[news.eclipse.tools.pdt] Re: Official PDT IRC channel

[Nick Boldt <nickboldt+eclipse+newsgroup@xxxxxxxxx>]

I recommend that people install Pidgin [1] and then add the #pdt channel 
to their buddy list. (Available for Mac, Windows, and Linux in .rpm and 
.deb flavours.)

Then, right-click the buddy list entry and set "Auto-Join" so you'll 
always be in the channel while Pidgin is running. Finally, right-click 
and set the "Persistent" flag and you can lurk in the channel waiting 
for someone to say your name, without having the keep the channel window 
open.

When someone says your name, the task tray icon will flash; when 
conversation happens in the channel, its name in the buddy list will 
change to bold. This makes it easy to stay connected without having to 
actively monitor for activity.

[1] http://pidgin.im/download/

Cheers,

David Carver wrote:
> Cool, how many PDT committers are going to be monitoring the channel 
> besides just Nick?
>
> Dave
>
> Michael Spector wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I would like to inform everyone that there's an official IRC PDT 
> > channel on irc.freenode.net server.
> > Join #pdt, and may be you'll get a faster response from the community :)
> >
> > --
> > Best regards,
> > Michael

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