Opening a connection
There are several ways to open a connection. If you have an existing profile then
you can select it in the profile list and press the Connect button. The name of
the button changes to Disconnect if the selected connection is already online.
Snak remembers the windows you had open the last time you ran the program. If
you have windows open with the channels that you want to join, you can just select
them and press Cmd-O or use the Open Connection menu item under the file menu.
You can also open a connection for a profile by going to the File menu and using
the hierarchical menu under Connect To.
To see the state of a connection, open the profile list and see if the icon is
red, orange or green. A green icon means that the connection is online and you
can type commands. An orange icon means that the connection is in the process
of connecting or disconnecting. A red icon means that the connection is idle.
Additionally, the console window that is associated with each connection will
show the state as text in the upper left corner. The console window is the location
where Snak will display the various informational messages that the IRC server
sends. For example, the server will typically display an extensive "message
of the day" often abbreviated MOTD where the server operator explains the
rules for using the server.
To open the console window if it is closed, either select the profile or a channel
that belong to the connection, and use the Console menu item in the windows menu.
