Frequently asked questions:
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1.  Why can't rxIRC have /alias and /on and /notify and everything else
    that ircII has?
 
  Because ircII is a giant program that a lot of people have worked on
  to be able to do all of that. rxIRC is a relatively little program
  which I also want to stay that way, or it might get unpleasantly
  slow in execution!
 
  I am sure that /alias and /on are functionalities that take a lot
  of time to develop and most of all consume to much speed. And they
  would look really ugly in the sourcecode. If you just would learn
  a little REXX you'd see that you can easily add commands into the
  EDIT: procedure and add hooks into the PARSE: procedure. You don't
  need any /on or /alias!
 
  Concerning /notify, this could even be done, though it's a little
  tough to simulate a timer when REXTCPIP doesn't offer it. I might
  be inclined to do it, but I don't even use rxIRC myself, so why
  should I spend serious time on it?  If you care, go ahead and do
  it yourself. Then send a copy of it to me, so I can release it.
 
2.  Why when I do something outside of rxIRC with /exec, or simply read
    the /help files, the server signs me off?
 
  In this case the evil ping goblin has bitten you. A particularity of the
  IRC protocol is that the server expects your client program to reply to
  a PING message it sends about every minute or so, when you have been
  idle. When you start a command with ! or /exec, rxIRC is not able to
  reply to the PING and the server closes the connection on you. Poof.
 
3. You have a bug, "/who -h *.il" doesn't work!
 
  No, I don't have such a bug. The "-h" and "-s" options are specific
  to ircII. They are NOT standard. It is the normal and natural way
  to do it simply with "/who *.il"
 
4. When I use one of the new action commands on a channel, like /smile
  I get a lot of error messages.
 
  The CTCP ACTION protocol is still rather new, not everyone likes, not
  everyone supports it, and most of all, a lot of people do not have up
  to date IRC programs. When you get such error messages better not use
  the commands on those channels. On other channels you might find people,
  who have newer clients, and you'll be able to communicate with the new
  commands.

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