[PATCH] Add and clarify matrix workarounds.

Philipp
2020-08-11T16:32:43Z

I'm a matrix user and fiddled around with the room there a bit. My
findings were that the room itself seems to be fine, but the pretty
alias is broken in some way that I don't understand. I came up with two
ways to join the room via the internal ID and I also took the liberty to
modify the old workaround a little and made it more precise.
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participating.html | 14 ++++++++------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/participating.html b/participating.html
index 811fcf4..58f2ff3 100644
--- a/participating.html
+++ b/participating.html
@@ -78,13 +78,15 @@ the web.
Note for Matrix users


-There appears to be an issue with Matrix's IRC bridge that prevents
-Matrix users from joining #spectrum. The workaround is as follows:
+There appears to be an issue with Matrix's IRC bridged room that prevents
+Matrix users from joining the channel with the normal alias #freenode_#spectrum:matrix.org. There are the following workarounds:
+
+
+ Join the room via it's internal name: /join !ZsIiqZmCTSWHpTQWaw:matrix.org.
+ Join the room via matrix.to link.
+ Ask the bridges appservice to invite you to the room: /msg @appservice-irc:matrix.org !join #spectrum and accept the invite.
+

-
- Post !join #spectrum in your "Freenode IRC Bridge" chat.
- Accept the invitation you are sent.
-


If you experience this issue, kindly report it to the people who run
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