From 386ac4186a750feee12b7d9b89ca37c3d16ebff4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florent Le Coz Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 22:55:18 +0200 Subject: Document the new way to send private messages --- doc/biboumi.1.md | 19 +++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/biboumi.1.md b/doc/biboumi.1.md index 1de6f81..f3f1677 100644 --- a/doc/biboumi.1.md +++ b/doc/biboumi.1.md @@ -122,8 +122,14 @@ 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. -IRC users have a local part formed like this: -`user_name`!`irc_server`. +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: +`channel_name`%`irc_server`@`biboumi.example.com`/`Nickname` + +The second JID is available only to be compatible with XMPP clients when the +user wants to send a private message to the participant `Nickname` in the +room `channel_name%irc_server@biboumi.example.com`. On XMPP, the node part of the JID can only be lowercase. On the other hand, IRC nicknames are case-insensitive, this means that the nicknames toto, @@ -206,10 +212,11 @@ be changed on all channels on the same server as well. 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). Using biboumi, there is no way to receive a message from a -room participant (from a jid like #test%irc.example.com@biboumi.example.com/nickname). -Instead, private messages are received from and sent to the user (using a -jid like `nickname!irc.example.com@biboumi.example.com`). +IRC server). By default you will receive private messages from the “global” +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. ### Notices -- cgit v1.2.3