CoJoBo - Chat
When the applet is downloaded, a login window will ask you a nickname:
Type the nickname you want to use, no more than 9 characters, and hit the Return key or click on the "Connect" button. Without particular reason, don't change the "Random Username" option. If the connection on the irc server is successful, a status window will appear.
The status window is used to display the system messages and the results of some commands. When you are in a channel or in a query with someone, you can, if you wish, close this window. It is possible to show it again with the option "View, Show Status Window" in the menu bar of the channel and query window.
If you have choosen a nick already in use, you will see this little box. Try another nick! Once connected, you can change your nick with the command: /nick new_nickname Once connected, you can go inside a channel. Type the command /join #channel For example, if you wish to go inside a help channel: /join #help A channel window will pop up:
The right panel of this window
shows all the people connected in this channel. Everything you will type
will be visible by all people (except if the first character is a
/, in that case it will be interpreted as a command; the list of available
commands is at the end of this document. Be careful, the result of commands
can be displayed in the status window).
The option "Command" allows
you to execute some command if you have selected a nick in the list. Once
again, the result can be displayed in the status window.
If you wish to talk in private
with someone, double clik on the nick in the list, a query window will
popup.
The query window allows you to talk in private with a user. Everything you will type will be sent only to this user (except if the first character is a /, in that case it is a command).
Available Commands
| /alias Alias_name Command | Creates a command alias with an existing command |
|---|---|
| /away [reason] | Users will see the reason why you are away with /whois command. Without the reason, you are not marked away anymore |
| /channel #channel_name | Joins the channel #channel_name |
| /clear | Clears the display |
| /ctcp nick command | Executes some special commands (PING, FINGER, VERSION, TIME, USERINFO, CLIENTINFO) |
| /ignore nick | All messages from this nick will be ignored (private/public/invite/ctcp action) |
| /invite #channel nickname | Invites nickname on #channel |
| /kick #channel_name nickname | Ejects nickname from #channel_name (needs to be an operator) |
| /leave #channel_name | Quits the channel #channel_name |
| /list | Shows the list of channels (can be very slow) |
| /lusers | Shows statistics for server |
| /map | Shows all servers connected |
| /me message | Does the action specified by message on the channel |
| /mode mask | Changes the mode for the channel or for a nick (you need to be op on the channel) |
| /motd | Shows the Message Of The Day |
| /msg nickname message | Sends a private message to nickname |
| /names | Shows the list of people connected (can be very slow) |
| /nick nickname | Changes the nick to nickname |
| /notify nickname | Prints message when nickname connects/disconnects |
| /query nickname | Allows a particular chat with nickname |
| /quit message | Disconnects from undernet |
| /quote command | Sends command directly to the server |
| /raw command | Same as /quote |
| /topic #channel [text] | Shows [Changes] the topic on #channel |
| /who mask | Shows people matching the mask (can be a channel) |
| /whois nickname | Shows information on nickname |