I like the idea of making the page more useful to persons like me who have no idea how IRC works yet without 'bloat' or information beyond links to a few good outside sources for details beyond basics that is needed to start using the #GnuCash channel.
I know that another thing I would like to know is how to address in-channel comments to others so that when more than one person is commenting I can address one of them easily without manually typing their nick-name every time. It looks like the seasoned users have a trick that I haven't learned. I do not use IRC for any other purpose than asking questions about GnuCash, so I do not practice in channels for other topics, and I suspect most other GnuCash users that happen by are also not heavy IRC users. David Carlson On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 5:03 AM Frank H. Ellenberger < frank.h.ellenber...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am pretty sure the section can be slenderized. > > You have both not been there, when the attack was waging. I watched lags > of several minutes between sending a commnd and seeing its execution. > That is the reason why I copied the very first help screens. > > After setting the moderation flag on the channel, my worst case scenario > was a user, who fears he lost his data and can now additionally not ask > in the channel. > > Probably a more user friendly structure might be: > > Just try the link irc://... > If successful continue with "register a nick" > else install a client, see lists, and retry.... > > with the definitions, where required. > > ~Frank > > Am 06.03.19 um 08:00 schrieb David T.: > > I agree. It would be appropriate to have brief information related to > gnucash on IRC, with pointers to official resources. > > 90% of the content in the current page should go. The introductory > paragraph followed by the server, channel, and link to IRC download and > help pages should be it. > > David T. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 10:18, John Ralls<jra...@ceridwen.fremont.ca.us> > wrote: > > > >> On Mar 5, 2019, at 8:01 PM, Frank H. Ellenberger < > frank.h.ellenber...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Am 05.03.19 um 20:56 schrieb John Ralls: > >>> LMGTFY: http://deadlytechnology.com/linux/irc-on-ubuntu/ > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> John Ralls > >> > >> or read (and improve) the wiki ;.) > >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/IRC#Usage > > > > I don't think it's reasonable or practical to replicate all of mankind's > knowledge in our Wiki. It makes sense that we include information about > GnuCash itself. It does not make sense to document every random piece of > software that some user may use to communicate with us, particularly if > that documentation is readily available on the web. > > > > Regards, > > John Ralls > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.