[Ubuntu Oregon] IRC help (was: Re: Thank you.)

James Bradley jim at oregoncanoesport.com
Sat Nov 22 00:22:48 UTC 2014


The command "set" is a bash shell command for setting variable values.
It can be used in the .bashrc file to override defaults at startup.

JVLB
 


On 11/21/2014 04:14 PM, Phillip N wrote:
> Cody,
> Thanks - that's simple, when used w/out the "set" statement.
> Just testing for now, so changing it each time I log on is O.K.  l'll
> make it more permanent once it all works.
> Currently down in the weather, so not going to be able to make it to
> this evenings Ubuntu hour. :-(
>
> I'll try dropping the "set", once I'm feeling a little better.  Thanks
> for your help.
>
> Have a great meeting, and happy thanksgiving.
> Phil. N
>
>
>
>
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> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:40 PM, Cody Smith <cody.smith9202 at gmail.com
> <mailto:cody.smith9202 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Should be said that that has to be done each login with that method.
>
>     --c_smith
>
>     On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Cody Smith
>     <cody.smith9202 at gmail.com <mailto:cody.smith9202 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         That command is usually just this:
>
>         /nick <desirednickhere>
>
>         Simple, eh?
>
>         --c_smith
>
>         On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 10:20 PM, Phillip N
>         <philn at deltatriad.net <mailto:philn at deltatriad.net>> wrote:
>
>             Thanks Cody for "what is" and "what's not" IRC verses IM
>             LOL.... As you can see its been several years since I used
>             any of those, because IRC/IM really is not my forte'.  I
>             do it only to show support for Ubuntu.
>
>             Joshua - thanks for suggesting irssi, in fact I installed
>             it on a Raspberry Pi just for fun, and it works great!.
>             Was able to connect to /irc.freenode.net
>             <http://irc.freenode.net>/ on channel /ubuntu-us-or/ just
>             fine, via irssi on a Pi.
>
>             The only problem was my user name was "Pi____", because I
>             have not figured out the "freenode" command to change the
>             name to philn-k.
>
>             I used the following CL inside irssi to connect:
>              /server irc.freenode.net <http://irc.freenode.net>
>              /join ubuntu-us-or
>             /SET nick philn-k (does not work), also tried /SET
>             user_name = philn-k.
>
>             The documentation found on the web seems to differ, so
>             does anyone know the proper "freenode SET" command to
>             change the "user name"?
>
>             Thanks in advance
>             Phil. N
>
>              
>
>
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>             On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 7:40 PM, Cody Smith
>             <cody.smith9202 at gmail.com
>             <mailto:cody.smith9202 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                 didn't know that. good to know. Still probably won't
>                 do znc (which I connect through)
>
>                 --c_smith
>
>                 On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Joshua R. Poulson
>                 <jrp at pun.org <mailto:jrp at pun.org>> wrote:
>
>                     Actually, they added an account plugin so empathy
>                     can do a limited IRC:
>
>                     http://askubuntu.com/questions/463033/is-it-possible-to-use-irc-chat-on-new-empathy
>
>                     I prefer irssi myself.
>
>                     --jrp
>
>
>                     On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 3:31 PM, Cody Smith
>                     <cody.smith9202 at gmail.com
>                     <mailto:cody.smith9202 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                         Empathy doesn't DOES NOT do IRC, it's only for
>                         IM, IRC is a different protocol. Same thing
>                         with iChat. Now Pidgin CAN do IRC, but imo
>                         it's a crappy implementation.
>
>                         --c_smith
>
>                         On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Phillip N
>                         <philn at deltatriad.net
>                         <mailto:philn at deltatriad.net>> wrote:
>
>                             Thanks, Walter, Cody, Thomas,
>                              
>                             I'm familiar with iChat, Pidgin, and
>                             Empathy, which is the default IRC in Ubuntu.
>                             My problem was not app based, it was
>                             Logging in via web interface.
>
>                             Because Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
>                             calls me to simplify any situation, I was
>                             therefore trying to "directly" log in to
>                             web based IRC w/out authentication.   I
>                             have recently discovered that logging in
>                             through Ubuntu One "first", solves many a
>                             log in issues - go figure... LOL. Problem
>                             solved.
>
>                             I'll eagerly await this evenings irc
>                             meeting at 6:30pm, to see it all works.
>                             BTY: I think tonight's topic is review of UOS.
>                              
>                             Thanks everyone for your support.
>                             Phil. N
>
>
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>                             On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Thomas
>                             Mashos <thomas at mashos.com
>                             <mailto:thomas at mashos.com>> wrote:
>
>                                 On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 11:01 AM,
>                                 Walter Lapchynski <wxl at ubuntu.com
>                                 <mailto:wxl at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
>                                 > c_smith:
>                                 >> Yeah, IRC clients aren't exactly
>                                 "one size fits all", there's ircii for
>                                 >> those wanting to use it from the
>                                 CLI, there's Quassel for those wanting
>                                 a QT
>                                 >> version, Xchat for those wanting a
>                                 GTK version, and so on and so forth.
>                                 >
>                                 > i tend to prefer cli ones. irssi or
>                                 weechat are my go-tos.
>                                 >
>                                 > again, if help is needed, let me know.
>                                 >
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