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diff --git a/doc/biboumi.1.md b/doc/biboumi.1.md index 18482fb..bd6463d 100644 --- a/doc/biboumi.1.md +++ b/doc/biboumi.1.md @@ -95,14 +95,14 @@ entity. IRC channels and IRC users JIDs have a localpart formed like this: `name`, the `'%'` separator and the `irc_server`. -For an IRC channel, the name starts with `'&'`, `'#'`, `'+'` -or `'!'`. Some other gateway implementations, as well as some IRC -clients, do not require them to be started by one of these characters, -adding an implicit `'#'` in that case. Biboumi does not do that because -this gets confusing when trying to understand the difference between -*foo*, *#foo*, and *##foo*. - -If the name starts with any other character, this represents an IRC user. +If the IRC channel you want to adress starts with the `'#'` character (or +less frequently, but still valid, one of `'&'`, `'+'` or `'!'`), then you +must include it in the JID. Some other gateway implementations, as well as +some IRC clients, do not require them to be started by one of these +characters, adding an implicit `'#'` in that case. Biboumi does not do that +because this gets confusing when trying to understand the difference between +the channels *foo*, *#foo*, and *##foo*. + If compiled with Libidn, an IRC user has a bare JID representing the “hostname” provided by the IRC server. |