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diff --git a/docs/faq.txt b/docs/faq.txt index 131c3f3e..6b11788c 100644 --- a/docs/faq.txt +++ b/docs/faq.txt @@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ A: They force ANSI colors even if terminal doesn't support them. By default, 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 diff --git a/docs/startup-HOWTO.html b/docs/startup-HOWTO.html index 73e9285f..ddd5d025 100644 --- a/docs/startup-HOWTO.html +++ b/docs/startup-HOWTO.html @@ -2,18 +2,21 @@ <h3>To new Irssi users (not to new IRC users ..)</h3> - <p>Copyright (c) 2000-2001 by Timo Sirainen</p> + <p>Copyright (c) 2000-2002 by Timo Sirainen</p> <p>Index with some FAQ questions that are answered in the chapter:</p> <ol> <li><a href="#c1">For all the lazy people</a></li> -<li><a href="#c2">Basic user interface usage</a></li> +<li><a href="#c2">Basic user interface usage</a> + <ul> + <li>Split windows work in weird way</li> + </ul></li> <li><a href="#c3">Server and channel automation</a> <ul> - <li>how do I automatically connect to servers at startup?</li> - <li>how do I automatically join to channels at startup?</li> + <li>How do I automatically connect to servers at startup?</li> + <li>How do I automatically join to channels at startup?</li> </ul></li> <li><a href="#c4">Setting up windows and automatically restoring them at startup</a></li> @@ -346,7 +349,7 @@ see list of all active connections, use /SERVER without any parameters. You should see a list of something like:</p> <pre> - -!- IRCNet: irc.telia.fi:6667 (IRCNet) + -!- IRCNet: irc.song.fi:6667 (IRCNet) -!- OPN: tolkien.openprojects.net:6667 (OPN) -!- RECON-1: 192.168.0.1:6667 () (02:59 left before reconnecting) </pre> @@ -508,7 +511,7 @@ logs by adding date/time formats to the file name. The formats are in <h3><a id="c9">9. Changing keyboard bindings</a></h3> <p>You can change any keyboard binding that terminal lets irssi know -about. It doesn't let it know everything, so for example +about. It doesn't let irssi know everything, so for example shift-backspace can't be bound unless you modify xterm resources somehow.</p> @@ -524,7 +527,15 @@ an example for pressing F1 key:</p> ^[OP </pre> -<p>So with irssi you would use /BIND ^[OP /ECHO F1 pressed.</p> +<p>So in irssi you would use /BIND ^[OP /ECHO F1 pressed. If you use +multiple terminals which have different bindings for the key, it would +be better to use eg.:</p> + +<pre> +/BIND ^[OP key F1 +/BIND ^[11~ key F1 +/BIND F1 /ECHO F1 pressed. +</pre> <h3><a id="c10">10. Proxies and IRC bouncers</a></h3> @@ -770,9 +781,6 @@ of them you might want to change (the default value is shown):</p> <dd>Show quit message only once in some of the channel windows the nick was in instead of in all windows.</dd> -<dt>/SET topicbar ON</dt> - <dd>Show the channel's topic in top of screen.</dd> - <dt>/SET lag_min_show 100</dt> <dd>Show the server lag in status bar if it's bigger than this, the unit is 1/100 of seconds (ie. the default value of 100 = 1 second).</dd> @@ -789,12 +797,6 @@ of them you might want to change (the default value is shown):</p> If any highlighted text or message for you appears in that window, this setting is ignored and the activity is shown.</dd> -<dt>/SET mail_counter ON</dt> - <dd>Show the number of mails in your mbox in status - bar. The mbox file is taken from $MAIL environment setting. Only mbox - format works for now.</dd> -</dl> - <p><strong>Nick completion</strong></p> <dl> |