Colloquy (ios client) and znc
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dreni · 2014-03-02 15:37

I installed [colloquy](http://colloquy.mobi/) and connected it to my
znc server. Enabled "Allow multitasking" on colloquy but when when
multitasking on my phone I get "You will be disconnected in less than
a minute due to inactivity". How come? What have I missed?

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sindork_ · 2014-03-02 16:13

You haven't missed anything. The "Allow multitasking" toggle just
let's the app stay in the background for 10 minutes at the most. iOS
multitasking doesn't actually let most apps fully run in the
background. And if you use a couple more apps after Colloquy, iOS will
page it out of memory and kill the app altogether.

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dreni · 2014-03-02 16:28

Oh ok, I thought that by using znc as a bouncer that would keep me
connected to the channels. Apparently not. Thanks

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sindork_ · 2014-03-02 16:33

You still stay connected to the channels. Znc forms its own
connections to the server and channels. Colloquy then connects to znc
to interact with irc. When colloquy disconnects on your phone, it's
just disconnecting from znc, but znc still keeps up your connection to
the irc networks.

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dreni · 2014-03-02 19:17

Aha ok. I'm connected to Znc both on my laptop and on my iPhone. When
Colloquy disconnects, how come I don't see the the chat that I missed
while being disconnected?

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owat · 2014-03-02 22:18

Because znc features an offline buffer which replys the lines you have
missed on connect. At least if your znc is configured that way.
Perfect for apps like your mobile colloquy.

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owat · 2014-03-02 22:19

Ah welp, misread that. It probably does not reply the text because
your laptop has received it.

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sindork_ · 2014-03-02 22:21

Because your computer is connected. If you have more than one device
attached to znc the backlog buffer isn't kept. It only shows for the
first device to connect after all devices are detached.

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dreni · 2014-03-02 22:30

Ok now I got it. Thanks for the clarification.

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sindork_ · 2014-03-02 22:37

No problem