[GNC] IRC access

David Carlson david.carlson.417 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 6 07:25:31 EST 2019


I like the idea of making the page more useful to persons like me who have
no idea how IRC works yet without 'bloat' or information beyond links to a
few good outside sources for details beyond basics that is needed to start
using the #GnuCash channel.

I know that another thing I would like to know is how to address in-channel
comments to others so that when more than one person is commenting I can
address one of them easily without manually typing their nick-name every
time.  It looks like the seasoned users have a trick that I haven't
learned.  I do not use IRC for any other purpose than asking questions
about GnuCash, so I do not practice in channels for other topics, and I
suspect most other GnuCash users that happen by are also not heavy IRC
users.

David Carlson

On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 5:03 AM Frank H. Ellenberger <
frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am  pretty sure the section can be slenderized.
>
> You have both not been there, when the attack was waging. I watched lags
> of several minutes between sending a commnd and seeing its execution.
> That is the reason why I copied the very first help screens.
>
> After setting the moderation flag on the channel, my worst case scenario
> was a user, who fears he lost his data and can now additionally not ask
> in the channel.
>
> Probably a more user friendly structure might be:
>
> Just try the link irc://...
> If successful continue with "register a nick"
> else install a client, see lists, and retry....
>
> with the definitions, where required.
>
> ~Frank
>
> Am 06.03.19 um 08:00 schrieb David T.:
> > I agree. It would be appropriate to have brief information related to
> gnucash on IRC, with pointers to official resources.
> > 90% of the content in the current page should go. The introductory
> paragraph followed by the server, channel, and link to IRC download and
> help pages should be it.
> > David T.
> >
> >
> >
> >   On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 10:18, John Ralls<jralls at ceridwen.fremont.ca.us>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Mar 5, 2019, at 8:01 PM, Frank H. Ellenberger <
> frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Am 05.03.19 um 20:56 schrieb John Ralls:
> >>> LMGTFY: http://deadlytechnology.com/linux/irc-on-ubuntu/
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> John Ralls
> >>
> >> or read (and improve) the wiki ;.)
> >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/IRC#Usage
> >
> > I don't think it's reasonable or practical to replicate all of mankind's
> knowledge in our Wiki. It makes sense that we include information about
> GnuCash itself. It does not make sense to document every random piece of
> software that some user may use to communicate with us, particularly if
> that documentation is readily available on the web.
> >
> > Regards,
> > John Ralls
> >
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