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On 1/27/06, VnPenguin
On 1/27/06, Nikolai Weibull
wrote: On 1/27/06, Renaud AUBIN
wrote: Is there a context-related irc channel ?
If there isn't but someone's going to create one now, please do so on EFNet; thanks.
Freenode.net is good too IMHO.
No, it is not. There's no reason for Freenode to exist. It's just a bunch of "reimplementers" who wanted their own chatnet...only gimpnet is lamer. EFNet has always worked fine, is well-established, has servers world-wine, and then some people think, "hey, lets create another DALnet but with a free-software attitude"... Just my incredbly unhumble opinion... nikolai
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On 1/27/06, Nikolai Weibull
On 1/27/06, VnPenguin
wrote: On 1/27/06, Nikolai Weibull
wrote: On 1/27/06, Renaud AUBIN
wrote: Is there a context-related irc channel ?
If there isn't but someone's going to create one now, please do so on EFNet; thanks.
Freenode.net is good too IMHO.
No, it is not. There's no reason for Freenode to exist. It's just a bunch of "reimplementers" who wanted their own chatnet...only gimpnet is lamer. EFNet has always worked fine, is well-established, has servers world-wine, and then some people think, "hey, lets create another DALnet but with a free-software attitude"...
Just my incredbly unhumble opinion...
Wow. Sorry. I really flew off the handle there. I hope no one was too offended. I really didn't mean to get off like that. I need to start leaving my mail in "Drafts" a while before sending them off. I guess I had a stranger opinion about Freenode than I myself realized. Again, sorry for lashing out like that. nikolai
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Nikolai Weibull a écrit :
On 1/27/06, Nikolai Weibull
wrote: On 1/27/06, VnPenguin
wrote: On 1/27/06, Nikolai Weibull
wrote: On 1/27/06, Renaud AUBIN
wrote: Is there a context-related irc channel ?
If there isn't but someone's going to create one now, please do so on EFNet; thanks.
Freenode.net is good too IMHO.
No, it is not. There's no reason for Freenode to exist. It's just a bunch of "reimplementers" who wanted their own chatnet...only gimpnet is lamer. EFNet has always worked fine, is well-established, has servers world-wine, and then some people think, "hey, lets create another DALnet but with a free-software attitude"...
Just my incredbly unhumble opinion...
Wow. Sorry. I really flew off the handle there. I hope no one was too offended. I really didn't mean to get off like that. I need to start leaving my mail in "Drafts" a while before sending them off. I guess I had a stranger opinion about Freenode than I myself realized.
Again, sorry for lashing out like that.
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Hi all, Since a #context channel exists on irc.freenode.net, we can use it, no ? Renaud
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Sorry for the previous post, Thanks to http://www.ramm.ch/fiee/texnique/?menu=0-1-5&lang=en I have found #context on freenode... Renaud Renaud AUBIN a écrit :
Hi all,
Is there a context-related irc channel ?
Renaud
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Am 2006-01-27 um 11:45 schrieb Renaud AUBIN:
Thanks to http://www.fiee.net/texnique/?menu=0-1-5&lang=en I have found #context on freenode...
That remembers me to update my old links... I don't know if that channel ever was active, someone announced it a long while ago... Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://contextgarden.net http://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)
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Hello, Hraban wrote:
That remembers me to update my old links... I don't know if that channel ever was active, someone announced it a long while ago...
Well, depends what you mean by active. There is no discussion in the channel, but there are usually one or two [me ;)] in the channel. Since yesterday we are three. Hans wrote:
i have no idea what a irc is, but the link fails to open in firefox
You need the ChatZilla plugin, then it will open in firefox: http://www.hacksrus.com/~ginda/chatzilla/ (Click on install 0.9.70 in the bottom right) With IRC or Internet Relay Chat you join a so-called channel on a server; every line one types is instantly visible to the others in the channel and vice versa, which makes question-answer discussion quite fast. Sample image: http://www.hacksrus.com/~ginda/chatzilla/screenshots/jsirc-light-20010321.pn... Wikpedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC (or in Dutch: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat ) Tobias
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Renaud AUBIN wrote:
Sorry for the previous post,
Thanks to http://www.ramm.ch/fiee/texnique/?menu=0-1-5&lang=en I have found #context on freenode...
well, it does not hurt to visit the nicely designed fiee site i have no idea what a irc is, but the link fails to open in firefox Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
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Hans Hagen a écrit :
i have no idea what a irc is, but the link fails to open in firefox
IRC= Internet Relay Chat You need an irc client in order to log in and chat. I'm a beginner in irc and I use the BitchX client (linux). For windows, there is mirc, etc. It seems interesting to me to have the possibility to chat directly about burning issue with ConTeXt guru or simple users like me... Maybe we can add a section in contextgarden about #context irc channel and a mini howto irc.freenode.net#context ? Your opinion ? I have never participate to the wiki but I can write a #context minihowto if you're agree and if some people are interested... Renaud
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Renaud AUBIN wrote:
Maybe we can add a section in contextgarden about #context irc channel and a mini howto irc.freenode.net#context ? Your opinion ?
I have never participate to the wiki but I can write a #context minihowto if you're agree and if some people are interested...
sounds ok to me; however, we must make sure that if solutions show up in the chat, that they get posted to the list/wiki when they're useful for others Hans ----------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl -----------------------------------------------------------------
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Hi Hans, all, I think obviously that the IRC channel is usefull for direct chat but the pertinent solutions due to #context will be reported to the mailing list. The keyword seems to be complementarity since #context permits us to discuss about ConTeXt more openly. Anyway, when one needs tex source analysis, the mailing list is the best place. For those who use Firefox (like me or Hans :-) ), I have seen that there is an extension for IRC : Chatzilla For the wiki, I will write the #context minihowto asap... Hans Hagen a écrit :
sounds ok to me; however, we must make sure that if solutions show up in the chat, that they get posted to the list/wiki when they're useful for others
Hans
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Hello Renaud,
I usually hang around in #ConTeXt at Freenode, and, say 99.9% of the
time since last summer there has been nobody there. However, recently
people started to show up. We were three some day ago.
My client lillpelle is usually active. But now I am at work...
See you soon!
/Micke P
On 1/27/06, Renaud AUBIN
Hi all,
Is there a context-related irc channel ?
Renaud
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Nikolai Weibull
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Renaud AUBIN
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