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+# $EPIC: channel_command.txt,v 1.3 2006/08/29 18:22:56 sthalik Exp $
+======Synopsis:======
+channel \\
+channel -invite \\
+channel //<channel list>// \\
+channel //<channel list>// //<key list>//
+======About channels:======
+Channels are the most important part of IRC.  A "channel" is a place where
+one or more people can congregate and talk to each other.  Each channel
+has a name, and there are an almost limitless number of channels available.
+Channels are shared amongst all of the servers of a network.  Each network
+has a different set of channels than every other network.
+You can join a channel with the [[JOIN]] (or __CHANNEL__) command.  The
+[[JOIN]] command takes one argument, which is the name of the channel that you
+want to join.  If you do not know the name of a channel, then you can try
+joining the #irchelp channel to get started.
+Channels "exist" as long as there is one person in them.  When the last
+person leaves a channel, the channel "goes away".  When the first person
+join a channel, the channel is "created".  The creator of a channel becomes
+the channel operator.  Whenever you join a channel, you become a "member"
+of that channel.  Channel operator privilege can be shared amongst all of
+the members of the channel.
+Network channel names always begin with the # character.  Channels that
+exist only on your server always begin with the & character.  Some networks
+have channels that do not allow the [[MODE]] command and those channels
+always begin with the + character.
+Channel names can be up to 200 characters in length (though most channel
+names are 1 to 10 characters long), and can contain any character except
+SPACE, BELL, NUL, CR, LF, and the comma.
+Some networks permit you to restrict your channel to only users from a
+certain host pattern.  On those networks, you append to the channel name
+the colon character (':') followed by a hostmask.  Only users with hostnames
+that match the hostmask will be permitted to join your channel.
+You may join more than one channel at a time by separating the list of
+channels you want to join with commas.
+If a channel requires a "key" to enter, provide the channel key as the
+second argument to the [[JOIN]] command.  Try to avoid joining more than
+one channel at a time if any of the channels have a key, as not every
+server can handle this correctly.  Joining each channel with a key
+separately will work the best.
+You cannot always join every channel all of the time.  A channel's mode may
+restrict you from joining it.  If the +k mode (key) is set, then you must use
+the key (password) to join.  If the +i mode (invite-only) is set, then you must
+be [[INVITE]]d by a channel operator to join.  If the +l mode (limited
+membership) is set, and the number of members in the channel has reached the
+limit, then you cannot join.  If a +b mode (ban) has been set for your
+hostmask, then you cannot join.  On some networks, if a +e mode (exception to
+ban) has been set for your hostmask, you can join even if there is a +b mode
+for your hostmask.  Please read the [[MODE]] help file for more detailed
+information about channel modes.
+======Description:======
+If you do not use any arguments, the [[JOIN]] command will show you a
+list of all of the channels you have joined and the information that
+is known about those channels.
+If you do use arguments, the first argument must be a comma separated
+list of channels you want to join.  If any of your channels require a
+key (the channel mode +k is set) then you must specify that key as the
+second argument.  Care should be taken when joining multiple channels
+with keys at the same time because not all networks do it the same way.
+If you specify one channel, then that channel will be made the current channel
+in the window you do the /[[JOIN]] in (as if you did a /[[WINDOW CHANNEL]]).
+CAUTION!  If you specify more than one channel, none of them will be made the
+current channel.
+======Options:======
+|  -invite   |You will join the last channel to which you were [[INVITE]]d.   |
+======Examples:======
+To join channel #irchelp (or create it if it does not exist):
+      /channel #irchelp
+To join channel #blah that has the key "foobar":
+      /channel #blah foobar
+To join more than one channel at once:
+      /channel #foo,#bar,&blah
+To join a channel that only German users may join: (on some networks)
+      /channel #blah:*.de
+To join channel #blah if you have been invited to it (either will
+work, although the first is better, since channel names may contain
+characters that your terminal can't display):
+      /channel -invite
+      /channel #blah
+======Aliases:======
+CHANNEL is just a front end for [[WINDOW REJOIN]]. The [[JOIN]] command is
+by custom a scripted alias.