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jonaskoelker
February 3rd, 2009, 11:03 AM
I'm using pidgin as my IRC client for a while.

One thing that annoys me to no end is that when I want to join a channel (and I'm not already in one), I have to

- Ctrl-C ("Join chat")
- **annoying** select my IRC account from a <select> box
- Press tab
- Enter the channel name
- Press enter

Is there some faster way of joining IRC channels? I'm used to being able to type "/join #ubuntu" which is really fast---I don't have to

- observe (that my IRC account isn't selected)
- act (open <select>)
- observe (where my IRC account is)
- act (select it)
- act (play back macro "<tab> #ubuntu <enter>").

--- instead I can just

- act (play back macro "/join #ubuntu <enter>").

So, how do I join #ubuntu without the UI getting in the way?