- /SET term_force_colors ON +/SET term_force_colors ON
I don't like automatic query windows, I don't like status window, I do like msgs window where all messages go:
- /SET autocreate_own_query OFF - /SET autocreate_query_level DCCMSGS - /SET use_status_window OFF - /SET use_msgs_window ON +/SET autocreate_own_query OFF +/SET autocreate_query_level DCCMSGS +/SET use_status_window OFF +/SET use_msgs_window ON
Disable automatic window closing when /PARTing channel or
/UNQUERYing query:
- /SET autoclose_windows OFF - /SET reuse_unused_windows ON +/SET autoclose_windows OFF +/SET reuse_unused_windows ON
Here's the settings that make irssi work exactly like ircII in window management (send me a note if you can think of more):
- /SET autocreate_own_query OFF - /SET autocreate_query_level NONE - /SET use_status_window OFF - /SET use_msgs_window OFF - /SET reuse_unused_windows ON - /SET windows_auto_renumber OFF +/SET autocreate_own_query OFF +/SET autocreate_query_level NONE +/SET use_status_window OFF +/SET use_msgs_window OFF +/SET reuse_unused_windows ON +/SET windows_auto_renumber OFF - /SET autostick_split_windows OFF - /SET autoclose_windows OFF - /SET print_active_channel ON +/SET autostick_split_windows OFF +/SET autoclose_windows OFF +/SET print_active_channel ON
And example how to add servers:
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ management (send me a note if you can think of more): joining channels)- /IRCNET ADD -autosendcmd "/^msg nickserv ident pass;wait -opn 2000" opn +/IRCNET ADD -autosendcmd "/^msg nickserv ident pass;wait -opn 2000" opn
Then add some servers to different networks (ircnet is already set up @@ -118,24 +118,23 @@ for them), irc.kpnqwest.fi is used by default for IRCNet but if it fails, irc.funet.fi is tried next:
- /SERVER ADD -auto -ircnet ircnet irc.kpnqwest.fi 6667 - /SERVER ADD -ircnet ircnet irc.funet.fi 6667 - /SERVER ADD -auto -ircnet efnet efnet.cs.hut.fi 6667 +/SERVER ADD -auto -ircnet ircnet irc.kpnqwest.fi 6667 +/SERVER ADD -ircnet ircnet irc.funet.fi 6667 +/SERVER ADD -auto -ircnet efnet efnet.cs.hut.fi 6667
Automatically join to channels after connected to server, send op request to bot after joined to efnet/#irssi:
- /CHANNEL ADD -auto #irssi ircnet - /CHANNEL ADD -auto -bots *!*bot@host.org -botcmd "/^msg $0 op pass" - #irssi efnet +/CHANNEL ADD -auto #irssi ircnet +/CHANNEL ADD -auto -bots *!*bot@host.org -botcmd "/^msg $0 op pass" #irssi efnetIf you want lines containing your nick to hilight:
- /HILIGHT nick +/HILIGHT nick
/JOIN a channel or /QUERY
someone. There's several ways you can change between these windows:
- Meta-1, Meta-2, .. Meta-0 - Jump directly between windows 1-10 - Meta-q .. Meta-o - Jump directly between windows 11-19 - /WINDOW <number> - Jump to any window with specified number - Ctrl-P, Ctrl-N - Jump to previous / next window +Meta-1, Meta-2, .. Meta-0 - Jump directly between windows 1-10 +Meta-q .. Meta-o - Jump directly between windows 11-19 +/WINDOW <number> - Jump to any window with specified number +Ctrl-P, Ctrl-N - Jump to previous / next window
Clearly the easiest way is to use Meta-number keys. And what is the Meta @@ -161,21 +160,21 @@ it's probably the left Windows key. If they don't work directly, you'll need to set a few X resources (NOTE: these work with both xterm and rxvt):
- XTerm*eightBitInput: false - XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true +XTerm*eightBitInput: false +XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true
With rxvt, you can also specify which key acts as Meta key. So if you want to use ALT instead of Windows key for it, use:
- rxvt*modifier: alt +rxvt*modifier: alt
You could do this by changing the X key mappings:
- xmodmap -e "keysym Alt_L = Meta_L Alt_L" +xmodmap -e "keysym Alt_L = Meta_L Alt_L"
And how exactly do you set these X resources? For Debian, there's @@ -196,16 +195,16 @@ but I think they should work pretty well now :) Here's some commands related to them:
