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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
http://www.opera.com the webbrowser Opera has an in built IRC client

How to connect to an IRC with Opera

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.

Install Opera
Go to Menue → Extras → Email and chat accounts → Add account... → Chat (IRC) → Select username / email / nickname

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

/msg nickserv register {password} {email}

Join (enter) a chatroom

/join #{channelname}

Change a nickname

/nick {newnick}

Leave current chatroom

/part

Exit all chats

/quit

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-Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a simple chat system. To join an IRC you connect with an IRC-client a IRC-Server. 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.
+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 ===
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 == How to connect to an IRC with Opera ==
 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.
 # Install Opera
 # Go to Menue → Extras → Email and chat accounts → Add account... → Chat (IRC) → Select username / email / nickname
 == Useful IRC commands ==