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<h2>FAQ</h2>
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<h3>Q: Why doesn't irssi display colors even when ircii etc. displays them?</h3>
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<p>A: They force ANSI colors even if terminal doesn't support them. By
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default, irssi uses colors only if terminfo/termcap so says. The correct
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way to fix this would be to change your TERM environment to a value where
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colors work, like xterm-color or color_xterm (eg. <code>TERM=xterm-color
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irssi</code>). If this doesn't help, then use the evil way of <code>/SET
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term_force_colors ON</code>.</p>
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<h3>Q: How do I easily write text to channel that starts with '/' character?</h3>
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<p>A: <code>/ /text</code></p>
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<h3>Q: Why doesn't irssi update my realname (or whatever) after I change it
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with <code>/SET realname</code> and reconnect with <code>/RECONNECT</code>
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or <code>/SERVER</code>?</h3>
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<p>A: Irssi is trying to be too smart. This will be fixed in future, but for
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now you should use <code>/DISCONNECT</code> and <code>/CONNECT</code>.</p>
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<h3>Q: I connected to some server which isn't responding but now irssi tries
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to connect back to it all the time! How can I stop it?</h3>
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<p>A: Two ways. The "good way" to do it is with <code>/DISCONNECT</code>.
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Check the server tags first with <code>/SERVER</code> without giving it any
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parameters, reconnections are those that have tag starting with "recon"
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text. So most probably you're going to do <code>/DISCONNECT recon-1</code>.
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The other way is to remove all the reconnections with
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<code>/RMRECONNS</code>, easier but may remove some connections you actually
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wanted to reconnect (if you used multiple servers..).</p>
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<h3>Q: How do I add seconds to timestamp?</h3>
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<p>A: <code>/FORMAT timestamp {timestamp %%H:%%M:%%S}</code> - and remember
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to add the trailing space :)</p>
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<h3>Q: Why does irssi say "Irssi: Channel not fully synchronized yet, try
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again after a while" when I try to use /BAN etc?</h3>
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<p>A: Possibly a bug in irssi, or ircd you're using does something that
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irssi didn't really notice. The new code should make this happen far less
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often than before, but one known reason for this is when irssi doesn't
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notice that you were unable to join some channel. Currently however I don't
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know of any such events irssi doesn't know about.</p>
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<p>Anyway, if this does happen, do <code>/RAWLOG SAVE ~/rawlog</code> soon
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after joining to channel, and either try to figure out yourself why irssi
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didn't get reply to WHO request, or send the whole log to cras@irssi.org. Note
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that the rawlog is by default only 200 lines and it may not be enough to
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show all needed information, so you might want to do <code>/SET rawlog_lines
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1000</code> or so.</p>
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<p><code>MODE +b</code> still works fine though.</p>
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<h3>Q: Where's the GUI version?</h3>
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<p>A: Read
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<a href="http://irssi.org/?page=about">http://irssi.org/?page=about</a></p>
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<h3>Q: How do I autorejoin channels after being kicked?</h3>
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<p>A: That's evil and you shouldn't do it. If you get kicked, you should stay
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out, at least until the channel forgot you existed :) Most channels I've
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joined just ban you if you autorejoin after kick. If you're joined to
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channels who kick people for fun, try changing channels or something.</p>
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<p>Anyway, if you REALLY want to do that, and you understand that you're doing
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evilness, you can use the autorejoin.pl script that comes with irssi. You'll
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still need to specify the channels you wish to rejoin with <code>/SET
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autorejoin_channels #chan1 #chan2 ...</code></p>
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<h3>Q: How do I announce that I'm away/back in all channels I've joined? Or
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how do I change my nick when setting myself away/back?</h3>
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<p>A: That's even worse than autorejoin. Who could possibly care every time
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you come and go? Many channels will kick you for using this, and I for example
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have added several ignores so I'd never need to see these messages. Learn to
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use <code>/AWAY</code> command properly and tell it's existence to people
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who don't know about it. <code>/WII yournick</code> shows your away reason
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much better for people who actually want to know if you're there or not.</p>
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<p>You can script these behaviours if you really wish to of course. But
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currently there's no public scripts for either of these, and the only way
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I'm going to add such to irssi.org is if the script contains a setting to
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specify which specific channels the announcement is sent.</p>
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<h3>Q: Why does irssi autojoin on invite by default?</h3>
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<p>A: The setting is /SET join_auto_chans_on_invite - it's not the same
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as regular autojoin-on-invite, which irssi doesn't even have. The only
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channels that are joined on invite, are the ones you've added to config
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with /CHANNEL ADD -auto. This is very useful with +i channels when you
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need to first send an invite request to bot, or if you get accidentally
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kicked from channel, the kicker can invite you back immediately.</p>
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<p>I don't see any bad side effects with this feature, so it's ON by
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default. I guess someone could start kicking/inviting you all the time
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but server connection shouldn't drop because of that, and you shouldn't
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join channels whose operators are that evil.</p>
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<h3>Q: How to make UTF-8 support work with irssi?</h3>
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<p>A: xterm -u8, screen -U, /SET term_type utf-8</p>
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<h3>Q: Will there be /DETACH-like feature?</h3>
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<p>A: Maybe. Detach code already is there, attach is just missing :) But I
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don't have much interest in coding it, and
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<a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/screen.html">screen</a> works
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just fine so why bother?</p>
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<h3>Q: How do I run scripts automatically at startup?</h3>
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<p>A: Put them into <code>~/.irssi/scripts/autorun/</code> directory. Or
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better would be if you placed them in <code>~/.irssi/scripts/</code> and
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created symlinks to autorun directory (eg. <code>cd
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~/.irssi/scripts/autorun/ ; ln -s ../script.pl .</code>)</p>
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<h3>Q: How do I easily edit existing topic?</h3>
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<p>A: /TOPIC <tab></p>
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<h3>Q: How can I have /WHOIS replies to active window?</h3>
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<p>A: Currently there's no other way than to close the status window, or at
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least do <code>/WINDOW LEVEL -CRAP</code> in it, but that would make a lot
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other messages show up in active window too. I don't have many good ideas
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how this could be easily fixed inside irssi (no, kludging it to only work
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with whois isn't a "fix") - it'd be possible to create a script do this
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though but currently it doesn't exist.</p>
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<h3>Q: How do i add the active network to the statusbar</h3>
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<p>A: Modify the window-line in statusbar section in config file to
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<code>window = "{sb $winref:$tag/$T{sbmode $M}}";</code></p>
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