From 4167d27d033aa1ab16bd4d99f57fe5e113176ed6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 15:28:59 +0100
Subject: Initial draft.

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+# Overview of chat
+
+[[!template id=realm]] offers chatrooms.
+All chatrooms are public accessible.
+
+Users can create a chat account and connect directly.
+Anyone can connect indirectly
+via servers part of the federated Matrix chat netork.
+
+
+## Setup
+
+ * Short [[event/intro]] to start using chatrooms
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+# Chat introduction
+
+Anyone can access chatrooms at [[!template id=realm]].
+
+You can create a personal [[account]] to access the chat service directly.
+
+You can access the service indirectly via another Matrix chat service.
+
+
+## Clients
+
+Recommended chat client is [Riot](https://riot.im/).
+
+
+## Setup
+
+Use the Home server https://maitrx.virtual-assembly.org/
+
+Create a new account,
+providing your personal [[!template id=realm]] email address.
+
+(do **not** provide a phone number)
+
+
+## Channels
+
+You can join channels each with different topics.
+
+All channels are listed in a public channel list.
+
+You can mention a channel in chat by writing its name starting with a "#".
+
+
+## Communities
+
+You can join communities each covering a group of channels.
+Groups can (in some chat clients) help limit views of channels.
+
+Communities are linked from general channels in the public channel list.
+
+You can mention a community in chat by writing its name starting with "+".
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