[NFBCS] IRC Access From Windows

Thu Sep 16 21:09:26 UTC 2021

Hi,
This might not be what you are after exactly, but what I do when I need
command line access on the go I use a Raspberry Pi with a battery, Bluetooth
keyboard and a set of ear buds.

Tom

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From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Louis Maher via NFBCS
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2021 4:11 PM
To: Curtis Chong <chong.curtis at gmail.com>; 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing
List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Louis Maher <ljmaher03 at outlook.com>
Subject: Re: [NFBCS] IRC Access From Windows

Hi Curtis,

I will take minutes for the various meetings of the W3C mathematics working
group during the W3C fall convention.  Apparently IRC is their preferred
method for doing this so that everyone can see and add to the minutes as
they are written.  Also there are facilities in IRC for sending comments
during meetings, asking questions, and working with agendas.

I have a lot to learn.

Regards
Louis Maher
Phone: 713-444-7838
E-mail: ljmaher03 at outlook.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Curtis Chong <chong.curtis at gmail.com> 
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2021 1:21 PM
To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Cc: 'Louis Maher' <ljmaher03 at outlook.com>
Subject: RE: [NFBCS] IRC Access From Windows

Louis:

I am curious to know why a person would need IRC to take minutes. Normally,
if a computer is involved, I have no problem using Notepad or Word. On the
iPhone, I enter a program called DRAFTS and write my notes using Braille
Screen Input. This latter approach works extremely well if I can bring along
a small Bluetooth keyboard.

With kind regards,

Curtis Chong

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Cc: Louis Maher <ljmaher03 at outlook.com>
Subject: [NFBCS] IRC Access From Windows

Hello,

Earlier, I asked for help accessing the internet relay chat (IRC) system
from windows.  Two subscribers from this group have suggested the Windows
graphical client MIRC.  While I have not yet got MIRC to work, I am
following up with those two subscribers for mor  help.

I am trying to learn IRC so that I can take minutes for meetings in
mid-October.

Here are my IRC experiences thus far.

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To access IRC, I have tried a web-based approach
(https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Firc.w3.org
%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cffb9fddddadb4f093bc908d9793ec33e%7C84df9e7fe9f640a
fb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637674132733327456%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWI
joiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sda
ta=wX8Rt%2BhNs3p5dWtlOl1jF7nxTnA2gYby8zDC1fs64RE%3D&reserved=0), and the
Microsoft Windows client MIRC
(https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirc.c
om%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cffb9fddddadb4f093bc908d9793ec33e%7C84df9e7fe9f64
0afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637674132733337426%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJ
WIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&s
data=lty9z0f0a3%2FoFMhcG59MyjZkzx9Km5JpFfkx09rVUbY%3D&reserved=0). I am
having basic trouble running IRC commands on both applications.

In the web-based client, if I enter /whois Louis (where Louis is my
nickname) I get an understandable response. If I type /help whois, I do not
get a response. I can't get any response from the /help command from the web
client.

In MIRC, if I type 'whois Louis, I get an understandable response in a
separate window.  If I type /help whois, I get a list of MIRC commands
beginning with "w", but "whois" is not one of those commands. The MIRC help
is only for MIRC commands and not for IRC commands.

If I type /invite zakim in either the web-based client or MIRC, I do not get
any response. Zakim is part of the IRC minute-taking system.

I would appreciate any further help you can offer.

Regards
Louis Maher
Phone: 713-444-7838
E-mail: ljmaher03 at outlook.com

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