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diff --git a/doc/biboumi.1.rst b/doc/biboumi.1.rst index dd365f0..b370140 100644 --- a/doc/biboumi.1.rst +++ b/doc/biboumi.1.rst @@ -86,16 +86,13 @@ irc.example.org), then biboumi will enforce the connexion to that IRC server only. This means that a JID like "#chan@biboumi.example.com" must be used instead of "#chan%irc.example.org@biboumi.example.com". In that mode, the virtual channel (see `Connect to an IRC server`_) is not -available and you still need to use the ! separator to send message to an -IRC user (for example "foo!@biboumi.example.com" to send a message to -foo), although the in-room JID still work as expected -("#channel@biboumi.example.com/Nick"). On the other hand, the '%' lose -any meaning. It can appear in the JID but will not be interpreted as a -separator (thus the JID "#channel%hello@biboumi.example.com" points to the -channel named "#channel%hello" on the configured IRC server) This option -can for example be used by an administrator that just wants to let their -users join their own IRC server using an XMPP client, while forbidding -access to any other IRC server. +available. The '%' character loses any meaning in the JIDs. It can appear +in the JID but will not be interpreted as a separator (thus the JID +"#channel%hello@biboumi.example.com" points to the channel named +"#channel%hello" on the configured IRC server) This option can for example +be used by an administrator that just wants to let their users join their own +IRC server using an XMPP client, while forbidding access to any other IRC +server. realname_customization ---------------------- @@ -201,26 +198,21 @@ the domain served by biboumi (the part after the ``@``, biboumi.example.com in the examples), and the local part (the part before the ``@``) depends on the concerned entity. -IRC channels have a local part formed like this: -``channel_name`` % ``irc_server``. +IRC channels and IRC users have a local part formed like this: +``name`` % ``irc_server``. -If the IRC channel you want to adress starts with the ``'#'`` character (or an -other character, announced by the IRC server, like ``'&'``, ``'+'`` 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*, and *##foo*. Note that biboumi does not use the -presence of these special characters to identify an IRC channel, only the -presence of the separator `%` is used for that. +``name`` can be a channel name or an user nickname. The distinction between +the two is based on the first character: by default, if the name starts with +``'#'`` or ``'&'`` (but this can be overridden by the server, using the +ISUPPORT extension) then it’s a channel name, otherwise this is a nickname. -The channel name can also be empty (for example ``%irc.example.com``), in that -case this represents the virtual channel provided by biboumi. See *Connect -to an IRC server* for more details. +As a special case, the channel name can also be empty (for example +``%irc.example.com``), in that case this represents the virtual channel +provided by biboumi. See *Connect to an IRC server* for more details. There is two ways to address an IRC user, using a local part like this: -``nickname`` ! ``irc_server`` -or by using the in-room address of the participant, like this: +``nickname`` % ``irc_server`` or by using the in-room address of the +participant, like this: ``channel_name`` % ``irc_server`` @ ``biboumi.example.com`` / ``Nickname`` The second JID is available only to be compatible with XMPP clients when the @@ -232,11 +224,11 @@ IRC nicknames are case-insensitive, this means that the nicknames toto, Toto, tOtO and TOTO all represent the same IRC user. This means you can talk to the user toto, and this will work. -Also note that some IRC nicknames may contain characters that are not -allowed in the local part of a JID (for example '@'). If you need to send a -message to a nick containing such a character, you have to use a jid like +Also note that some IRC nicknames or channels may contain characters that are +not allowed in the local part of a JID (for example '@'). If you need to send a +message to a nick containing such a character, you can use a jid like ``%irc.example.com@biboumi.example.com/AnnoyingNickn@me``, because the JID -``AnnoyingNickn@me!irc.example.com@biboumi.example.com`` would not work. +``AnnoyingNickn@me%irc.example.com@biboumi.example.com`` would not work. Examples: @@ -244,7 +236,7 @@ Examples: irc.example.com IRC server, and this is served by the biboumi instance on biboumi.example.com -* ``toto!irc.example.com@biboumi.example.com`` is the IRC user named toto, or +* ``toto%irc.example.com@biboumi.example.com`` is the IRC user named toto, or TotO, etc. * ``irc.example.com@biboumi.example.com`` is the IRC server irc.example.com. @@ -255,9 +247,6 @@ Examples: Note: Some JIDs are valid but make no sense in the context of biboumi: -* ``!irc.example.com@biboumi.example.com`` is the empty-string nick on the - irc.example.com server. It makes no sense to try to send messages to it. - * ``#test%@biboumi.example.com``, or any other JID that does not contain an IRC server is invalid. Any message to that kind of JID will trigger an error, or will be ignored. @@ -286,7 +275,7 @@ channel ``#foo`` on the server ``irc.example.com``, but you need to authenticate to a bot of the server before you’re allowed to join it, you can first join the room ``%irc.example.com@biboumi.example.com`` (this will effectively connect you to the IRC server without joining any room), then send your -authentication message to the user ``bot!irc.example.com@biboumi.example.com`` +authentication message to the user ``bot%irc.example.com@biboumi.example.com`` and finally join the room ``#foo%irc.example.com@biboumi.example.com``. Channel messages @@ -333,7 +322,7 @@ Private messages are handled differently on IRC and on XMPP. On IRC, you talk directly to one server-user: toto on the channel #foo is the same user as toto on the channel #bar (as long as these two channels are on the same IRC server). By default you will receive private messages from the “global” -user (aka nickname!irc.example.com@biboumi.example.com), unless you +user (aka nickname%irc.example.com@biboumi.example.com), unless you previously sent a message to an in-room participant (something like \#test%irc.example.com@biboumi.example.com/nickname), in which case future messages from that same user will be received from that same “in-room” JID. |