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Frequently asked questions:
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1. Why can't rxIRC have /alias and /on and /notify and everything else
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that ircII has?
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Because ircII is a giant program that a lot of people have worked on
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to be able to do all of that. rxIRC is a relatively little program
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which I also want to stay that way, or it might get unpleasantly
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slow in execution!
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I am sure that /alias and /on are functionalities that take a lot
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of time to develop and most of all consume to much speed. And they
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would look really ugly in the sourcecode. If you just would learn
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a little REXX you'd see that you can easily add commands into the
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EDIT: procedure and add hooks into the PARSE: procedure. You don't
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need any /on or /alias!
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Concerning /notify, this could even be done, though it's a little
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tough to simulate a timer when REXTCPIP doesn't offer it. I might
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be inclined to do it, but I don't even use rxIRC myself, so why
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should I spend serious time on it? If you care, go ahead and do
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it yourself. Then send a copy of it to me, so I can release it.
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2. Why when I do something outside of rxIRC with /exec, or simply read
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the /help files, the server signs me off?
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In this case the evil ping goblin has bitten you. A particularity of the
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IRC protocol is that the server expects your client program to reply to
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a PING message it sends about every minute or so, when you have been
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idle. When you start a command with ! or /exec, rxIRC is not able to
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reply to the PING and the server closes the connection on you. Poof.
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3. You have a bug, "/who -h *.il" doesn't work!
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No, I don't have such a bug. The "-h" and "-s" options are specific
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to ircII. They are NOT standard. It is the normal and natural way
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to do it simply with "/who *.il"
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4. When I use one of the new action commands on a channel, like /smile
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I get a lot of error messages.
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The CTCP ACTION protocol is still rather new, not everyone likes, not
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everyone supports it, and most of all, a lot of people do not have up
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to date IRC programs. When you get such error messages better not use
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the commands on those channels. On other channels you might find people,
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who have newer clients, and you'll be able to communicate with the new
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commands.
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You still have a question?
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Write mail to 244661 at DOLUNI1 (.bitnet) or to
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'loesch@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de' (internet).
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