Thread: How to: Set up new SRP chat on Colloquy

This is a basic tutorial showing you how to use Colloquy on a Mac to access the SRP IRC chat.

Steps
1. Download the latest Colloquy here and install it on your Mac.
2. Run Colloquy for the first time.
3. Hit control-n to start a new connection. This will open up the following window. Type in your desired nickname (mine is AaronX obviously), the chat server to type in is irc.freenode.net and click the Remember this connection box.



4. Click the arrow next to Details to expand the window. Set your username and real name (I keep mine just my first name of Aaron).



5. Click the + button under Join Rooms and type in srp.



6. Hit the Connect button and there you are but we are going to change a few more settings to make it more user friendly.

7. Hit Command-1 to bring up the connections window and right click on the irc.freenode.net entry we made in the directions above and select Get Info.



8. This will bring up another window and click on the Automatic tab and click on the Connect on launch button. Feel free to close the window once you've done this.



Now when you run Colloquy it will automatically log you into the SRP chat room.

IRC is still my preferred chat mechanism. For those Emacs v22 or v23 users:

M-x irc
/join #srp

- Scott