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initial checkin of a "did you know" factsheet for chatzilla

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+                       ChatZilla: Did You Know?
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+The basics...
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++ The networks listed in the *client* view on startup are clickable links.
+  Instead of typing /attach <network-name>, you can just click on one of the
+  links.
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++ The view tabs are color coded, green means that something has happened in that
+  view since you last looked at it.  Red means that someone has said something
+  to you.
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++ ChatZilla will automatically highlight phrases that contain your nickname.
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++ You can add to the list of words that cause messages to be highlighted with
+  the /stalk command.  You can remove words from the list with the /unstalk
+  command.
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++ You can quickly switch to another view using the function keys.  F1 will
+  switch to the first view, F2 to the second, etc.
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++ You can turn off the userlist, statusbar, and/or view tabs using the
+  File->Options menu.
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++ You can see a list of commands by typing /commands.
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++ You can get help on any command by typing /help <command-name>.
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++ You can delete any view with the /delete command.  Once deleted, the text from
+  that view will be lost.  Deleteing a channel view is not the same as leaving
+  the channel.  You will still be a member of the channel if you only /delete it.
+  It will reappear (without the previous contents) the next time activity occurs.
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++ You can remove a channel or query view from the tab list without dropping its
+  contents.  The /hide command will remove the view's tab, but keep the contents.
+  The next time something happens on that view, it will re-appear with the
+  previous text still intact.
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++ You can recover deleted or hidden views.  To recover a deleted *client* view,
+  use /client.  To recover a network view use the /attach command, to recover
+  channel view use /join, and to recover a query view use /query.
+
+The cool commands...
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++ /networks will display the list of networks as a list of clickable links.
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++ /status will show your connection status.  If you use /status from a channel,
+  you'll get information about the network and server you are connected to,
+  including connection duration, and last ping and lag (if available.)  You will
+  also get status on the channel you are viewing, including number of operators,
+  number voiced, and topic.
+
+  Using /status from a network view will give you information on every channel
+  you are connected to.
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+  Using /status from the *client* view will give you information on every network
+  you are connected to, as well as every channel on that network.
+
++ /disconnect can be used to disconnect from a network without quitting
+  ChatZilla.  This can be useful if you are attached to more than one network
+  but want to leave only one of them.
+
+The more advanced stuff...
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++ The input area can be switched to multiline mode by pressing [CTRL]+[UP].
+  Press [CTRL]+[ENTER] to sent the text to the server.  In multiline mode, 
+  the text you type not scanned for commands, so stray / characters will not
+  affect your post.  To return to single line mode, press [CRTL]+[DOWN].
+
++ The place where messages appear can be styled to your own taste, if you
+  know a little css <http://www.htmlhelp.org/reference/css/>.  See the comment
+  at the top of <http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/extensions/irc/xul/skin/output-default.css>
+  for details.
+
++ You can manually bookmark an irc channel by creating a new irc:// bookmark.
+  From the "Manage bookmarks" window, create a new bookmark and enter
+  "irc://moznet/chatzilla", to bookmark the #chatzilla channel, for example.
+  You can also use a server name, as in "irc://irc.mcs.com/javascript".
+
++ irc:// urls work from normal web pages as well.  You can link to your
+  irc channel from you home page.  See
+  <http://www.w3.org/Addressing/draft-mirashi-url-irc-01.txt> for a description
+  of irc:// urls.
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++ Turning off File->Options->Enable Smileys actually turns off all of the text
+  matching rules, including link detection, and bold/underline/italic.  It will
+  also disable the part of ChatZilla that makes it possible to break long words
+  (ie, you'll end up with a horizontal scrollbar eventually.)  This
+  option was added back when a few bugs in the JavaScript engine caused the
+  text matching rules to do Bad Things.  You probably don't really want to turn
+  this off.