From 52d63dc804571c63069a7c1e42e8c3f1f2a76527 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wilmer van der Gaast <wilmer@gaast.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 00:31:47 +0100
Subject: Slightly better documentation of control channels and groups.

---
 doc/user-guide/commands.xml |  4 ++++
 doc/user-guide/misc.xml     | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'doc/user-guide')

diff --git a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
index 609ee6fe..6adc4001 100644
--- a/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
+++ b/doc/user-guide/commands.xml
@@ -1464,6 +1464,10 @@
 			<para>
 				Only the <emphasis>group list</emphasis> command is supported at the moment, which shows a list of all groups defined so far.
 			</para>
+			
+			<para>
+				If you want to move contacts between groups, you can use the IRC <emphasis>/invite</emphasis> command. Also, if you use the <emphasis>add</emphasis> command in a control channel configured to show just one group, the new contact will automatically be added to that group.
+			</para>
 		</description>
 	</bitlbee-command>
 	
diff --git a/doc/user-guide/misc.xml b/doc/user-guide/misc.xml
index dc0ce5ed..979ad026 100644
--- a/doc/user-guide/misc.xml
+++ b/doc/user-guide/misc.xml
@@ -174,7 +174,41 @@ To start a simple group chat, you simply join a channel which a name starting wi
 </para>
 
 <para>
-If you want to configure your own channels, you can use the <emphasis>channel set</emphasis>.
+If you want to configure your own channels, you can use the <emphasis>channel set</emphasis> command. See <emphasis>help channels3</emphasis> for more information.
+</para>
+
+</sect1>
+
+<sect1 id="channels3">
+<title>Configuring a control channel</title>
+
+<para>
+The most important setting for a control channel is <emphasis>fill_by</emphasis>. It
+tells BitlBee what information should be used to decide if someone should be shown
+in the channel or not. After setting this setting to, for example, <emphasis>account</emphasis>, you
+also have to set the <emphasis>account</emphasis> setting. Example:
+</para>
+
+<ircexample>
+	<ircline nick="wilmer">chan set &amp;wlm fill_by account</ircline>
+	<ircline nick="root">fill_by = `account'</ircline>
+	<ircline nick="wilmer">chan set &amp;wlm account msn</ircline>
+	<ircline nick="root">account = `msn'</ircline>
+</ircexample>
+
+<para>
+Also, each channel has a <emphasis>show_users</emphasis> setting which lets you
+choose, for example, if you want to see only online contacts in a channel, or
+also/just offline contacts. Example:
+</para>
+
+<ircexample>
+	<ircline nick="wilmer">chan set &amp;offline show_users offline</ircline>
+	<ircline nick="root">show_users = `offline'</ircline>
+</ircexample>
+
+<para>
+See the help information for all these settings for more information.
 </para>
 
 </sect1>
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