Added doc/Modes.txt: document modes supported by ngIRCd

doc/Makefile.am

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 #
 # ngIRCd -- The Next Generation IRC Daemon
-# Copyright (c)2001-2010 Alexander Barton (alex@barton.de)
+# Copyright (c)2001-2011 Alexander Barton (alex@barton.de) and Contributors
 #
-# Dieses Programm ist freie Software. Sie koennen es unter den Bedingungen
-# der GNU General Public License (GPL), wie von der Free Software Foundation
-# herausgegeben, weitergeben und/oder modifizieren, entweder unter Version 2
-# der Lizenz oder (wenn Sie es wuenschen) jeder spaeteren Version.
-# Naehere Informationen entnehmen Sie bitter der Datei COPYING. Eine Liste
-# der an ngIRCd beteiligten Autoren finden Sie in der Datei AUTHORS.
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+# Please read the file COPYING, README and AUTHORS for more information.
 #
 
 .tmpl:
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 SUFFIXES = .tmpl
 
-static_docs = Bopm.txt FAQ.txt GIT.txt HowToRelease.txt PAM.txt Platforms.txt \
-	Protocol.txt README-AUX.txt README-BeOS.txt README-Interix.txt RFC.txt \
-	SSL.txt Services.txt
+static_docs = Bopm.txt FAQ.txt GIT.txt HowToRelease.txt Modes.txt PAM.txt \
+	Platforms.txt Protocol.txt README-AUX.txt README-BeOS.txt \
+	README-Interix.txt RFC.txt SSL.txt Services.txt
 
 doc_templates = sample-ngircd.conf.tmpl
 

doc/Modes.txt

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+
+                     ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
+                           http://ngircd.barton.de/
+
+               (c)2001-2011 Alexander Barton and Contributors.
+               ngIRCd is free software and published under the
+                   terms of the GNU General Public License.
+
+                               -- Modes.txt --
+
+
+This document lists the different user modes, channel modes, and channel
+user modes that ngIRCd supports.
+
+
+I. User Modes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+User modes are attributes a user has in the network, regardless of the
+channels he is using at the moment.
+
+  mode	since	description
+
+  a	0.3.0	User is away.
+  c	17	IRC operator wants to receive connect/disconnect NOTICEs.
+  i	0.0.1	User is "invisible".
+  o	0.0.1	User is IRC operator.
+  r	0.0.1	User is restricted.
+  R	19	User is registered (e.g. by NickServ).
+  s	0.4.0	User wants to receive server notices.
+  w	0.11.0	User wants to receive WALLOPS messages.
+  x	17	Hostname of this user is "cloaked".
+
+II. Channel Modes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Channel modes are attributes of specific channels which are valid for all
+users joined (or trying to join) to this channel. Some modes add and remove
+users to lists (e.g. "invite list", "ban list"), others have parameters
+(like "channel key"), most are simple flags (like "moderated").
+
+  mode	since	description
+
+  b	0.5.0	Add/remove a host mask to the ban list.
+  i	0.5.0	Channel is "invite only".
+  I	0.5.0	Add/remove a host mask to the invite list.
+  k	0.6.0	Channel has a "key" (a password).
+  l	0.6.0	Channel has a user limit.
+  m	0.3.0	Channel is moderated, only "voiced" users can send messages.
+  n	0.3.0	Channel doesn't allow messages of users not being members.
+  O	18	Only IRC operators are allowed to join this channel.
+  P	0.5.0	Channel is "persistent".
+  R	19	Only registered users are allowed to join this channel.
+  s	0.9.0	Channel is "secret".
+  t	0.3.0	Only ChanOps are allowed to modify the channel topic.
+  z	16	Only users connected via SSL are allowed to join the channel.
+
+III. Channel User Modes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Channel user modes are attributes that a particular user has in a specific
+channel of which he is a member.
+
+  mode	since	description
+
+  o	0.2.0	User is channel operator and can op/kick/... other members.
+  v	0.2.0	User is "voiced" and can speak even if channel is moderated.