SPeedY_B

This Mini-Guide deals with chatting to us in the NTFS channel with the Win32 port of the X-Chat IRC client, I'm writing this as an alternative to my mIRC Guide. The reason i'm writing this is because i personally do not like the mIRC client, and also because mIRC isn't a freeware product like X-Chat.

So, lets get started.
Your first step will be to obtain the X-Chat client, which you can do by visiting the site at http://www.xchat.org/ on the left you will see links for the latest version to be downloaded.
You can get the latest .exe file for windows here


Once the file has downloaded.


You may run the .exe and will be presented with basic installation options such as creating icons and the installation directory.


Once installed you can launch the client from

• Desktop shortcut (if created)
• Start Menu Shortcut (if created)
• install dir/xchat.exe

Upon first starting the client you will be presented with the following screen


Fill in your details here, the first top 3 boxes will be the name that others see when you are chatting. The next 2 deal with information provided if another person performs a /whois on you.
You can now select an EFNet server from the box below (pick one close to you for the best connectivity) and proceed to click the Connect button.

Or optionally, you may select the server and then click the edit button, you will then be presented with this dialog box.


Put #NTFS into the channel box, and tick the Autoconnect option. Then Click ok and connect (The next time you start x-chat it will automatically connect)
If you didn't (or dont want to) use the auto connect option, you will need to join #ntfs maually.


Once the server has connected, just type '/join #ntfs' then hit return.
You will then be brought into the NTFS.org chat room.


You are now in the chat room, simply type what you wish to say and follow it with the return key.
That should be all, you should now be happily talking to us, of course one thing to bear in mind is the time barrier, most of us will not be online at the same time due to varying time zones, but be patient and someone will probably be around

Anyone questions or comments may be posted below, other than that.. enjoy

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NetRyder

Something wrong with the images? :confused:

Anyway, thread made sticky

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SPeedY_B

They seem fine here, if you mean the quality, i lowered them to 32 or 64 colour to make loading quicker

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Henyman

i cant see the images either:confused: jus those lil red crosses

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SPeedY_B

I've just loaded it in Mozilla, cleared memory cache refreshed the page, then loaded it in IE for the very first time (e.g. no cache) and all times the images worked.

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NetRyder

Working fine now :confused:

Nice tutorial

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Henyman

ok i worked out why i cant see the pictures:huh: the school filters all address with the word "chat" in them so the filter is stoping the pics from showing up.

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SPeedY_B

Give it a try now
changed the folder name for ya.

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Henyman

hey kool m8 thanx it looks good

/me goes 2 bring the skool filter system down:blink:

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[WOPR]SpiRiT

X-chat.. cool stuff

SPeedY_B

Yup, X-Chat's the best IRC client I know of (except ina CLI situation, obviously)

V2.0.0 is very close to becoming final, you can check out the Win32 devel release here or just goto the X-Chat site for the 2.0.0pre1 source to compile yourself

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SPeedY_B

Just an update, that version 2.0.1p1 is out in binary form for Windows, and 2.0.1 available in source form for linux and bsd (altho I had troubles with it on FreeBSD, n/m, already got 1.9 installed )

You can grab the Windows binaries from here : http://xchat.org/files/binary/win32/

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Jewelzz

Bleh
#ntfs is dead these days

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JJB6486

No, Really?

Electronic Punk

I wonder who killed it...
do bots fall under who or what?

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SPeedY_B

I think that they're "what"s

btw, I'll re-do this guide, and the mIRC one, along with some other clients, when "stuff" happens and i get time

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Geffy

might be waitin a long time

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SPeedY_B

Yeah, still waiting in-fact




blimey, what a thread ressurection

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GoNz0

OMFG and i clicked on the 1st link... change it dood b4 i jump into last year

SPeedY_B

huh? :confused:

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