IRC tips/tricks?
 

I'v explored almost all the common things on the internet: P2P, AIM, MSN, etc... What i have never really messed with is IRC.

I know that XChat is the right client but can som1 give me a briefing as to the lingo, tools and general howto on navigating IRC?

Thanks.

"Beginner's guide on using IRC"
http://howtos.linux.com/howtos/IRC/beginners.shtml

IRC Beginner's Guide
http://www.tecknoxology.com/irc/res/ircbg/irc.shtml

"Linux IRC mini-HOWTO"
http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/IRC/index.html

"X-Chat 2.4 Frequently Asked Questions"
http://www.xchat.org/faq/

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Help
http://www.irchelp.org/

thanks

If anybody could tell me which is the sound event in xchat when your nick is called is I'd appreciate it a lot.

It's not channel message is it? You can set it to beep when you receive a message.

Channel message is for evey message in the channel. Thing is I'm in a few potentially very high traffic channels so it gets really annoying. If my nick is _philip__ I had it working in gaim that when someone used _philip__ I hear this alarm going off that they're talking to me. I want this kind of behaviour. Or do I have to make a script for it?

Right click on the channel at the bottom then select beep on message.

That was it thanks! Set beep and then have a sound for beep set in preferences :)

Actually it doesn't work. Like I said that plays a sound on every message and I only want it when there's _philip__ (my nick) in someone else's message.