[Bugs] #581 UNSP: IRC Journal support

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#581: IRC Journal support
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    Reporter:  wadeb                      |          Owner:  mchua                      
        Type:  enhancement                |         Status:  new                        
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team
   Component:  Irc                        |        Version:  Git as of bugdate          
    Severity:  Major                      |       Keywords:                             
Distribution:  Unspecified                |   Status_field:  Unconfirmed                
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Comment(by bvuong):

 To get started, I looked up on how the journal interacts with a Sugar
 Activity, which is through the write_file() and read_file() methods. The
 write_file() method of the activity will save the data given from it and
 will be used later from the journal using the read_file() method.
 Nicknames are stored in Network.nicks in irc.py. Channels are stored in
 Core.channels in core.py. The server is stored in Network.server in
 irc.py. I haven't found out where all the messages go at the moment.

 When making the write_file(), I was able to read in the current nickname,
 server, and channels. When I try putting them back in when opening the
 latest journal, I just get the default settings. Default nickname, default
 server, and default channels. The server makes sense, because
 irc.freenode.net was written in the code when opening up. The channels and
 nicknames were also written in the code as well, but I thought running
 add_channel() or run_command("/nick myname") would overwrite those
 settings. For channels, when I ran the command "/join," it did not
 actually add the channel into the the Core.channels list. Only when I put
 the line "add_channel(#example)," that would work.

 so now I have some questions hoping to be answered:

     * How can I overwrite the settings wanted?
     * Where can I find the text for the history scrollback?
     * Do the commands /nick and /join actually store the information to
 their respected lists
     * What is the proper way to write the write_file() and read_file()
 methods for a sugar activity. I've seen two ways (using metadata and
 writing/reading into files), but I'm not sure what works best for this
 type of situation.

 Much help would be appreciated.

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