Hvordan du chatter med andre KDE-brugere

Chat i en browser

En af de bedste måder at få svar på spørgsmål er at spørge andre brugere. Dette er, hvad IRC (internet relay chat) handler om. Mens du deltager, kan du spørge, og på samme tid kan du svare på andre brugeres spørgsmål, når du er i stand til det. For at slutte dig til KDE-chatten,

• Gå til websiden http://webchat.freenode.net

• vælg dig et kaldenavn (nick)

• slut dig til kanalen #kde eller #den_kanal_som_du_er_nlevet_bedt_om_at_bruge

• indskriv teksten, som vises grafisk (det er en captcha, som skal holde spammere væk)

• klik på Connect

Nu har du mulighed for at tale med all de andre deltagere i kanalen #kde.

Disse instruktioner kan også ses som en video her.

Her er en liste over IRC Channels. For at slutte dig til en anden kanal (om fedora i dette eksempel), skriv

/join #fedora-kde

Hvis du ønsker mere konfigurabilitet end browseren kan give dig, så kan du installere IRC-programmer som Quassel eller Konversation.

Setting up Konversation

Konversation is one of the easiest applications to set up that you'll ever meet. Most of the settings have defaults that are perfect, so here is what you need to do:

• Find Konversation in your menu and launch it

• The address of a Freenode server is already listed

• Click Connect

• Type the name that you want to be your username in the small box at the bottom left of the screen. If it is not already in use, it's yours for the session.

• The long bar below the chat window is where you enter all your text, so first you need to join a channel. Enter, for example, /join #mageia-kde or /join #kde-es if you want to talk to KDE users in Spain.

That's it! You're on your way!

Some optional settings for your convenience

The channel you have joined shows in a tab along the bottom of the window. Right-click on the tab. Two helpful settings there are:

• Enable Notifications (from the settings window you can tell it to play a sound if someone says your name, for instance)

• Join on Connect - automatically connecting you with the channels you have found useful, next time you connect.

In the Settings there are a few very useful ones to consider:

• Identities - there you can set the name that you prefer to use. It is wise to have a couple of variations (most people add an underscore at the end of their name, for instance, as a second choice) so that if your name is in use, Konversation will fall back to the second choice. You need not set anything in the other two tabs on that page.

• Configure Notifications - choose a flashing taskbar, a sound, or "Mark taskbar entry" which colours the tab for the things you most need to be aware of. I would suggest these as your starting list:
  • Query (someone wants to have a private conversation with you)
  • Nickname written

You can add others later if you find them useful.