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authorTimo Sirainen <cras@irssi.org>2002-03-09 10:06:42 +0000
committercras <cras@dbcabf3a-b0e7-0310-adc4-f8d773084564>2002-03-09 10:06:42 +0000
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downloadirssi-0e6946eb04f9501bc13e404bbd940c35b38af188.zip
FAQ is now in HTML format. Patch by Han.
git-svn-id: http://svn.irssi.org/repos/irssi/trunk@2541 dbcabf3a-b0e7-0310-adc4-f8d773084564
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diff --git a/docs/Makefile.am b/docs/Makefile.am
index d34d110c..d4f0b96f 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile.am
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@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ doc_DATA = \
design.txt \
formats.txt \
manual.txt \
+ faq.html \
faq.txt \
perl.txt \
signals.txt \
diff --git a/docs/faq.html b/docs/faq.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f9cce22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/faq.html
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+<h3>Q: Why doesn't irssi display colors even when ircii etc. displays them?</h3>
+
+<p>A: They force ANSI colors even if terminal doesn't support them. By
+default, irssi uses colors only if terminfo/termcap so says. The correct way
+to fix this would be to change your TERM environment to a value where colors
+work, like xterm-color or color_xterm. If this doesn't help, then use the
+evil way of <code>/SET term_force_colors ON</code>.</p>
+
+
+<h3>Q: How do I easily write text to channel that starts with '/' character?</h3>
+
+<p>A: <code>/ /text</code></p>
+
+
+<h3>Q: Why doesn't irssi update my realname (or whatever) after I change it
+with <code>/SET realname</code> and reconnect with <code>/RECONNECT</code>
+or <code>/SERVER</code>?</h3>
+
+<p>A: Irssi is trying to be too smart. This will be fixed in future, but for
+now you should use <code>/DISCONNECT</code> and <code>/CONNECT</code>.</p>
+
+
+<h3>Q: I connected to some server which isn't responding but now irssi tries
+to connect back to it all the time! How can I stop it?</h3>
+
+<p>A: Two ways. The "good way" to do it is with <code>/DISCONNECT</code>.
+Check the server tags first with <code>/SERVER</code> without giving it any
+parameters, reconnections are those that have tag starting with "recon"
+text. So most probably you're going to do <code>/DISCONNECT recon-1</code>.
+The other way is to remove all the reconnections with
+<code>/RMRECONNS</code>, easier but may remove some connections you actually
+wanted to reconnect (if you used multiple servers..).</p>
+
+
+<h3>Q: How do I add seconds to timestamp?</h3>
+
+<p>A: <code>/FORMAT timestamp {timestamp %%H:%%M:%%S}</code> - and remember
+to add the trailing space :)</p>
+
+
+<h3>Q: Why does irssi say "Irssi: Channel not fully synchronized yet, try
+again after a while" when I try to use /BAN etc?</h3>
+
+<p>A: Possibly a bug in irssi, or ircd you're using does something that
+irssi didn't really notice. The new code should make this happen far less
+often than before, but one known reason for this is when irssi doesn't
+notice that you were unable to join some channel. Currently however I don't
+know of any such events irssi doesn't know about.</p>
+
+<p>Anyway, if this does happen, do <code>/RAWLOG SAVE ~/rawlog</code> soon
+after joining to channel, and either try to figure out yourself why irssi
+didn't get reply to WHO request, or send the whole log to tss@iki.fi. Note
+that the rawlog is by default only 200 lines and it may not be enough to
+show all needed information, so you might want to do <code>/SET rawlog_lines
+1000</code> or so.</p>
+
+<p><code>MODE +b</code> still works fine though.</p>
+
+
+<h3>Q: Where's the GUI version?</h3>
+
+<p>A: Read
+<a href="http://irssi.org/?page=about">http://irssi.org/?page=about</a></p>
+
+
+<h3>Q: How do I autorejoin channels after being kicked?</h3>
+
+<p>A: That's evil and you shouldn't do it. If you get kicked, you should stay
+out, at least until the channel forgot you existed :) Most channels I've
+joined just ban you if you autorejoin after kick. If you're joined to
+channels who kick people for fun, try changing channels or something.</p>
+
+<p>Anyway, if you REALLY want to do that, and you understand that you're doing
+evilness, you can use the autorejoin.pl script that comes with irssi. You'll
+still need to specify the channels you wish to rejoin with <code>/SET
+autorejoin_channels #chan1 #chan2 ...</code></p>
+
+
+<h3>Q: How do I announce that I'm away/back in all channels I've joined? Or
+how do I change my nick when setting myself away/back?</h3>
+
+<p>A: That's even worse than autorejoin. Who could possibly care every time
+you come and go? Many channels will kick you for using this, and I for example
+have added several ignores so I'd never need to see these messages. Learn to
+use <code>/AWAY</code> command properly and tell it's existence to people
+who don't know about it. <code>/WII yournick</code> shows your away reason
+much better for people who actually want to know if you're there or not.</p>
+
+<p>You can script these behaviours if you really wish to of course. But
+currently there's no public scripts for either of these, and the only way
+I'm going to add such to irssi.org is if the script contains a setting to
+specify which specific channels the announcement is sent.</p>
diff --git a/docs/faq.txt b/docs/faq.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cb29dd0..00000000
--- a/docs/faq.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-Q: Why doesn't irssi display colors even when ircii etc. displays them?
