First Steps

Note: ircII, the client most people are using, has most of this information online. If you are stuck, type "/HELP" and hit . To escape from HELP mode, keep pressing until your edit line, (the line at the bottom of the screen), is empty. Most of the information in this file can be found typing these commands: "/HELP INTRO" or "/HELP NEWUSER". All IRC commands begin with /CHARACTER.

The slash is the default command character. Commands are not case sensitive, and can be abbreviated to their first letters: "/SI" and "/sign " stand for /SIGNOFF and will both end your IRC session.

Anything that does not begin with "/" is assumed to be a message to someone and will be sent to your current channel, or to a person you are QUERYing.

If you are not sure about the spelling of an ircII command, type the prefix of that command, and press the ESCape key twice; ircII will give you a listing of commands and aliases that start with that prefix. Don't forget the "/" in front of the command though.

type in this:/W
you get this: *** Commands:
*** WAIT	WALL	WALLOPS	WHICH
*** WHILE	WHO	WHOIS	WHOWAS
*** WINDOW
*** Aliases:
*** W

This is an example. Your screen may show more aliases, and less commands than shown here, or less aliases and more commands.

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