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+<title>XCHAT FAQ</title>
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+<h1>X-Chat 2.8 Frequently Asked Questions</h1>
+
+<h2>1. Section One: Compiling and Installing.</h2>
+<p>
+<a href="#q11">1. I get this error: /bin/sh: no: command not found</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q12">2. How do I compile X-Chat on my Sun OS system?</a>
+<br><br>
+</p>
+
+<h2>2. Section Two: Using X-Chat.</h2>
+<p>
+<a href="#q21">1. How do I enable identd in X-Chat? (How do I get rid of the ~ in front of my username?)</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q22">2. How do I auto join more than one channel with keys?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q23">3. How do I autoconnect and join a channel when X-Chat loads?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q24">4. How do I cut and paste in X-Chat?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q25">5. How do I connect through a proxy?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q26">6. How do I show @ and + in front of nicknames that are Op and Voice when they talk?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q27">7. How do I change the Op and Voice userlist icons and Tree View icons?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q28">8. How do I set different ban types?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q29">9. Why can't I see accented-letters/umlauts/upper-ascii-chars in X-Chat?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q210">10. Why does the timestamp overlap some nicknames?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q211">11. How do I turn on Conference mode where I will not see join or part messages?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q212">12. How can I run the /dccserver command?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q213">13. Why doesn't DCC send work behind a router (IPNat/ADSL)?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q214">14. How do I execute multiple commands in one line?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q215">15. How do I enable Emacs key bindings in XChat?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q216">16. I get this error: "Unknown file type abc.yz. Maybe you need to install the Perl or Python plugin?"</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q217">17. How do I play sound files on certain events?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q218">18. How do I auto-load scripts at startup?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q219">19. How do I minimize X-Chat to the System Tray (Notification Area)?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q220">20. Can I select and copy text with the time stamps?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q221">21. What's the deal with opening URLs in XChat on Linux/Unix?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q222">22. Where are the log files saved to?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q223">23. How do I rotate log files every so often?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q224">24. How do I enable graphical smilies (emoticons)?</a>
+<br><br>
+</p>
+
+<h2>3. Section Three: Contributions, Development and Bugs.</h2>
+<p>
+<a href="#q31">1. Why does X-Chat leak so much memory?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q32">2. My copy of X-Chat crashes, what can I do?</a>
+<br><br>
+<a href="#q33">3. Can I write a new language translation for X-Chat?</a>
+</p>
+
+<br><br>
+
+<h2>1. Section One: Compiling and Installing.</h2>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q11">1. I get this error: /bin/sh: no: command not found</a></h3>
+<p>
+If you get an error something like:
+</p>
+<blockquote><pre>
+Making all in po
+make[2]: Entering directory `/home/zed/xchat/files/xchat-1.8.7/po'
+file=./`echo ca | sed 's,.*/,,'`.gmo \
+  &amp;&amp; rm -f $file &amp;&amp; PATH=../src:$PATH no -o $file ca.po
+/bin/sh: no: command not found
+make[2]: *** [ca.gmo] Error 127
+make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/zed/xchat/files/xchat-1.8.7/po'
+make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
+make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/zed/xchat/files/xchat-1.8.7'
+make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2
+</pre></blockquote>
+<p>
+It means you don't have GNU gettext installed. There are two solutions:
+</p>
+<ul>
+<li>Install GNU gettext and try again.</li>
+<li>Use <i>./configure --disable-nls</i>. This will disable foreign
+language support and all menus and GUI will be in English only.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q12">2. How do I compile X-Chat on my Sun OS system?</a></h3>
+<p>
+   X-Chat uses GNU gettext which in turn requires gmake, either install that
+   and or use ./configure --disable-nls with Sun's own make.
+</p>
+
+<br><h2>2. Section Two: Using X-Chat.</h2>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q21">1. How do I enable identd in X-Chat?</a></h3>
+<p>
+<u>UNIX:</u><br>
+    Identd isn't actually apart of X-Chat. You will need to download and install 
+    your own ident server. Most distributions, including Fedora, come with an 
+    ident server program called oidentd. Make sure it is enabled in
+    /etc/xinetd.conf or read you distribution's documentation.
+
+    As an alternative, you can try this experimental identd server: <a href="http://xchat.org/auth/">xchat_auth</a>
+
+<br><br><u>WINDOWS:</u><br>
+    The win32 version of X-Chat comes with a built-in identd server. It is
+    enabled by default, but can be disabled with <i>/set identd 0</i>.
