

To hide people changing the mode of a channel right click on the list of channels Hide Events ‣ Mode Changes. To hide when someone changes the topic of a channel Hide Events ‣ Topic Changes. To hide people changing their nickname Hide Events ‣ Name Changes. To hide people quitting the channel right click on the channel list Hide Events ‣ Quits. To hide people parting the channel right click on the channel list Hide Events ‣ Parts. To only hide people joining right click on the list of channel list Hide Events ‣ Joins. To hide all people joining or leaving a chat right click on the channel list Hide Events ‣ Joins/Parts/Quits. To hide the chat forever right click on the channel and select Hide Chats(s) Permanently. To have your chat be hidden until you rejoin it again right click on the channel and select Hide Chats(s) Temporarily. If you want to join the channel again after leaving it right click on the channel and select Join. To leave a channel right click on the channel name on the right hand side and select Part from the context menu or type /part channelname. To join a channel simple type /join 1 (where 1 is the channel name), right click the network and select Join Channel or use the Join button. To change a name of an IRC network press the Rename button type the new name in and press OK. To connect to a common public network Use preset dropdown, select Lubuntu IRC or any other server you want to join and then press OK. To add a new network click the +Add button. To add the Lubuntu IRC chat network click File ‣ Networks ‣ Configure_Networks. To switch between different channels left click on the channel name. The lists of all channels you are in is labeled All chats. To see all the nicknames of someone in a channel are located in a sidebar labeled Nicks. If you wish to view older messages just scroll up with the mousewheel or the scrollbar to the right. After starting a query you can get back to this conversation by viewing the user with a human shaped icon on the left side pane to continue the conversation later. To send a query or private message directly to someone type “/query” username or right click on the user list and select Start Query.

This can be done with the join button or by typing “/join ”. To chat on IRC you need to connect to a server and join a channel.
