[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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