+</p>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q22">2. How do I auto join more than one channel with keys?</a></h3>
+<p>
+   In the Server list's channel column enter multiple channels and separate 
+   them by commas, eg:  "#linux,#warez,#chat". Do not put spaces between the
+   channels. If the channels also have keys (passwords), then the syntax is:
+   "#channel1,#channel2,#channel3 key1,key2,key3"
+</p>
+<p>
+   Example: If you want to join #abc and #talk without keys, but #linux with
+   a key of "secret", you would enter: "#linux,#abc,#talk secret".
+</p>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q23">3. How do I autoconnect and join a channel when X-Chat loads?</a></h3>
+<p>
+In the Server list, select the Network you want to auto-connect to, click Edit
+and turn ON the "Auto connect to this network at startup" checkbox.
+</p>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q24">4. How do I cut and paste in X-Chat?</a></h3>
+<p>
+It's exactly the same as any other X application. You simply mark the text
+you want, and then press middle mouse button to paste (if you only have a
+2 button mouse, press left and right buttons at once).
+</p>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q25">5. How do I connect through a proxy?</a></h3>
+<p>
+Go to the menus, Settings -> Preferences -> Network Setup and fill in the requested
+information there. Authentication (using a username and password) is
+only supported for HTTP and Socks5.
+</p>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q26">6. How do I show @ and + in front of nicknames that are Op and Voice when they talk?</a></h3>
+<p>
+To display @ and + characters next to nicknames as they talk, do the following:
+</p>
+<p>
+In the menus, open up Settings -> Advanced -> Text Events. Find the
+<i>Channel Message</i> event in the list. The $3 code can be inserted to
+print the user's mode-character (e.g. @ or +). For example, you might want
+to change the default:
+
+<br><br>%C18%H&lt;%H$4$1%H>%H%O$t$2<br><br>To:
+<br><br>%C18%H&lt;%H$4<b>$3</b>$1%H>%H%O$t$2
+<br><br>Don't forget to press Enter, so the changes take effect in the
+list at the top of the window.
+</p>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q27">7. How do I change the Op and Voice userlist icons and Tree View icons?</a></h3>
+<p>
+<u>Unix/Linux</u>
+<br>The default icons are hard coded (compiled) in. You can override them by creating
+some PNG files in ${PREFIX}/share/xchat. ${PREFIX} is usually /usr, so that
+would translate to /usr/share/xchat. If you compiled from source tarball without
+specifying a prefix, it will be /usr/local instead.
+<br>
+<br>
+<u>Windows</u>
+<br>Your own custom icons can be placed in C:\Program Files\XChat\Icons. Image format
+may be PNG or ICO. PNG support on Windows 2000 may require installing GDI+, but it's
+standard on XP or newer.
+</p>
+
+<blockquote>
+<table border="1" cellpadding="3" rules="all">
+<tr bgcolor="#dddddd"><td>Name</td><td>Description</td></tr>
+<tr><td>op.png</td><td>Userlist: Op</td></tr>
+<tr><td>hop.png</td><td>Userlist: Half-Op</td></tr>
+<tr><td>voice.png</td><td>Userlist: Voice</td></tr>
+<tr><td>red.png</td><td>Userlist: Owner</td></tr>
+<tr><td>purple.png</td><td>Userlist: Founder</td></tr>
+<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td>server.png</td><td>Tree: Server</td></tr>
+<tr><td>channel.png</td><td>Tree: Channel</td></tr>
+<tr><td>dialog.png</td><td>Tree: Dialog/Query</td></tr>
+<tr><td>util.png</td><td>Tree: Utility (Channel List, DCC etc)</td></tr>
+<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td>message.png</td><td>Tray: Message</td></tr>
+<tr><td>highlight.png</td><td>Tray: Highlighted Message</td></tr>
+<tr><td>fileoffer.png</td><td>Tray: DCC</td></tr>
+<tr><td></td><td></td></tr>
+<tr><td>xchat.png</td><td>Main XChat icon</td></tr>
+</table>
+</blockquote>
+
+<br><b>Tree View icons</b>: Type <b>/set tab_icons 1</b> to enable them and then restart XChat.
+<br>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q28">8. How do I set different ban types?</a></h3>
+<p>
+   Three ways:
+</p>
+<ul>
+<li>
+      Right click the nickname in the userlist, and choose a ban type from the
+      "Kick/Ban" submenu.
+</li>
+<li>
+		You can also do it manually:
+
+         /ban &lt;nick> &lt;ban type>
+
+      where the &lt;ban type> is a number from 0 to 3.
