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SILC Sessions

Connecting to a SILC session for the first time
Disconnecting from a SILC session
Reconnecting to a pre-existing SILC session
Other Clients
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Connecting to a SILC session for the first time

  1. Ssh to a server with a SILC client (e.g. silc.example.com).
  2. Start a screen session by running "screen".
  3. Connect to the SILC server by running "silc -c <server_name>" (e.g. silc.example.com).
  4. Type "/join <channel_name>. (Channels can be found by typing "/list".)

Disconnecting from a SILC session

  1. Type Ctrl-a (to enter a screen command), and then "d" (to detach)
  2. You may then log out of the ssh server by typing "exit" or some similar method.

Reconnecting to a pre-existing SILC session

  1. Ssh to the server with the pre-existing SILC session.
  2. Type "screen -r" to resume the default screen session.
  3. You can now catch up on any discourse. ("Page Up" and "Page Down" can be used for scrolling.)

Other Clients
SILC clients can be found on the SILC Clients page. This author has only worked with the official SILC Client. For those that prefer Gaim, there is SILC Gaim.

The above approach will provide "persistence" (i.e. it will appear as though you are always on, and won't miss anything), while other graphical clients, discussed in the above paragraph, will not.

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