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-rw-r--r--help/C/irc-account.page123
-rw-r--r--help/C/irc-manage.page45
-rw-r--r--help/C/prob-conn-neterror.page8
4 files changed, 176 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/help/C/add-account.page b/help/C/add-account.page
index d985cf6d4..8a31cc12c 100644
--- a/help/C/add-account.page
+++ b/help/C/add-account.page
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
<p>
To enable the new account, select the
<gui>Enabled</gui> check-box next to
- the name of the account in the box on the left of the window.
+ the name of the account in the box on the left of the dialog
</p>
</item>
</steps>
diff --git a/help/C/irc-account.page b/help/C/irc-account.page
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a93506b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/help/C/irc-account.page
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
+ type="topic"
+ id="irc-account">
+
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="irc-manage#manage"/>
+ <link type="seealso" xref="prob-conn-neterror"/>
+ <desc>Create a new IRC account.</desc>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-07-25" status="draft"/>
+
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
+ <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
+ </credit>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2009</year>
+ <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
+ </copyright>
+
+ <license>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</license>
+
+ <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+ </info>
+
+ <title>Create an IRC account</title>
+
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
+ </p>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Press <key>F4</key>
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ If it is the first time you launch <app>Empathy</app>:
+ </p>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
+ <gui>IRC</gui>, then click on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ <p>
+ Otherwise:
+ </p>
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Click on the <gui>Add</gui> button.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
+ <gui>IRC</gui>, then click on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ From the <gui>Network</gui> drop-down list, select the name of the network
+ you are creating the account for.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <!-- TODO: think of a simple way to talk about the nickname -->
+ <p>
+ In the <gui>Nickname</gui> text box, type the name...
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ In the <gui>Password</gui> text box, type the password you used to register
+ your nikcname. If you do not have one, leave this field blank.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ In the <gui>Real name</gui> text box, type your real name.
+ </p>
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ It is not necessary to insert also your real name.
+ </p>
+ </note>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ In the <gui>Quit message</gui> text box, type the text message that will be
+ sent when you close your session.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ To enable the new account, select the <gui>Enabled</gui> check-box
+ next to the name of the account in the box on the left of the dialog.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+
+ <note>
+ <p>
+ If you want to use different networks at the same time, you need to create an
+ account with each of the networks you want to use.
+ </p>
+ </note>
+
+</page>
diff --git a/help/C/irc-manage.page b/help/C/irc-manage.page
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64d691191
--- /dev/null
+++ b/help/C/irc-manage.page
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
+ type="guide"
+ id="irc-manage">
+
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
+ <desc>Manage IRC accounts with <app>Empathy</app>.</desc>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="3.0" date="2009-07-25" status="draft"/>
+
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
+ <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
+ </credit>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2009</year>
+ <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
+ </copyright>
+
+ <license>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</license>
+
+ <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+ </info>
+
+ <comment>
+ <cite date="2009-07-25"><name>Milo Casagrande</name></cite>
+ <p>
+ Guide page for all the IRC related actions. Need to work on this page
+ if the content starts to grow. In case we don't have a lot of contets for
+ this page, rework the other.
+ </p>
+ </comment>
+
+ <title>Use IRC</title>
+
+ <section id="manage" style="2column">
+ <title>Manage IRC accounts</title>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="problems" style="2column">
+ <!-- TODO: see prob-conn-neterror.page -->
+ <title>Fix common problems</title>
+ </section>
+
+
+</page>
diff --git a/help/C/prob-conn-neterror.page b/help/C/prob-conn-neterror.page
index f7bb7281c..65a8d1e95 100644
--- a/help/C/prob-conn-neterror.page
+++ b/help/C/prob-conn-neterror.page
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="prob-conn"/>
+ <link type="guide" xref="irc-manage#problems" />
<desc>
- An error message appears in the main Empathy window which says
+ An error message appears in the main <app>Empathy</app> window which says
<gui>Network error</gui>.
</desc>
<revision version="3.0" date="2009-06-17" status="draft"/>
@@ -21,6 +22,11 @@
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
</info>
+<!--
+ TODO: rework this page in order to talk about the IRC problem: if you
+ don't set your nickname, this is the kind of error that will be shown.
+ -->
+
<title>I get a message that says "Network error"</title>
<p>