Document the new way to send private messages
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@@ -122,8 +122,14 @@ The channel name can also be empty (for example `%irc.example.com`), in that
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case this represents the virtual channel provided by biboumi. See *Connect
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to an IRC server* for more details.
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IRC users have a local part formed like this:
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`user_name`!`irc_server`.
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There is two ways to address an IRC user, using a local part like this:
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`nickname`!`irc_server`
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or by using the in-room address of the participant, like this:
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`channel_name`%`irc_server`@`biboumi.example.com`/`Nickname`
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The second JID is available only to be compatible with XMPP clients when the
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user wants to send a private message to the participant `Nickname` in the
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room `channel_name%irc_server@biboumi.example.com`.
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On XMPP, the node part of the JID can only be lowercase. On the other hand,
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IRC nicknames are case-insensitive, this means that the nicknames toto,
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@@ -206,10 +212,11 @@ be changed on all channels on the same server as well.
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Private messages are handled differently on IRC and on XMPP. On IRC, you
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talk directly to one server-user: toto on the channel #foo is the same user
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as toto on the channel #bar (as long as these two channels are on the same
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IRC server). Using biboumi, there is no way to receive a message from a
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room participant (from a jid like #test%irc.example.com@biboumi.example.com/nickname).
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Instead, private messages are received from and sent to the user (using a
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jid like `nickname!irc.example.com@biboumi.example.com`).
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IRC server). By default you will receive private messages from the “global”
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user (aka nickname!irc.example.com@biboumi.example.com), unless you
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previously sent a message to an in-room participant (something like
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#test%irc.example.com@biboumi.example.com/nickname), in which case future
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messages from that same user will be received from that same “in-room” JID.
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### Notices
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