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- Crash Course in irc with EPIC
-
- You are using the EPIC irc client. Assuming you have the correct help
- files for your client, you are using version 4 of EPIC. EPIC is a variant
- of the ircII client that contains countless enhancements, while retaining
- near full backward compatibility with ircII version 2.8.2.
-
- EPIC offers a staggering number of features, far too many to describe here.
- Instead, this document will show you the basics you'll need to get started
- with irc and with EPIC.
-
- All commands in EPIC are prefixed with a '/'. This is called the command
- character, and is used to distinguish typed commands from messages intended
- for a channel. Here are some basic commands that you should become familiar
- with. In these examples, do not actually include the <> characters when you
- enter the command.
-
- /help <n> <topic> This is the single most important command available
- in this client. If you don't know what a command
- does, chances are it is documented in the online
- help. When all else fails, look here. The 'n' is
- a section number, and 'topic' is the command to
- get help on. If you use /help by itself, a list
- of sections is given.
-
- /join <channel> This makes you join the specified channel. For all
- intents and purposes, channels always start with a
- '#' character.
-
- /part <channel> This makes you leave the specified channel.
-
- /nick <new nick> This lets you choose a new nickname. You may use
- any nickname you like, as long as someone else isn't
- currently using it.
-
- /msg <someone> This lets you send a private message to the specified
- nickname.
-
- /server <server> This lets you switch to a new irc server.
-
- /whois <someone> This will give you some information about the given
- nickname, such as the person's Internet address, the
- channels and server s/he is on, etc.
-
- /names <channel> This shows you a list of everyone on the specified
- channel. You will automatically see a listing for
- any channel you join.
-
- /list This lets you list all the channels on your irc
- network. This may not be a good idea, because some
- networks have several thousand channels.
-
- These commands should be sufficient to get you started. If you want to learn
- more about EPIC, reading the online help is a good way to start. If you have
- questions about irc in general, join one of the irc help channels and ask
- someone. On EFnet, the channel is #irchelp, on Undernet it's #wasteland, and
- on DALnet it's #dalnethelp.
-
- See Also:
- help(1); join(1); list(2); msg(1); names(2); nick(1); part(1); server(1);
- whois(2)
-
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