- /WINDOW NEW - Create new split window - /WINDOW NEW HIDE - Create new hidden window - /WINDOW CLOSE - Close split or hidden window +/WINDOW NEW - Create new split window +/WINDOW NEW HIDE - Create new hidden window +/WINDOW CLOSE - Close split or hidden window - /WINDOW HIDE [<number>|<name>] - Make the split window hidden window - /WINDOW SHOW <number>|<name> - Make the hidden window a split window +/WINDOW HIDE [<number>|<name>] - Make the split window hidden window +/WINDOW SHOW <number>|<name> - Make the hidden window a split window - /WINDOW SHRINK [<lines>] - Shrink the split window - /WINDOW GROW [<lines>] - Grow the split window - /WINDOW BALANCE - Balance the sizes of all split windows +/WINDOW SHRINK [<lines>] - Shrink the split window +/WINDOW GROW [<lines>] - Grow the split window +/WINDOW BALANCE - Balance the sizes of all split windows
By default, irssi uses "sticky windowing" for split windows. This means @@ -214,9 +213,9 @@ split window without some effort. For example you could have following window layout:
- Split window 1: win#1 - Status window, win#2 - Messages window - Split window 2: win#3 - ircnet/#channel1, win#4 - ircnet/#channel2 - Split window 3: win#5 - efnet/#channel1, win#6 - efnet/#channel2 +Split window 1: win#1 - Status window, win#2 - Messages window +Split window 2: win#3 - ircnet/#channel1, win#4 - ircnet/#channel2 +Split window 3: win#5 - efnet/#channel1, win#6 - efnet/#channel2
When you are in win#1 and press ALT-6, irssi jumps to split window @@ -229,7 +228,7 @@ split window irssi just changes to that split window. This it the way windows work with ircii, if you prefer it you can set it with
- /SET autostick_split_windows OFF +/SET autostick_split_windows OFF
Each window can have multiple channels, queries and other "window @@ -237,22 +236,22 @@ items" inside them. If you don't like windows at all, you disable automatic creating of them with
- /SET autocreate_windows OFF +/SET autocreate_windows OFF
And if you keep all channels in one window, you most probably want the channel name printed in each line:
- /SET print_active_channel ON +/SET print_active_channel ON
If you want to group only some channels or queries in one window, use
- /JOIN -window #channel - /QUERY -window nick +/JOIN -window #channel +/QUERY -window nick
-autosendcmd option.
Here's some examples:
- /IRCNET ADD -autosendcmd '^msg bot invite' ircnet - /IRCNET ADD -autosendcmd "/^msg nickserv ident pass;wait -opn 2000" opn +/IRCNET ADD -autosendcmd '^msg bot invite' ircnet +/IRCNET ADD -autosendcmd "/^msg nickserv ident pass;wait -opn 2000" opn
After that you need to add your servers. For example:
- /SERVER ADD -auto -ircnet ircnet irc.kpnqwest.fi 6667 - /SERVER ADD -auto -ircnet worknet irc.mycompany.com 6667 password +/SERVER ADD -auto -ircnet ircnet irc.kpnqwest.fi 6667 +/SERVER ADD -auto -ircnet worknet irc.mycompany.com 6667 password
The -auto option specifies that this server is
@@ -291,9 +290,8 @@ fails.
And finally channels:
- /CHANNEL ADD -auto -bots *!*bot@host.org -botcmd "/^msg $0 op pass" - #irssi efnet - /CHANNEL ADD -auto #secret ircnet password +/CHANNEL ADD -auto -bots *!*bot@host.org -botcmd "/^msg $0 op pass" #irssi efnet +/CHANNEL ADD -auto #secret ircnet password
-bots and -botcmd should be the only ones
@@ -313,8 +311,8 @@ queries you want. If you want to move the windows or channels around
use commands:
- /WINDOW MOVE LEFT/RIGHT/number - move window elsewhere - /WINDOW ITEM MOVE <number>|<name> - move channel/query to another window +/WINDOW MOVE LEFT/RIGHT/number - move window elsewhere +/WINDOW ITEM MOVE <number>|<name> - move channel/query to another window
When everything looks the way you like, use /LAYOUT SAVE
@@ -338,7 +336,7 @@ pretty much all messages that don't clearly belong to some channel or
query. Some people like it, some don't. If you want to remove it, use
- /SET use_status_window OFF +/SET use_status_window OFF
This doesn't have any effect until you restart irssi. If you want to @@ -349,19 +347,19 @@ messages go. By default it's disabled and query windows are created instead. To make all private messages go to msgs window, say:
- /SET use_msgs_window ON - /SET autocreate_query_level DCCMSGS (or if you don't want queries to - dcc chats either, say NONE) +/SET use_msgs_window ON +/SET autocreate_query_level DCCMSGS (or if you don't want queries to + dcc chats either, say NONE)
use_msgs_window either doesn't have any effect until restarting irssi. To create it immediately say:
