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Frequently asked questions:
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What am I supposed to write into the :server field in RXIRC NAMES?
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You don't have a server? If you're in the US then Trillian
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(hrose@eff.org) will most probably be able to tell you the nearest
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server to you. You can however connect to IRC through an open server
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like irc.mit.edu (18.70.0.224), fairhope.andrew.cmu.edu (128.2.11.213)
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magpie.ee.su.oz.au (129.78.13.28) or ucsu.colorado.edu (128.138.129.83)
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| and then ask operators for the nearest server to you.
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You can also examine the /links list, but geographical vicinity
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usually is not network vicinity!
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|Why can't rxIRC have /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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|Strange says:
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| There is no /on because no one wants to code it. None of the people
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| who have worked on rxIRC NEED or WANT /on. :P
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| Concerning /notify: Use a /note server! :)
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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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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". Or what about trying /local.
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When I use one of the new action commands on a channel, like /smile
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I get error messages.
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| There are controverse notions of the ethics of the CTCP ACTION protocol.
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| I think it's a valid alternative form of communication and should be
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| supported, but since I invented it I might be biased. Well some IRC
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| client programmers insist on not supporting this protocol and return
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| all sorts of funny messages. Eventually avoid using these commands
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| on channels where people's clients answer with sarcastic comments.
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rxIRC crashes and then no communication software (like CHAT) works
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anymore!
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| rxIRC should not crash, if it does please report that to me.
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| To unlock your machine in such a situation it is not necessary to
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| re-IPL it, instead just do "NUCXDROP REXXWAIT". "NUCXMAP" shows
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| what so-called nucleus extensions are loaded in your machine.
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You still have a question?
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Write mail to 'loesch@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de' (internet).
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or to '244661 at DOLUNI1' (bitnet)
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