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<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"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="prob-conn-name"/>
<desc>Create an 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 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: rethink the description of the nickname -->
<p>
In the <gui>Nickname</gui> text box, type the name that will identify yourself
in the network you are creating the account.
</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 your real name.
</p>
</note>
</item>
<item>
<p>
In the <gui>Quit message</gui> text box, type a 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>
<p>
If you want to change the name that identifies the account in the <gui>Accounts</gui>
dialog, double-click on the name of the account in the box on the left of the dialog
and type the new name.
</p>
<note>
<p>
If you want to use different networks at the same time, you need to create an
account with each one of the networks you want to use.
</p>
</note>
</page>
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