<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      xmlns:e="http://projectmallrd.org/experimental/"
      type="topic" style="task"
      id="irc-join-room">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="irc-manage#manage"/>
    <desc>Join an IRC channel.</desc>
    <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-07-26" status="draft"/>
    <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-14" status="review">
      <!--
      <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-08-31" status="done"/>
      -->
    </revision>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
      <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
    </credit>
<!--
    <copyright>
      <year>2009</year>
      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
    </copyright>
-->
    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  </info>

  <title>Join an IRC chat room</title>

  <p>You can join IRC chat rooms (also known as IRC channels) on any IRC network you’re
  connected to.  To connect to an IRC network, see <link xref="add-account"/> and
  <link xref="account-irc"/>.</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>
        From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, choose
        <guiseq><gui>Room</gui><gui>Join</gui></guiseq>.
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
        From the <gui>Account</gui> drop-down list, select the IRC account that
        corresponds to the network you want to use.
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
        In the <gui>Room</gui> text box, type the name of the channel you want to
        join. IRC channel names start with the hash character (<sys>#</sys>).
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
        Click <gui>Join</gui> to enter the room.
      </p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <note style="tip">
    <p>
      To join multiple rooms, you need to repeat the steps above for each room.
    </p>
  </note>
</page>
