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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''. IRC in itself additionally also allows one-to-one communication.
 
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''. IRC in itself additionally also allows one-to-one communication.
  
== Usage ==
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=== Join ===
 
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 <tt>irc.gnome.org</tt> in that dialog. After that, your IRC application might have a button labeled "Join Channel", in which you can specify to join the <tt>#gnucash</tt> 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
 
 
 
If your computer had a correct setup of mime types and applications, all you would have to do is click on : [irc://irc.gnome.org/gnucash].
 
 
 
=== Quit IRC ===
 
 
 
To quit IRC, just execute:
 
 
 
/quit
 
  
 
== Public Logging ==
 
== Public Logging ==

Revision as of 06:35, 16 February 2007

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. IRC in itself additionally also allows one-to-one communication.

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Public Logging

The discussions in the GnuCash irc channel are logged on a public web page:

If you want to say something that shouldn't be logged, prepend your text by the prefix [off] which should stand for "off-the-record". Lines that begin with [off] will not show up on the web page logs.

The timestamps in the log pages are given in EST (UTC-5).

How to speak up in the channel

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 (UTC-5), CST (UTC-6), PST (UTC-8). Other participants are active only during Europe daylight time, GMT (UTC+0) and CET (UTC+1).