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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
type="topic"
id="group-conversations">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#text-conv"/>
<desc>
Start or join a group conversation with your contacts.
</desc>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-02" status="stub"/>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-17" status="draft"/>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-17" status="review">
<!--
<e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-09-09" status="deferred"/>
-->
</revision>
<credit type="author">
<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
<email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
</credit>
<license>
<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
</license>
<!--
<copyright>
<year>2009</year>
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
</copyright>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
-->
</info>
<title>Group conversations</title>
<p>
Group conversations permits you to have text conversations with more than one
contact at the same time.
</p>
<p>
To have a group conversation you need to have a registered account with either
Jabber or Google Talk, or a People Nearby account.
</p>
<note>
<p>
You can have a group conversation only with the contacts that are using the
same service as yours.
</p>
</note>
<section id="start-group-conv">
<title>Start a group conversation</title>
<steps>
<item>
<p>
From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, choose <guiseq><gui>Room</gui><gui>Join</gui></guiseq>.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
From the <gui>Account</gui> drop-down list, select the account you want to use
for the group conversation.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
In the <gui>Server</gui> text box, type the name of server in which the conversation
will be hosted.
</p>
<p>
Leave it empty if it will be on the current server.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
In the <gui>Room</gui> text box, type the name you want to give to the conversation.
</p>
<note>
<p>
This will be the name of the room you are going to have a conversation. This
name will be publicly available for other people to join. It is not possible
to create a private room.
</p>
</note>
</item>
<item>
<p>
To invite other contacts to join the group conversation, from the
<gui>Contact List</gui> window, select the contact you want to invite,
and perform one of the following:
</p>
<list>
<item>
<p>
Right-click on the contact and choose <gui>Invite to chatroom</gui>.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Contact</gui><gui>Invite to chatroom</gui></guiseq>.
</p>
</item>
</list>
<p>
If you have more than one group conversation open, select the one you want to invite
your contacts.
</p>
</item>
</steps>
</section>
<section id="join-group-conv">
<title>Join a group conversation</title>
<steps>
<item>
<p>
From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, choose
<guiseq><gui>Room</gui><gui>Join</gui></guiseq>.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Expand the <gui>Room List</gui> section to see all the existing rooms.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Double-click on the name of a room to join it.
</p>
</item>
</steps>
<p>
It is not possible to join all existing rooms. Some of the rooms might require a
password, or might be invitation only. <app>Empathy</app> does not support these
kind of rooms.
</p>
<!-- TODO: find out where the password protected or invitation only icons are
and create a table. -->
</section>
</page>
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