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--- clients:hexchat [2016/07/12 11:53]
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+++ clients:hexchat [2016/07/12 12:07] (current)
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-====== hexchat ======
+====== HexChat ======
-===== Graphical User Interface =====
+HexChat can be configured either with the GUI (recommended) or by editing config files.
+**Important**: Hexchat has logging enabled by default. Please consider turning it off in the menu ''Settings → Preferences → Chatting → Logging''
+===== Graphical User Interface (GUI) =====
+  * First add a network
+  * name it
+  * and then click the Edit button to configure the details:
+{{:clients:hexchat0.png?300|}}
+  * set the server to ''irc.darkfasel.net/9999''
+  * set ''Use SSL for all the servers''
+  * **unset** to ''Accept invalid SSL certificates''. If you cannot connect without this setting, please ask in the [[https://webirc.darkfasel.net/#darkfasel|#darkfasel]] channel.
+{{:clients:hexchat1.png?300|}}
 ===== Config File =====
-Add these lines to your ''~/.config/hexchat/servlist.conf''
+Optional: If you don't want to use the graphical user interface, add these lines to your ''~/.config/hexchat/servlist.conf''
 <code>
 N=Darkfasel

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