irssi Quick Reference
I quite like irssi, here I have just a few pointers as to how to use it.
Most of this is useless if you know the /help command...
try it and ignore my ramblings.
Basic Setup of Names
Set your name and your real name and stuff like that in core (these are the defaults if they are not set on a per-network basis)
/nick nickname /set nick nickname /set user_name username /set hostname hostname.bengreen.eu /set real_name Real Name
Your hostname will probably not be used by most networks and instead be ignored in favour of your reverse DNS hostname
Adding networks to the configuration
Add a network and a server to that network the network name in this
is freenode:
(/network alone to list networks)
/network add -nick networkspecificnick -autosendcmd "/^msg nickserv identify password" freenode /network /server add -network freenode irc.freenode.org /server add -network freenode -ssl -6 irc.freenode.org 7500 /server list
Always try and connect using IPv6
By default irssi will use IPv4 lookups, you can override this one of two ways.
# globally /set resolve_prefer_ipv6 ON # per server /server add -6 -network freenode irc.freenode.net /set resolve_prefer_ipv6 OFF /server add -4 -network freenode irc.freenode.net
Actually Connecting to the Network
/connect freenode
Connecting to more than one network at a time is quite simple,
just enter /connect quakenet when you are already
connected to the other network. When you are connected to more than
one network you have to be careful when performing network specific
operations like joining channels or sending private messages, see
"The Current Network" below.
The Current Network
Naturally you can join channels on multiple networks but how do you know which network you are currently interacting with? Irssi indicates this to you in the status window (alt-1) at the bottom:
[15:49] [drcrane(+i)] [1:Freenode (change with ^X)]
As you can see I am currently connected to the Freenode network and
if I /join I will be joining a channel on Freenode. This is
also a hint on how to change between networks, ^X means press
Ctrl-X and irssi will change between the networks. As I am connected to
QuakeNet and Freenode if I press Ctrl-X my status bar will
look like this:
[15:54] [drcrane(+i)] [1:QuakeNet (change with ^X)]
Channels
Joining and leaving... simple:
/join #channelname /leave I want to have some tea
Close an Inactive Window
/window close
Add a channel to the network... not too sure how useful this is. In this example freenode is the network and #channel is the channel. Yes, I know you knew that
/channel add #channel freenode /channel add -auto #channel freenode /channel list
-auto will automatically connect to that channel when
you connect to the network
You can save your changes with a simple /save.
Ignoring (hiding) Quits and Joins
They are quite annoying after a while, especially in a reasonablly quiet channel.
/ignore #freenet JOINS PARTS QUITS NICKS
Will ignore all joins parts quits and nick changes in the #freenet channel. Alternatively you can do it like this:
/ignore -channels #freenet * JOINS PARTS QUITS NICKS
This is slightly different but will do the same thing, albeit in different way... this means apply ignore JOINS PARTS QUITS NICKS to all nicks (the * is a mask for nick names in this case) but then restrict the application to the channels specified in the list after the -channels argument.
As far as I can understand the first argument is interpreted as a channel if it begins with a # and a nick name otherwise. So you can work out what this does:
/ignore * JOINS PARTS QUITS NICKS
Yes, it ignores all JOINS PARTS QUITS and NICKS in all channels for all nicks.
If you want to know this stuff again...
/unignore * JOINS PARTS QUITS NICKS
For more details on what you can put instead of JOINS PARTS NICKS QUITS please see Appendix A: Levels. All this is available through the help system:
IGNORE [-regexp | -full] [-pattern <pattern>] [-except] [-replies]
[-network <network>] [-channels <channel>] [-time <secs>]
<mask> [<levels>]
IGNORE [-regexp | -full] [-pattern ] [-except] [-replies]
[-network <network>] [-time <secs>] <channels> [<levels>]
Enable Bell on Some Events
Make IRSSI send a \a to the terminal when a user mentions
your nickname or starts a private conversation with you.
/set beep_msg_level MSGS HILIGHT
These settings will work by default with mintty (as included with
msys2 and git for Windows) but will require some additional setup for
putty. Testing the response of putty is easy enough with IRSSI in the
intended way or to use your terminal and
sleep && echo -e "\a".
Using otr
Private messaging using libotr is now included in irssi and can be activated in a private message session like this:
/load otr /help otr