The second is a convenience that will automatically join you to #jsoftware upon connection.īecause J is so terse, it is a great language for communicating with short snippets and one line can say a lot. To your client's connection scripts, add these lines: To register and link your alternate nick:įinally, configure your IRC client to identify you to nickserv upon connection the network. Best practice is to make your alternate nick the same as your primary nick, with an underscore (_) appended. It's also a good idea to register and link an alternate nick (usually used to indicate a different status, such as "away"). To register your nick, follow the instructions in the libera FAQ. Among them the ability to have a privileged status on a channel (for example, some Jers are entrusted with keeping the peace on the channels). It grants you certain rights on the network. It allows you to send and receive private messages (i.e. It keeps others from using it, so we know you're you.Ī. Registering your nick has several advantages. To that end, pick one you like and consider registering it with libera. Once you've chosen a nick, it's a good idea to stick with it. So nicks that don't change often are appreciated, as is an introduction the first time we meet you. However, it is nice to know who we're talking with. We all use anonymizing handles known as "nicks", but most of us will divulge our names if asked.Īny nick you choose is fine by us we have no policy beyond the networks'.
If you follow of the Forums, you'll find several familiars in #jsoftware, from novice to guru. They're intended for experimentation with the bots, and to act as "pseudo J sessions" the English to J ratio is expected to be low. Before you evaluate a J expression in #jsoftware, make sure you've got it right the sandbox channels are a good place to work out bugs. Similarly, multiple attempts to get a buggy J expression working scroll the channel. Similarly, avoid making the bots output large amounts of text, as that scrolls the channel. The core channel is intended for discussion, and the English to J ratio should be kept fairly high avoid flooding the channel with pasted text (use a pastebin for that). There are several other, related channels, mostly sandboxes for playing with the bots. The primary, or core, J channel is named #jsoftware (IRC is a popular medium and the channel #j was already taken ). Now you're connected to the J channel - welcome! The following sections discuss channels in more depth, and provide details for advanced IRC usage, including using the bots. Once you're connected to libera, simply issue the command /join #jsoftware, which you can often abbreviate to ( /j jsoftware). If that doesn't work, you'll have to resort to your client's documentation. Some of us also idle on EFnet, but you should only connect there if, for some reason, you cannot connect to libera (you will not find the bots there). J has chosen libera for its primary IRC network (migrated from freenode). These networks are independent, and clients of one cannot see clients of another. IRC is split into many different networks.
#COLLOQUY BOT HOW TO#
Once you've got an IRC client installed and configured, see the following sections on how to find your fellow Jers. But pay particular attention to choosing a nickname. For that, refer to the client's documentation. Once you've installed a client, you'll have to set it up.
See also Wikipedia's list of IRC clients. GUI client that has been ported to many OSes, and makes a good alternative to the command-line/text-mode irssi on *X Popular choices for the major operating systems are:
#COLLOQUY BOT INSTALL#
These are also good for using on a foreign computer, or from work, if there's a firewall in your way (though you might be able to work out your proxy to get around the latter).īut, to get the full effect of the medium, you'll need to install a desktop client. If you've never tried IRC before, and simply want to try it out, you can begin with a web based client: The IRC channels and bots provide a facility for J newbies to ask questions and get live, immediate, answers, and for J veterans to show off gems and discuss J.Ĭome join us! To get started, see the following sections. We have lively real-time discussion on topics of interest to Jers, with J expressions typed and executed right in the channel (thanks to our bots). Since Jers are all over the world, it is hard for many of us to meet face to face. It has a different tone and flavor from the Forums and the Wiki its informality and immediacy complements those mediums. It is similar to instant messenging (IM), but provides a mechanism for any number of participants to talk it is not merely a dialog. Members of the J community are invited and encouraged to come talk with their compatriots, on IRC.
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