- /WINDOW NEW HIDE - create the window - /WINDOW NAME (msgs) - name it to "(msgs)" - /WINDOW LEVEL MSGS - make all private messages go to this window - /WINDOW MOVE 1 - move it to first window +/WINDOW NEW HIDE - create the window +/WINDOW NAME (msgs) - name it to "(msgs)" +/WINDOW LEVEL MSGS - make all private messages go to this window +/WINDOW MOVE 1 - move it to first window
Note that neither use_msgs_window nor use_status_window have any @@ -374,7 +372,7 @@ all sorts of messages with no real classification. You can get a whole list of levels with
- /HELP levels +/HELP levels
Status window has message level ALL -MSGS, meaning that all
@@ -393,7 +391,7 @@ them to one sigle window if you really want to. That being said, here's
how you do connect to new server without closing the old connection:
- /CONNECT irc.server.org +/CONNECT irc.server.org
Instead of the /SERVER which disconnects the existing
@@ -401,9 +399,9 @@ connection. To see list of all active connections, use /SERVER
without any parameters. You should see a list of something like:
- -!- IRCNet: irc.song.fi:6667 (IRCNet) - -!- OPN: tolkien.openprojects.net:6667 (OPN) - -!- RECON-1: 192.168.0.1:6667 () (02:59 left before reconnecting) +-!- IRCNet: irc.song.fi:6667 (IRCNet) +-!- OPN: tolkien.openprojects.net:6667 (OPN) +-!- RECON-1: 192.168.0.1:6667 () (02:59 left before reconnecting)
Here you see that we're connected to IRCNet and OPN networks. The @@ -423,13 +421,13 @@ successful and irssi will try to connect it again in 3 minutes.
reconnecting, use- /DISCONNECT ircnet - disconnect server with tag "ircnet" - /DISCONNECT recon-1 - stop trying to reconnect to RECON-1 server - /RMRECONNS - stop all server reconnections +/DISCONNECT ircnet - disconnect server with tag "ircnet" +/DISCONNECT recon-1 - stop trying to reconnect to RECON-1 server +/RMRECONNS - stop all server reconnections - /RECONNECT recon-1 - immediately try reconnecting back to RECON-1 - /RECONNECT ALL - immediately try reconnecting back to all - servers in reconnection queue +/RECONNECT recon-1 - immediately try reconnecting back to RECON-1 +/RECONNECT ALL - immediately try reconnecting back to all + servers in reconnection queue
Now that you're connected to all your servers, you'll have to know how @@ -438,8 +436,8 @@ empty window, like status or msgs window. In it, you can specify which server to set active with
- /WINDOW SERVER tag - set server "tag" active - Ctrl-X - set the next server in list active +/WINDOW SERVER tag - set server "tag" active +Ctrl-X - set the next server in list active
When the server is active, you can use it normally. When there's @@ -451,9 +449,9 @@ from.
which server it should use:- /MSG -tag nick message - /JOIN -tag #channel - /QUERY -tag nick +/MSG -tag nick message +/JOIN -tag #channel +/QUERY -tag nick
/MSG tab completion also automatically adds the
@@ -466,22 +464,22 @@ it is automatically set active in the window. To set the window's server
sticky use
- /WINDOW SERVER -sticky tag +/WINDOW SERVER -sticky tag
This is useful if you wish to have multiple status or msgs windows, one for each server. Here's how to do them (repeat for each server)
- /WINDOW NEW HIDE - /WINDOW NAME (status) - /WINDOW LEVEL ALL -MSGS - /WINDOW SERVER -sticky ircnet +/WINDOW NEW HIDE +/WINDOW NAME (status) +/WINDOW LEVEL ALL -MSGS +/WINDOW SERVER -sticky ircnet - /WINDOW NEW HIDE - /WINDOW NAME (msgs) - /WINDOW LEVEL MSGS - /WINDOW SERVER -sticky ircnet +/WINDOW NEW HIDE +/WINDOW NAME (msgs) +/WINDOW LEVEL MSGS +/WINDOW SERVER -sticky ircnet
- /LASTLOG word - print all lines with "word" in them - /LASTLOG word 10 - print last 10 occurances of "word" - /LASTLOG -topics - print all topic changes +/LASTLOG word - print all lines with "word" in them +/LASTLOG word 10 - print last 10 occurances of "word" +/LASTLOG -topics - print all topic changes
If there's more than 1000 lines to be printed, irssi thinks that you
@@ -500,7 +498,7 @@ probably made some mistake and won't print them without -force
option. If you want to save the full lastlog to file, use
- /LASTLOG -file ~/irc.log +/LASTLOG -file ~/irc.log
With -file option you don't need -force even
@@ -524,8 +522,8 @@ END command.
