Thanks, its worked. --- On Fri, 7/10/09, Ralph Giles <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Ralph Giles <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [pdf-devel] IRC #pdf > To: "Jagadees S" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Friday, July 10, 2009, 10:53 AM > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:11 PM, > Jagadees S<[email protected]> > wrote: > > > How can i join the IRC group. I am new to gnu dev. I > have pidgin running. I tried that, but no success. > > can somebody tell me how to use irc chat. How can get > an account? > > From pidgin, go to 'Manage Accounts'. Click the 'Add' > button. Under > Protocol, choose 'irc'. Enter a username you'd like to use, > For > Server, enter irc.freenode.net. Leave the password blank. > Click 'Add' > at the bottom to add the account. After several seconds it > should show > you available on that account, and open an automatic > message window > from freenode-connect. > > Now, from your buddy list window select Buddies->Join a > Chat. Make > sure the @irc.freenode.net account is selected. Enter > '#pdf' (without > the quotes) for the Channel. Again leave the password > blank. You > should then be able to talk on the channel. > > IRC is more relaxed that other IM networks; you can > register you > username with the particular server you're using, but it's > optional. I > don't know how pidgin handles collisions; if you get an > error about > the username or nick being in use, just try a different > one. IRC is > mostly used for group chat, with private messaging as a > side feature. > This is part of why it's so popular for open source > collaboration. > > Hope that helps, > -r >