+</li>
+
+<li>
+           /set irc_ban_type &lt;ban type>
+      sets the default ban type to use for all bans. The different types are:
+
+<ul>
+<li>0 *!*@*.host</li>
+<li>1 *!*@domain</li>
+<li>2 *!*user@*.host</li>
+<li>3 *!*user@domain</li>
+</ul>
+
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q29">9. Why can't I see accented-letters/umlauts/upper-ascii-chars in X-Chat?</a></h3>
+<p>
+Refer to <a href="http://xchat.org/encoding/">http://xchat.org/encoding/</a>.<br>
+Note: Log files are always written in UTF-8/Unicode.
+</p>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q210">10. Why does the timestamp overlap some nicknames?</a></h3>
+<p>
+Some networks allow very long nicknames (up to 32 letters). It can be annoying to have
+the separator bar move too far to the right, just for one long nick. Therefore, it has
+a set limit for the distance it will move to the right. If you use a large font, you
+may need to adjust this distance. It is set in pixels, for example:
+</p>
+<blockquote><pre>
+      /set text_max_indent 320
+</pre></blockquote>
+
+<p>
+Once you adjust this setting high enough, overlapping timestamps and nicknames should
+not occur. The adjustment will not take effect immediately, a restart may be needed.
+</p>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q211">11. How do I turn on Conference mode where I will not see join or part messages?</a></h3>
+<p>
+Right-click on the tab you want to change. In the submenu of the channel
+name, there's a toggle-item "Show join/part messages", simply turn this off.
+</p><p>If you want to turn this option on globally, type:</p>
+<blockquote><pre>/set irc_conf_mode 1</pre></blockquote>
+<p>Then all channels you join after setting this will start with "Show join/part messages" turned off.</p>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q212">12. How can I run the /dccserver command?</a></h3>
+<p>
+In short you can not do this (easily). This is a mIRC only proprietary feature
+that is quite nonstandard. There is no code for doing this, mainly because
+/dccserver runs on port 59 which in turn would require running X-Chat as
+root. Why do you need this anyway? Just use normal DCC.
+<br><br>
+Unofficial unix <a href="http://dfx.at/xchat/">patches are available here</a>.
+<br><br><u><b>Update</b></u>: DCC Server feature has been added in the official Windows release 2.4.1b.
+</p>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q213">13. Why doesn't DCC send work behind a router (IPNat/ADSL)?</a></h3>
+<p>
+   If you are behind a IP-NAT or ADSL router, you will most likely have
+   an address like 192.168.0.1. This address is not usable on the Internet, and
+   must be translated.
+</p><p>
+   When offering a DCC file, xchat will tell the receiver your address. If it says
+   192.168.0.1, the receiver will not be able to connect. One way to make it send
+   your "real" address is to enable the "Get my IP from IRC Server" option in xchat.
+   This option is available in Preferences -> File Transfers. When you turn it
+   ON, you will have to re-login to the server before it'll take effect.
+</p><p>
+	You will also need to forward some ports for use in DCC send. You may pick almost
+	any port range you wish, for example, in xchat set:
+</p>
+<pre>		<b>First DCC send port</b>: 4990
+		 <b>Last DCC send port</b>: 5000
+</pre>
+<p>
+	This will allow you to send up to ten files at the same time, which should be plenty
+	for most people. Lastly, configure your router/modem to forward ports 4990-5000 to
+	your PC's address. You'll have to consult your router/modem's manual on how to do this.
+</p>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q214">14. How do I execute multiple commands in one line?</a></h3>
+<p>
+   There are three ways to do this:
+</p>
+<ul>
+<li>/LOAD -e &lt;textfile>, where &lt;textfile> is a full pathname to a file
+containing commands on each line.</li>
+<li>
+Separate your commands with CTRL-SHIFT-u-a (CTRL-SHIFT-a on older GTK+ and Windows). This will appear as a little box with numbers on it.</li>
+<li>You can create two UserCommands, with the same name, and then execute
+the UserCommand. It will be executed in the same order as it's written
+in the UserCommands GUI.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q215">15. How do I enable Emacs key bindings in XChat?</a></h3>
+<p>
+The standard Emacs key bindings, such as CTRL-w, CTRL-u etc, are supported by
+GTK+ 2.0, but normally disabled. If you run Gnome 2, you can re-enable them in
+your Gnome menu under: Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts.