- /SET awaylog_level MSGS HILIGHT - Specifies what messages to log - /SET awaylog_file ~/.irssi/away.log - Specifies the file to use +/SET awaylog_level MSGS HILIGHT - Specifies what messages to log +/SET awaylog_file ~/.irssi/away.log - Specifies the file to use
Easiest way to start logging with Irssi is to use autologging. With it @@ -533,7 +531,7 @@ Irssi logs all channels and private messages to specified directory. You can turn it on with
- /SET autolog ON +/SET autolog ON
By default it logs pretty much everything execept CTCPS or CRAP @@ -541,14 +539,14 @@ You can turn it on with
yourself with- /SET autolog_level ALL -CRAP -CLIENTCRAP -CTCPS (this is the default) +/SET autolog_level ALL -CRAP -CLIENTCRAP -CTCPS (this is the default)
By default irssi logs to ~/irclogs/<servertag>/<target>.log. You can change this with
- /SET autolog_path ~/irclogs/$tag/$0.log (this is the default) +/SET autolog_path ~/irclogs/$tag/$0.log (this is the default)
The path is automatically created if it doesn't exist. $0 specifies @@ -557,7 +555,7 @@ logs by adding date/time formats to the file name. The formats are in "man strftime" format. For example
- /SET autolog_path ~/irclogs/%Y/$tag/$0.%m-%d.log +/SET autolog_path ~/irclogs/%Y/$tag/$0.%m-%d.log
For logging only some specific channels or nicks, see /HELP
@@ -579,18 +577,18 @@ that would be to see what it prints in cat. Here's an example
for pressing F1 key:
- [cras@hurina] ~% cat - ^[OP +[cras@hurina] ~% cat +^[OP-
So in irssi you would use /BIND ^[OP /ECHO F1 pressed. If
+
So in irssi you would use /BIND ^[OP /ECHO F1 pressed. If
you use multiple terminals which have different bindings for the key, it
would be better to use eg.:
- /BIND ^[OP key F1 - /BIND ^[11~ key F1 - /BIND F1 /ECHO F1 pressed. +/BIND ^[OP key F1 +/BIND ^[11~ key F1 +/BIND F1 /ECHO F1 pressed.
- /SET use_proxy ON - /SET proxy_address irc.bouncer.org - /SET proxy_port 5000 +/SET use_proxy ON +/SET proxy_address irc.bouncer.org +/SET proxy_port 5000 - /SET proxy_password YOUR_BNC_PASSWORD_HERE - /SET -clear proxy_string - /SET proxy_string_after conn %s %d +/SET proxy_password YOUR_BNC_PASSWORD_HERE +/SET -clear proxy_string +/SET proxy_string_after conn %s %d
Then you'll need to add the server connections. These are done @@ -620,8 +618,8 @@ exactly as if you'd want to connect directly to them. Nothing special about them:
- /SERVER ADD -auto -ircnet dalnet irc.dal.net - /SERVER ADD -auto -ircnet efnet irc.efnet.org +/SERVER ADD -auto -ircnet dalnet irc.dal.net +/SERVER ADD -auto -ircnet efnet irc.efnet.org
With the proxy /SETs however, irssi now connects to those
@@ -637,9 +635,9 @@ you can just forget that your bouncer even exists.
