with a shlash.

(In all examples replace the stuff between the {} symbols with your data and ommit the symbols)

Register a new nickname for the first time

/msg nickserv register {password} {email}

Login with your nickname

/msg NickServ identify {password}

Join (enter) a chatroom

/join #{channelname}

Change a nickname

/nick {newnick}

Private message

A message directed privately to one onther chat participant.

/msg {nickname} {private message}

Leave current chatroom

/part

Exit all chats

/quit

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 * http://colloquy.info OS X, iOS
 * https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/chatzilla/ Chatzilla Add-On for Firefox
-* http://www.opera.com the webbrowser Opera has an in built IRC client
-== How to connect to an IRC with Opera ==
+==== Mit Chatzilla zu Bauhaus.fm verbinden ====
-To connect to a IRC you need to know the servers address and the name of the chatroom. In this example we'll use the server '''freenode.net''' and the room '''#maschinenraum''' chatrooms are typically indicated by the # symbol.
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
+/attach bauhaus.fm
+/join bauhaus.fm
+</syntaxhighlight>
-# Install Opera
+==== Mit Chatzilla zum Maschinenraum verbinden ====
-# Go to Menue → Extras → Email and chat accounts → Add account... → Chat (IRC) → Select username / email / nickname
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
+/attach irc.freenode.org
+/join maschinenraum
+</syntaxhighlight>
+==== Mit Chatzilla zum Pure Data #dataflow verbinden ====
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
+/attach irc.freenode.org
+/join dataflow
+</syntaxhighlight>
 == Useful IRC commands ==
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 (In all examples replace the stuff between the {} symbols with your data and ommit the symbols)
-===Register a new nickname===
+===Register a new nickname for the first time===
 <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">/msg nickserv register {password} {email}</syntaxhighlight>
+===Login with your nickname===
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">/msg NickServ identify {password}</syntaxhighlight>
 ===Join (enter) a chatroom===
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 ===Change a nickname===
 <syntaxhighlight lang="bash">/nick {newnick}</syntaxhighlight>
+===Private message===
+A message directed privately to one onther chat participant.
+<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">/msg {nickname} {private message}</syntaxhighlight>
 ===Leave current chatroom===