-A: They force ANSI colors even if terminal doesn't support them. By default,
- irssi uses colors only if terminfo/termcap so says. The correct way to
- fix this would be to change your TERM environment to a value where colors
- work, like xterm-color or color_xterm. If this doesn't help, then use the
- evil way of /SET term_force_colors ON.
-
-Q: How do I easily write text to channel that starts with '/' character?
-A: / /text
-
-Q: Why doesn't irssi update my realname (or whatever) after I change it
- with /SET realname and reconnect with /RECONNECT or /SERVER?
-A: Irssi is trying to be too smart. This will be fixed in future, but for
- now you should use /DISCONNECT + /CONNECT.
-
-Q: I connected to some server which isn't responding but now irssi tries
- to connect back to it all the time! How can I stop it?
-A: Two ways. The "good way" to do it is with /DISCONNECT. Check the server
- tags first with /SERVER without giving it any parameters, reconnections
- are those that have tag starting with "recon" text. So most probably you're
- going to do /DISCONNECT recon-1. The other way is to remove all the
- reconnections with /RMRECONNS, easier but may remove some connections
- you actually wanted to reconnect (if you used multiple servers..).
-
-Q: How do I add seconds to timestamp?
-A: "/FORMAT timestamp {timestamp %%H:%%M:%%S} " - and remember to add the
- trailing space :)
-
-Q: Why does irssi say "Irssi: Channel not fully synchronized yet, try again
- after a while" when I try to use /BAN etc?
-A: Possibly a bug in irssi, or ircd you're using does something that irssi
- didn't really notice. The new code should make this happen far less often
- than before, but one known reason for this is when irssi doesn't notice
- that you were unable to join some channel. Currently however I don't know
- of any such events irssi doesn't know about.
-
- Anyway, if this does happen, do "/RAWLOG SAVE ~/rawlog" soon after joining
- to channel, and either try to figure out yourself why irssi didn't get
- reply to WHO request, or send the whole log to tss@iki.fi. Note that the
- rawlog is by default only 200 lines and it may not be enough to show all
- needed information, so you might want to do /SET rawlog_lines 1000 or so.
-
-Q: Where's the GUI version?
-A: Read http://irssi.org/?page=about
-
-Q: How do I autorejoin channels after being kicked?
-A: That's evil and you shouldn't do it. If you get kicked, you should
- stay out, at least until the channel forgot you existed :) Most channels
- I've joined just ban you if you autorejoin after kick. If you're joined
- to channels who kick people for fun, try changing channels or something.
-
- Anyway, if you REALLY want to do that, and you understand that you're
- doing evilness, you can use the autorejoin.pl script that comes with
- irssi. You'll still need to specify the channels you wish to rejoin with
- /SET autorejoin_channels #chan1 #chan2 ...
-
-Q: How do I announce that I'm away/back in all channels I've joined?
- Or how do I change my nick when setting myself away/back?
-A: That's even worse than autorejoin. Who could possibly care every time you
- come and go? Many channels will kick you for using this, and I for example
- have added several ignores so I'd never need to see these messages. Learn
- to use /AWAY command properly and tell it's existence to people who don't
- know about it. /WII yournick shows your away reason much better for people
- who actually want to know if you're there or not.
-
- You can script these behaviours if you really wish to of course. But
- currently there's no public scripts for either of these, and the only way
- I'm going to add such to irssi.org is if the script contains a setting to
- specify which specific channels the announcement is sent.
-
-Q: Why does irssi autojoin on invite by default?
-A: The setting is /SET join_auto_chans_on_invite - it's not the same as
- regular autojoin-on-invite, which irssi doesn't even have. The only
- channels that are joined on invite, are the ones you've added to config
- with /CHANNEL ADD -auto. This is very useful with +i channels when you
- need to first send an invite request to bot, or if you get accidentally
- kicked from channel, the kicker can invite you back immediately.
-
- I don't see any bad side effects with this feature, so it's ON by
- default. I guess someone could start kicking/inviting you all the time
- but server connection shouldn't drop because of that, and you shouldn't
- join channels whose operators are that evil.