IRC

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of instant communication over the Internet. It is used for GnuCash to enable group (many-to-many) communication in a discussion forum called channel, but IRC in itself also allows one-to-one communication.

Many IRC applications exist in the market. Any IRC application first needs to connect to an IRC server. The discussion forum for GnuCash is hosted on the following server and has the following channel name:

server:  irc.gnome.org
channel: #gnucash

In many IRC applications you will be asked to specify the server to connect to. Choose irc.gnome.org in that dialog. After that, your IRC application might have a button labeled "Join Channel", in which you can specify to join the #gnucash channel.

Alternatively, you can perform these two steps by entering the following commands at the command prompt of an IRC application:

/server irc.gnome.org
/join #gnucash

When you join the GnuCash IRC channel, you should speak up. If you have a question, please ask it right away. But then you should wait. Don't expect an answer right away. Sometimes you'll get an answer within seconds. Other times you might have to wait several hours until one of the core developers wakes up. Please be kind, and please wait in the channel. Note that many of the active participants in that channel are active only during US daylight time, corresponding to timezones EST, CST, PST.

To quit IRC, just execute:

/quit

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