From c4a5dabe05dcd2eef842408960e4d46c5236dc81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: pflo Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 15:28:36 +0700 Subject: [PATCH] Create start_guide.md Written by charmlesscoin. --- start_guide.md | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 start_guide.md diff --git a/start_guide.md b/start_guide.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b4f4310d --- /dev/null +++ b/start_guide.md @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +# Using Tox +1. Build Tox +2. Fix errors +3. Consult IRC for help +4. Go on debugging journy for devs +5. Build Tox for real +6. ??? + +For all the work we've put into Tox so far, +there isn't yet a decent guide for how you _use_ +Tox. Here's a user-friendly attempt at it. + +1. Connect to the network! + + You need to connect to a bootstrapping server, to give you a public key. + + Where can I find a public server? Right here, as of now: + (the help message from running nTox with no args will help) + + 198.46.136.167 33445 728925473812C7AAC482BE7250BCCAD0B8CB9F737BF3D42ABD34459C1768F854 + + 192.81.133.111 33445 8CD5A9BF0A6CE358BA36F7A653F99FA6B258FF756E490F52C1F98CC420F78858 + + 66.175.223.88 33445 AC4112C975240CAD260BB2FCD134266521FAAF0A5D159C5FD3201196191E4F5D + + 192.184.81.118 33445 5CD7EB176C19A2FD840406CD56177BB8E75587BB366F7BB3004B19E3EDC04143 +2. Find a friend! + + Now that you're on the network, you need a friend. To get one of those, + you need to to send or receive a request. What's a request, you ask? + It's like a friend request, but we use really scary and cryptic numbers + instead of names. When nTox starts, it shows your _your_ long, scary number, + called your *public key*. Give that to people, and they can add you as + as "friend". Or, you can add someone else, with the */f* command, if you like. +3. Chat it up! + + Now use the */m* command to send a message to someone. Wow, you're chatting! +4. But something broke! + + Yeah, pre-alpha-alpha software tends to do that. We're working on it. + + Please report all crashes to either the github page, or #tox-dev on freenode. +5. Nothing broke, but what does */f* mean? + + nTox parses text as a command if the first character is a forward-slash ('/'). + You can check all commands in commands.md. +6. Use and support Tox! + + Code for us, debug for us, document for us, translate for us, even just talk about us! + + The more interest we get, the more work gets done, the better Tox is.