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authorstanley lieber <stanley.lieber@gmail.com>2012-10-12 09:17:47 -0500
committerstanley lieber <stanley.lieber@gmail.com>2012-10-12 09:17:47 -0500
commit324ab59b0811bc42453a97c34138664b3c921e89 (patch)
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parent2f83fa7f74a6806d6ec6d82815c9e8a8964a8905 (diff)
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ircrc(1): man page fixes, thanks pap
-rw-r--r--sys/man/1/ircrc43
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/sys/man/1/ircrc b/sys/man/1/ircrc
index 5eea66cb7..828a8f0c1 100644
--- a/sys/man/1/ircrc
+++ b/sys/man/1/ircrc
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ is an IRC client.
Messages are sent from stdin and received from stdout.
The default server is
.BR irc.freenode.net .
+.I Ircrc
+expands
+.B bitlbee
+and
+.B oftc
+to
+.B im.bitlbee.org
+and
+.BR irc.oftc.net ,
+respectively.
The options are:
.TP
.BI -p " port
@@ -39,7 +49,8 @@ Change the default name
.RB ( <nil> ).
.TP
.BI -t " target
-Set the target channel.
+Set and join the target channel
+(multiple channels may be separated by commas).
.TP
.BI -n " nick
Change the default nickname
@@ -103,6 +114,8 @@ Set the current target.
Messages are sent to
.I target
unless they are commands.
+If the current target is more than one channel,
+any messages are sent to all of them.
.TP
.B /u
.B USERS
@@ -133,6 +146,14 @@ as a different user:
.EX
% ircrc -r glenda -n glenda irc.oftc.net
.EE
+.PP
+Join two channels on login
+(remember to set the target to a single channel,
+otherwise messages are sent to both):
+.IP
+.EX
+% ircrc -t '#cat-v,#plan9'
+.EE
.SH SOURCE
.B /rc/bin/ircrc
.SH SEE ALSO
@@ -140,21 +161,13 @@ as a different user:
.br
.B http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2812
.SH BUGS
-.I Ircrc
-cannot join channels upon login (the
-.B -t
-flag only sets the target, it doesn't join the channel).
.PP
.I Ircrc
-does not filter out the
-.B ^B
-character that is sent by nickserv when asking for
-identification.
+calls the inexistent
+.IR auth/userpasswd .
.PP
-Some fonts do not support the nickname delimiters.
+Some of
+.BR irc.freenode.net 's
+welcome messages contain control characters.
.PP
-.I Ircrc
-does not output messages received from the server when
-.B /net/tcp/[0-9]/status
-does not match the regular expression
-.BR /^Established.*/ .
+Some fonts do not support the nickname delimiters.