rendered paste body public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { try { String server = "irc.freenode.net"; Socket socket = new Socket(server, 6667); BufferedWriter buffWriter = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(socket.getOutputStream( ))); String actionSource = e.getActionCommand(); if(actionSource == "TextField") { //buffWriter.write("PRIVMSG #wgb :" + textField.getText() + "\r\n"); buffWriter.write("PRIVMSG #wgb :TryThis\r\n"); buffWriter.flush(); //pane.setText(pane.getText() + "PRIVMSG #wgb :" + textField.getText() + "\r\n"); pane.setText(pane.getText() + "PRIVMSG #wgb :TryThis\r\n"); } else if(actionSource == "QUIT") { System.exit(0); } } catch (IOException a) { System.out.println(a.getMessage()); } }