+</p>
+<p>
+<i>Note</i>: This doesn't work in the latest Gnome (2.8 and newer). In this case, you need
+to run "gconf-editor", and directly change the key /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_key_theme
+from "Default" to "Emacs". Then you need to re-start XChat.
+</p>
+<p>
+If you don't use Gnome 2, but still want Emacs key bindings, it's beyond the
+scope of this document. You might find some hints here:
+<a href="http://www.gtk.org/gtk-2.4.0-notes.html">GTK+ 2.4.0 release notes</a>.
+</p>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q216">16. I get this error: "Unknown file type abc.yz. Maybe you need to install the Perl or Python plugin?"</a></h3>
+<p>
+If you get this error when trying to load a Perl or Python script, it means
+the plugin for running those scripts isn't loaded.
+</p>
+<ul>
+<li>The Perl, Python and TCL plugins come with XChat in the same archive.</li>
+<li>During ./configure, it will check for Perl, Python and TCL libs and headers, you should check if it failed there.</li>
+<li>The plugins directory can be found by issuing the shell command
+	<pre>xchat -p</pre>
+</li>
+<li>All *.so files are auto-loaded at startup (*.dll on Windows).</li>
+<li>If you downloaded a binary package, maybe the packager decided to exclude the Perl or Python plugins.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q217">17. How do I play sound files on certain events?</a></h3>
+<p>
+In the menus, go to: Settings > Preferences > Sound.
+Select the event you want to make a sound on, then type in a
+sound filename (or use the Browse button).
+</p>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q218">18. How do I auto-load scripts at startup?</a></h3>
+<p>
+You just have to place the scripts into XChat's data directory. XChat
+will auto-load scripts if they have the right extension .e.g If a filename
+ends in .pl, it will be loaded as a Perl script.
+This data directory is different on each platform:
+<br><br>
+<u>Windows</u>
+<br><br>
+It depends on your version of Windows and where it stores the
+<i><b>Application Data</b></i> folder. On Windows XP it is usually:
+<br><br>
+C:\Documents and Settings\<i><b>username</b></i>\Application Data\X-Chat 2\
+<br><b>or simply:</b>
+<br>
+C:\Program Files\XChat\Plugins\
+<br><br><br>
+<u>UNIX</u>
+<br><br>
+~/.xchat2/
+Where "~" represents your home directory i.e.: $HOME/.xchat2/
+</p>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q219">19. How do I minimize X-Chat to the System Tray (Notification Area)?</a></h3>
+<p>
+There are two plugins available that allow this:
+<br>Unix: <a href="http://www.blight.tk/">SysTray Plugin</a>
+<br>Windows: <a href="http://www.sinisterdevelopments.com/">xTray</a>
+</p>
+<p>
+Note that XChat 2.8.0+ has its own tray feature, but you can disable it
+in <b>Settings &gt; Preferences &gt; Alerts</b> and still run these plugins, if you prefer.
+</p>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q220">20. Can I select and copy text with the time stamps?</a></h3>
+<p>
+Yes, but this requires at least XChat 2.6.3. Simply hold down SHIFT while marking
+the text and the time stamps will be included.
+</p>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q221">21. What's the deal with opening URLs in XChat on Unix/Linux?</a></h3>
+<p>
+Right-clicking on a URL and selecting <i>Open Link in Browser</i> will open the link
+in your "preferred browser". In Gnome, your preferred browser can be changed in System > Preferences > More Preferences > Preferred Applications.
+<br><br>
+<b><u>Notes for 2.8.0 or newer:</u></b>
+<br><br>
+Everything should just work automatically without any changes from you. Here's how the current
+logic works:
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>First, it tries to run xdg-open, which is a universal URL handler from freedesktop.org. Most modern Linux desktops will have this now, or in the near future.</li>
+<li>If xdg-open doesn't exist, it will try to detect a running Gnome or KDE desktop. This is done via the environment variables GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID and KDE_FULL_SESSION.</li>
+<li>If Gnome is detected, it will execute: gnome-open &lt;url></li>
+<li>If KDE is detected, it will execute: kfmclient exec &lt;url></li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>
+<b><u>Notes for 2.6.8 or older:</u></b>
+<br><br>
+If you're not using Gnome, e.g KDE or some other desktop environment, you're fresh out of luck!
