CUSTOM.HELPIRC

.cm last change by lynx -- nov 94
 
                 _______
               *|^^^^^^^|*           The Internet Relay Chat program
               *| rxIRC |*            for VM/CMS systems written in
               *|_______|*            RexX by Carl "lynx" v. Loesch.
                 ^^^^^^^
 
 
                  *** How to customize rxIRC ***
 
 
The PROFILE RXIRC startup file:
  This file should contain a series of lines that are /source'd by
  rxIRC as soon as you get connected to the first server. You could
  for instance do "join #fun" or "who bunny", probably you will
  want to set up some aliases. See /source for more.
  The file IRC PROFILE is obsolete. For a conversion you have
  to rename it and remove all the command characters (the slashes).
 
Namesfile settings:
  rxIRC gets your default nickname and full name from your namesfile
  unless otherwise specified in the command line. First it looks for
  :ircnick and :ircname tags in your 'self-entry' in your namesfile,
  if not present it will take the normal :nick and :name entries.
  Environment settings supercede these entries. You may also set a
  'motto' line by adding a :motto tag, which will be displayed when
  USERINFO requests are sent to you while you are on IRC. Particularely
| interesting is how you can specify a :wwwport entry, which will acti-
| vate rxIRC's builtin httpd (world wide web server). :wwwport should
| contain a number greater than 1023. Also look up the /export command
| to see how to use the httpd. Use a WWW client to learn about writing
| HTML files. That is beyond the scope of these help files.
 
Environment settings:
  You may use 'setenv' or 'globalv' to put some values into environment
  variables. The variables recognized by rxIRC are IRCNICK, IRCSERVER
  IRCNAME and IRCPORT. rxIRC uses 'SELECT CENV' for compatibility with
  other IRC programs.
 
The RXIRC PFKEYS file is obsolete. You can use the 'PF' commands
  from PROFILE RXIRC now.
 
Defaults in the RXIRC NAMES file (the rxIRC configuration file):
    server:           The internet address of an IRC server
|   pass:             A password, if your IRC server needs it (rarely ever)
    port:             The TCP/IP port it runs on, usually 6667
    browser:          Name of a command good for showing files.
                      Typically BROWSE, but if that's not there try XEDIT.
    timeout:          Not used anymore, you can remove it
    logging:          Set it to ON or OFF for default logging
    quiet_ignore:     Usually OFF
    loud_beeps:       Switch it ON only when a BEEP MODULE is available.
    show_numbers:     When ON, rxIRC shows the numerics of IRC server replies
    list_all:         Show also channels without topic in /list
    beep_char:        The character that gets translated into a beep and back.
    bold_char:        If you define this one, you can make 'bold' messages
                      by inserting this character in your messages. They
                      will appear hilighted on rxIRC and bold on ircII
                      clients (at least)
    highlight_char:   Not used anymore
    show_time:        When the current time will be displayed on the
                      screen.  Choices are 0 (never), 10 (every ten
                      minutes), 20 (every 20 minutes), 30 (every 30
                      minutes), and 60 (every 60 minutes).
 
  You might choose to copy this file onto your disk to be able to
  modify the values.