Be warned, Michael. You shouldn't do /list very often. On some servers, this
may cause a flood of information too high for the server to handle. In this
case, you may be disconnected for "flooding the server".
At 06:53 PM 9/5/99 +0100, you wrote:
>hi Michael
>yes as someone else said new text appears from the bottom of the screen and
>scrolls up so keep your cursor at the bottom of the screen and you should
>be alright.
>
>when you get connected to a server you can type
>/list to see a list of all channels on that server.
>note all mirc commands are prefixed with a slash e.g /list and all channel
>names prefixed with the number sign e.g #help or #beginners
>
>in the list of channels the number after the channel name tells you how
>many people are in that channel, while your new to irc I would suggest
>trying to keep to channels with ten people or less.
>
>also note the channel list does not auto refresh so a list shows
>information from the time the list was generated to get an updated list you
>must type /list again. it is advisable to enter commands in the mirc
>status window so that if you make a mistake it doesn't show to every one in
>the channel or channels you are in.
>
>mirc windows.
>mirc usually has a number of windows open at any one time, the one which is
>always open is the status window, this shows server messages such as when
>you connect and disconnect.
>the list window where channels are listed, and the channel window, which
>contains the actual chat, any of these windows can be closed using control
>f4.
>you can also leave a chat channel by typing /part
>and do dicconect from mirc type /quit. note this will disconnect you but
>leave all windows open complete with contents at the time to disconned.
>to move between windows use control tab - for best effects maximize the
>window you are reading, if you have the mirc scripts available on the jfw
>website you can do this by pressing alt x
>
>
>chat buffer mirc buffers all text so if you missed what someone said and it
>apears to have vanished off the top of your screen as new text appears
>below it just switch to the pc cursor hit page up once return the jaws
>cursor and you can read what was said on the previous page.
>
>hope these help you get started
>you can email me privately for any further hints and tips.
>
>At 11:39 05/09/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>Hi.
>>I have managed to connect in order to do on-line chat using Mirc but have
>>come across a problem.
>>There is a lot of stuff you have to wade through to read the various
>>mmessages people are sending.
>>How can I achieve this without wasting people's time as they may be waiting
>>for a response?
>>You have all of the menus at the top and I notice that whatever is said
>>seems to stay on the screen so you seem to have to wade through the whole
>>lot with the Jaws cursor which takes time.
>>if you find someone interesting how do you pick them out?
>>I notice that Mirc help file only gives information visually to bring up
>>things which is a small problem for someone who is Blind and a first time
>>user.
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>>
>>
>Adrian
>
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