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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 a new 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>