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@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ Good grammar, spelling, and punctuation.  Not everybody uses capitalization, but
 
 You don't need multiple question marks or exclamation points.  Usually.
 
-There are a few abbreviations people use, such as YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary) or IIRC (If I Remember Correctly).  Common abbreviations that you might find on AIM, however, are not.  People tend to look down upon "lol", "rofl", and other overly-used abbreviations.
+There are a few abbreviations people use, such as YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary) or IIRC (If I Remember Correctly), as well as some nerdier ones like DTRT (Do The Right Thing, in reference to a computer command).  Try running `add outland; whats dtrt` to look up an abbreviation.  Common abbreviations that you might find on AIM, however, are not often used.  People tend to look down upon "lol", "rofl", and such.
 
-Don't sub randomly to someone's class who you just met on zephyr.  It is usually considered good form to wait until you've met the person in real life, or at least have had lengthy conversations with them in personals.
+Personal classes are by convention considered a little more private than non-personal (public) classes. Although most people don't mind people they've met subscribing to their personal class and lurking, it's poor form to talk loudly on the personal class of someone you don't know.
 
 === Startup ===
 
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-{{{screen}}} can do a whole lot more.   To find out about it, see UsingScreen.
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+{{{screen}}} can do a whole lot more.   To find out about it, see UsingScreen.
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+== Interaction with Traditional Zephyr ==
+
+The default athena startup scripts launch zwgc on login. If you are subscribed to many classes and use Zephyr as many do today, zwgc's behavior is not very desirable. To disable zwgc startup, add:
+
+{{{
+setenv ZEPHYR_CLIENT false
+}}}
+
+to your {{{~/.environment}}} file if you use {{{tcsh}}} or
+
+{{{
+ZEPHYR_CLIENT=false
+}}}
+
+to your {{{~/.bash_environment}}} if you use {{{bash}}}. This will cause your shell to launch the {{{false}}} executable instead of zwgc which does nothing.
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