When you first open Hexchat and dialogue box will open with a list of networks that the package maintainers thought would be good to put in the list. Two good irc networks are Libera, which is mostly channels for open source software and tech related things and Rizon. You might want to change the default nicks under User Information to what you want you call yourself on irc.
If you select irc a network and click edit you can find a menu that lets you set more options, if you untick Use global user information you can select a different nick name and user name for that network than what's in global informattion there by selecting a different for that network, if you'd like a different one or your usual nick is taken. To join a channel
/join #channel
where channel is the name of the channel you want to join. If the channel doesn’t exist it will start a new one and you’ll have ops in it. Being a op in a irc channel allows you to kick people from the channel and ban them, which prevents them from joining the channel.
If you want to leave a channel, type
/part #channel
or you can even type /close
If you don’t know of a channel on the irc network your connected to you can get a list of channels from the menus. Click the server menu and then click channel list once you’re here click download list. Some servers wont allow you to download the list right away. They might make you wait a minute.
You might want to register your nick with nickserv to keep your nick. You want to do this because some channels wont allow you in them if your nickname isnt registered. It will ask you for an email and a password you’d like to use with it. If you want to know more about using nickserv see this blog post.
If you want to start a private mesesage with someone, type
/query nick
Where nick is the nickname of the person you want to have a PM with.
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