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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/doc/misc/rcirc.texi,v


From: Alex Schroeder
Subject: [Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/doc/misc/rcirc.texi,v
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:05:17 +0000

CVSROOT:        /sources/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Alex Schroeder <as>     07/12/21 10:05:16

Index: rcirc.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/doc/misc/rcirc.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -b -r1.4 -r1.5
--- rcirc.texi  20 Dec 2007 21:47:02 -0000      1.4
+++ rcirc.texi  21 Dec 2007 10:05:16 -0000      1.5
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@
 @cindex server
 @cindex network
 Contrary to most Instant Messenger (IM) systems, users usually don't
-connect to a central server.  Instead, users connect to a random server
-in a network, and the servers share information between them.
+connect to a central server.  Instead, users connect to a random
+server in a network, and servers relay messages from one to the next.
 
 Here's a typical example:
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 @table @asis
 @cindex server, connecting
 @cindex Freenode network
address@hidden IRC server
address@hidden IRC Server
 What server do you want to connect to? All the servers in a particular
 network are equivalent.  Some networks use a round-robin system where a
 single server redirects new connections to a random server in the
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
 
 @cindex port, connecting
 @cindex 6667, default IRC port
address@hidden IRC port
address@hidden IRC Port
 All network connections require a port.  Just as web servers and clients
 use port 80 per default, IRC uses port 6667 per default.  You rarely
 have to use a different port.
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 @cindex nick, connecting
 @cindex changing nick
 @cindex name changes
address@hidden IRC nick
address@hidden IRC Nick
 @vindex user-login-name
 Every users needs a handle on-line.  You will automatically be assigned
 a slightly different nick if your chosen nick is already in use.  If
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
 @cindex channels, connecting
 @cindex initial channels
 @cindex startup channels
address@hidden Channels
address@hidden IRC Channels
 A space separated list of channels you want to join when connecting.
 You don't need to join any channels, if you just want to have one-to-one
 conversations with friends on the same network.  If you're new to the
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
 @kindex RET
 @cindex talking
 @cindex communicating
-To talk in a channel, just type in what you want to say in a channel
+To talk in a channel, just type what you want to say in a channel
 buffer, and press @key{RET}.
 
 @kindex C-c C-c
@@ -233,15 +233,20 @@
 though.  Generally, IRC users don't like people pasting more than around
 four lines of code, so use with care.
 
-As soon as you have joined a channel, you probably want to be notified
-of any activity on the the channels you joined. All you need to do is
-switch channel tracking on using @kbd{M-x rcirc-track-minor-mode}.  To
-make this permanent, add the following to your init file:
address@hidden This section copied from the Channels section.
address@hidden All index markers should point to the original!
+Once you are connected to multiple channels, or once you've turned you
+attention to other buffers in Emacs, you probably want to be notified
+of any activity in channels not currently visible.  All you need to do
+is switch channel tracking on using @kbd{M-x rcirc-track-minor-mode}.
+To make this permanent, add the following to your init file:
 
 @example
 (rcirc-track-minor-mode 1)
 @end example
 
+Use @kbd{C-c address@hidden to switch to these buffers.
+
 @node Reference, Fighting Information Overload, Basics, Top
 @chapter Reference
 @cindex reference
@@ -443,9 +448,10 @@
 @cindex servers, configuration
 @cindex initial servers, configuration
 @cindex startup servers, configuration
-This variable contains an alist of servers to connect to by default and
-the keywords parameters to use. The keyword parameters are optional. If
-you don't provide any, the defaults as documented below will be used.
+This variable contains an alist of servers to connect to by default
+and the keywords parameters to use.  The keyword parameters are
+optional.  If you don't provide any, the defaults as documented below
+will be used.
 
 The most important parameter is the @code{:channels} parameter. It
 controls which channels you will join by default as soon as you are
@@ -476,8 +482,8 @@
 This overrides @code{rcirc-default-full-name}.
 
 @item :channels
-This describes which channels to join when connecting to the server. If
-absent, no channels will be connected to automatically.
+This describes which channels to join when connecting to the server.
+If absent, no channels will be connected to automatically.
 
 @end table
 
@@ -499,18 +505,18 @@
 @item rcirc-default-user-name
 @vindex rcirc-default-user-name
 @cindex user name
-This variable contains the default user name to report to the server. It
-defaults to the login name returned by @code{user-login-name}, just like
address@hidden
+This variable contains the default user name to report to the server.
+It defaults to the login name returned by @code{user-login-name}, just
+like @code{rcirc-default-nick}.
 
 @item rcirc-default-user-full-name
 @vindex rcirc-default-user-full-name
 @cindex full name
 @cindex real name
 @cindex surname
-This variable is used to set your ``real name'' on
-IRC. It defaults to the name returned by @code{user-full-name}. If you
-want to hide your full name, you might want to set it to some pseudonym.
+This variable is used to set your ``real name'' on IRC.  It defaults
+to the name returned by @code{user-full-name}.  If you want to hide
+your full name, you might want to set it to some pseudonym.
 
 @example
 (setq rcirc-default-user-full-name "Curious Minds Want To Know")
@@ -523,10 +529,10 @@
 @cindex nickserv
 @cindex login
 This variable is an alist used to automatically identify yourself on
-networks. Each sublist starts with a regular expression that is compared
-to the server address you're connecting to. The second element in the
-list is a symbol representing the method to use, followed by the
-arguments this method requires.
+networks.  Each sublist starts with a regular expression that is
+compared to the server address you're connecting to.  The second
+element in the list is a symbol representing the method to use,
+followed by the arguments this method requires.
 
 Here is an example to illustrate how you would set it:
 
@@ -611,6 +617,7 @@
 @cindex channels
 @cindex modeline
 
address@hidden This section copied to the Getting started with rcirc section
 @kindex C-c C-SPC
 @vindex rcirc-track-minor-mode
 @cindex switching channels
@@ -652,8 +659,8 @@
 @kindex C-c C-l
 @cindex low priority channels
 The solution is to mark this channel as as a low priority channel.
-Use @kbd{C-c C-l} to make the current channel a low-priority
-channel. Low priority channels have the modeline indicator ``LowPri''.
+Use @kbd{C-c C-l} to make the current channel a low-priority channel.
+Low priority channels have the modeline indicator ``LowPri''.
 @kbd{C-c address@hidden will not switch to low priority channels unless
 you use the @kbd{C-u} prefix.
 
@@ -757,8 +764,8 @@
 @vindex rcirc-omit-responses
 @cindex away notices, how to omit
 You can control which notices get omitted via the
address@hidden variable. Here's an example of how to omit
-away messages:
address@hidden variable.  Here's an example of how to
+omit away messages:
 
 @example
 (setq rcirc-omit-responses '("JOIN" "PART" "QUIT" "NICK" "AWAY))




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