All proxies have these settings in common:
- /SET use_proxy ON - /SET proxy_address <Proxy host address> - /SET proxy_port <Proxy port> +/SET use_proxy ON +/SET proxy_address <Proxy host address> +/SET proxy_port <Proxy port>
HTTP proxy
@@ -647,16 +645,16 @@ you can just forget that your bouncer even exists.Use these settings with HTTP proxies:
- /SET -clear proxy_password - /EVAL SET proxy_string CONNECT %s:%d\n\n +/SET -clear proxy_password +/EVAL SET proxy_string CONNECT %s:%d\n\n
BNC
- /SET proxy_password your_pass - /SET -clear proxy_string - /SET proxy_string_after conn %s %d +/SET proxy_password your_pass +/SET -clear proxy_string +/SET proxy_string_after conn %s %d
dircproxy
@@ -667,11 +665,11 @@ openprojects connection with opnpass, you would do something like this:- /SET -clear proxy_password - /SET -clear proxy_string +/SET -clear proxy_password +/SET -clear proxy_string - /SERVER ADD -auto -ircnet ircnet fake.ircnet 6667 ircpass - /SERVER ADD -auto -ircnet opn fake.opn 6667 opnpass +/SERVER ADD -auto -ircnet ircnet fake.ircnet 6667 ircpass +/SERVER ADD -auto -ircnet opn fake.opn 6667 opnpass
The server name and port you give isn't used anywhere, so you can @@ -685,13 +683,13 @@ connecting to different servers. You can manage this in a bit same way as with dircproxy, by creating fake connections:
- /SET -clear proxy_password - /SET -clear proxy_string +/SET -clear proxy_password +/SET -clear proxy_string - /IRCNET ADD -user ircnetuser ircnet - /SERVER ADD -auto -ircnet ircnet fake.ircnet 6667 ircpass - /IRCNET ADD -user opnuser opn - /SERVER ADD -auto -ircnet opn fake.opn 6667 opnpass +/IRCNET ADD -user ircnetuser ircnet +/SERVER ADD -auto -ircnet ircnet fake.ircnet 6667 ircpass +/IRCNET ADD -user opnuser opn +/SERVER ADD -auto -ircnet opn fake.opn 6667 opnpass
So, you'll specify the usernames with /IRCNET ADD command,
@@ -717,9 +715,9 @@ ports, like you can share ircnet in port 2777 and efnet in port 2778.
Usage in proxy side:
- /LOAD proxy - /SET irssiproxy_password <password> - /SET irssiproxy_ports <ircnet>=<port> ... (eg. ircnet=2777 efnet=2778) +/LOAD proxy +/SET irssiproxy_password <password> +/SET irssiproxy_ports <ircnet>=<port> ... (eg. ircnet=2777 efnet=2778)
NOTE: you MUST add all the servers you
@@ -728,7 +726,7 @@ are using to server and ircnet lists with /SERVER ADD and
reason, and you only use one server connection, you may simply set:
- /SET irssiproxy_ports *=2777 +/SET irssiproxy_ports *=2777
Usage in client side:
@@ -737,8 +735,8 @@ reason, and you only use one server connection, you may simply set: specified in/SET irssiproxy_password. For example:
- /SERVER ADD -ircnet ircnet my.irssi-proxy.org 2777 secret - /SERVER ADD -ircnet efnet my.irssi-proxy.org 2778 secret +/SERVER ADD -ircnet ircnet my.irssi-proxy.org 2777 secret +/SERVER ADD -ircnet efnet my.irssi-proxy.org 2778 secret
Irssi proxy works fine with other IRC clients as well.
@@ -755,14 +753,14 @@ proxy settings don't have anything to do with socks however. give it with:- /SET proxy_password <password> +/SET proxy_password <password>
Irssi's defaults for connect strings are
- /SET proxy_string CONNECT %s %d - /SET proxy_string_after +/SET proxy_string CONNECT %s %d +/SET proxy_string_after
The proxy_string is sent before NICK/USER commands, the @@ -933,11 +931,11 @@ of them you might want to change (the default value is shown):
/STATUSBAR displays a list of statusbars:
- Name Type Placement Position Visible - window window bottom 0 always - window_inact window bottom 1 inactive - prompt root bottom 100 always - topic root top 1 always +Name Type Placement Position Visible +window window bottom 0 always +window_inact window bottom 1 inactive +prompt root bottom 100 always +topic root top 1 always
/STATUSBAR <name> prints the statusbar settings and
@@ -954,18 +952,18 @@ useful only with split windows, one split window is active and the rest
are inactive. These settings can be changed with:
- STATUSBAR <name> TYPE window|root - STATUSBAR <name> PLACEMENT top|bottom - STATUSBAR <name> POSITION <num> - STATUSBAR <name> VISIBLE always|active|inactive +/STATUSBAR <name> TYPE window|root +/STATUSBAR <name> PLACEMENT top|bottom +/STATUSBAR <name> POSITION <num> +/STATUSBAR <name> VISIBLE always|active|inactive
When loading a new statusbar scripts, you'll need to also specify where you want to show it. Statusbar items can be modified with:
- STATUSBAR <name> ADD [-before | -after <item>] [-priority #] [-alignment left|right] <item> - STATUSBAR <name> REMOVE <item> +/STATUSBAR <name> ADD [-before | -after <item>] [-priority #] [-alignment left|right] <item> +/STATUSBAR <name> REMOVE <item>
The item name with statusbar scripts is usually same as the script's