+<br><u>Note for Debian and Ubuntu</u>: Integration with Gnome is broken on this distro! Please set
+<i>sensible-browser</i> instead. We have no control over what the Debian packagers do, so complain
+to them for this screw up. Example:
+<i>sudo update-alternatives --set x-www-browser /usr/bin/firefox</i>
+
+<br><br>
+<b><u>More details</u></b>
+<br><br>
+While holding down CTRL you can single left-click a URL to open it in your preferred browser. If you really want to change this to plain left-click you can type: <b>/set gui_url_mod 0</b>, provided you have XChat 2.6.6 or newer.
+<br><br>
+You can also add more items to the right-click menu in XChat: <b>Settings &gt; Advanced &gt; URL Handlers</b>.
+<br>For example, you could add an entry like <b>!firefox -a firefox -remote 'openURL(%s,new-tab)'</b>
+<br>But this kind of messing around shouldn't be necessary, it just works automatically in Gnome, KDE and Windows with 2.8.0+!
+</p>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q222">22. Where are the log files saved to?</a></h3>
+<p>
+<u>UNIX</u>
+<br>
+<br>~/.xchat2/xchatlogs/
+<br>where ~ represents your home directory.
+<br>
+<br>
+<br><u>Windows</u>
+<br>
+<br><b>Windows XP/2000</b>: C:\Documents and Settings\<i><b>username</b></i>\Application Data\X-Chat 2\xchatlogs
+<br><b>Windows Vista/7</b>: C:\Users\<i><b>username</b></i>\AppData\Roaming\X-Chat 2\xchatlogs
+</p>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q223">23. How do I rotate log files every so often?</a></h3>
+<p>
+Requires: 2.6.1+
+<br><br>
+By default settings, no rotation occurs, your log files will just keep getting larger.
+<br><br>
+Go to <b>Settings</b> &gt; <b>Preferences</b> &gt; <b>Logging</b> and change the log filename to any one of these:
+</p>
+<blockquote>
+<table border="1" cellpadding="6" rules="all">
+<tr><td><b>Setting</b></td><td><b>Example filename that would be written</b></td></tr>
+<tr><td>%Y-%m-%d/%n-%c.log&nbsp;</td><td>2006-12-30/FreeNode-#channel.log</td></tr>
+<tr><td>%n/%Y-%m-%d/%c.log</td><td>FreeNode/2006-12-30/#channel.log</td></tr>
+<tr><td>%n/%c.log</td><td>FreeNode/#channel.log (no rotation)</td></tr>
+</table>
+</blockquote>
+<p>
+%Y, %m and %d represents the current year, month and day respectively. %n is the
+network name, e.g. "FreeNode" or "UnderNet", and finally, %c is the channel. In these
+examples, a new log filename and folder would be created after midnight.
+<br><br>
+You can find more possibilities at <a href="http://xchat.org/docs/log/">http://xchat.org/docs/log/</a>.
+</p>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q224">24. How do I enable graphical smilies (emoticons)?</a></h3>
+<p>
+This feature is only available in the official Windows XChat release. You have to
+TICK this feature during installation. If you didn't do this, you can simply run
+the installer again, and TICK the "<b>Eye Candy Theme</b>" when given the option.
+</p><p>
+If you want to use the graphical theme, but disable it just for smilies (i.e leave
+it ON for things like Join/Part, Modes etc only), type this command and restart:
+<br><br>
+<b>/set text_emoticons off</b>
+</p>
+
+<br><h2>3. Section Three: Contributions, Development and Bugs.</h2>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q31">1. Why does X-Chat leak so much memory?</a></h3>
+<p>
+The simple answer is, it doesn't! There are some GTK+ pixmap based themes around that
+leak a lot of memory. Please try using a different theme and see if that resolves the
+problem. X-Chat itself only allocates about 40kb of memory through malloc()!
+</p>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q32">2. My copy of X-Chat crashes, what can I do?</a></h3>
+<p>
+Firstly, make sure it's the latest stable version of X-Chat. Stable versions have
+an EVEN middle number, e.g.: 2.8.0 or 2.8.1. Often late fixes are placed in this
+directory: <a href="http://xchat.org/files/source/2.8/patches/">2.8.x patches</a>
+</p><p>
+   If you still experience crashes, you should consider running it through GDB. This
+   will help us find a fix quickly, and it's easy to do! See <a href="http://xchat.org/gdb/">here</a>.
+</p>
+
+<br><h3><a name="q33">3. Can I write a new language translation for X-Chat?</a></h3>
+<p>
+You sure can, but I don't accept translations directly. They must be done through the
+<a href="http://translationproject.org/domain/xchat.html">Translation Project</a>.
+All the relevant information should be on that page.
+</p>
+
+</body>
+</html>