From aeba2c1ce3e48c45963dbb23f4ddc08363f65d9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 17:18:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Empty sends are allowed.

---
 irkerd.xml | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/irkerd.xml b/irkerd.xml
index 0e5b296..b24c39e 100644
--- a/irkerd.xml
+++ b/irkerd.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ shipping - <emphasis>unless</emphasis>the channel part has the suffix
 colon, as shown in the third example; otherwise
 <application>irkerd</application> sends messages to the the default 6667 IRC
 port of each server.</para>
+
+<para>An empty message is legal and will cause 
+<application>irkerd</application> to join the target channels without
+actually emitting a message.  This may be useful for advertising that
+an instance is up and running.</para>
 </refsect1>
 
 <refsect1 id='options'><title>OPTIONS</title>
-- 
2.26.2