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/window list irssi 0.8.10 - http://irssi.org/help/ 2007-07-26 17:00 Ref Name Active item Server Level 2007-07-26 17:00 1 (status) freenode ALL 2007-07-26 17:00 2 #guckes freenode 2007-07-26 17:00 3 #freewrt freenode 2007-07-26 17:00 4 #freitagsrunde freenode 2007-07-26 17:00 5 #google freenode 2007-07-26 17:00 6 #grml freenode 2007-07-26 17:00 7 #irssi freenode 2007-07-26 17:00 8 #juxlala freenode 2007-07-26 17:00 9 #ofset freenode 2007-07-26 17:00 10 #xterm freenode 2007-07-26 17:00 11 #rmll2007 geeknode 2007-07-26 17:00 12 #rmll2008 geeknode 2007-07-26 17:00 13 #work freenode 2007-07-26 17:00 14 bastla freenode 2007-07-26 17:00 15 odile freenode 2007-07-26 17:00 16 zeroC freenode 2007-07-26 17:00 17 zoRRo freenodeHowever, you cannot select a window from that list to jump to, ie give a command to go to the next or previous window, or jump to the first or last entry of that list. And you need to type a lot more commands to give this list a new order. Questions: Is there a plugin to get an extra window for an overview which allows to select a windows to jump to - and maybe also to rearrange the current order? Or maybe is there a nice command to reorder all windows? i could use something like this:
/windows order #foo #bar #baz restchan nick1 nick2 restnick
Q: How do I add the active network to the statusbar?
A: Modify the window-line in statusbar section in config file to
window = "{sb $winref:$tag/$T{sbmode $M}}";
why does this FAQ give an answer that involves editing the config file
when obviously it is irssi's philosophy that editing of the config file
should NOT be done, but you should rather give some
commands on the input line and then issue a "/save"?
yes, it is possible. you can "move" channels as "items" into the same window. you can switch between items with CTRL-X (just as with servers). (this needs a good example, though.)
[Startup]
After starting irssi with irssi from a shell
it should simply open up a window and wait for your commands.
[Quit]
You can leave from here with /quit right away.
However, while irssi is running, you can always
get help with the /help command.
irssi then lists some 128 commands.
for which you can get further help by adding
a commandname as a parameter, eg /help join.
[Ambiguity]
Actually, /he is unambiguous enough,
so /he nick suffices for getting help
on the nick command.
[Tab Completion]
You can also expand on the input of a command with TAB,
eg enter /fl and type a TAB; the command
should then be expanded to /flushbuffer.
[Tab Completion Cycle]
When a prefix is not unique then the tab completion
should cycle through possible completions.
Try /a with this; "tabbing"
should then cycle through the commands
/accept,
/action,
/admin,
/alias, and
/away.
[Joining Channels] ...
[Channel Overview] Once you have joined a channel you might want to get an overview to the nicknames.
[Adding servers]
When you use the command "/server" then you'll
switch from the current server to another server,
ie you lose the connection to the current server.
if you want to *add* another server then
you must use the command "/connect".
[Access to Windows]
When you /join some more channels
then their windows naturally add up - and
you want to easily switch between them.
The command /window allows a number parameter
to switch to a window with, say, number 23 with
/window 23.
But of course this is a lot of typing.
It is much faster using the default key bindings -
see Switching between Windows.
[Leaving Channels]
You can leave a channel simply with /leave - but
you can also close its window with /window close.
[Aliases]
As this command tens to be used quite frequently,
there is already an alias for it - /wc.
The /window command allows two number parameters:
/window close N1 N2 which means
"close all windows from N1 to N2 (inclusive)".
Windows with queries (one-to-one chat) can accumulate quite fast.
A fast way to close/quit all query windows is this:
/foreach query /quit
[Ignore]
Some people tend to be quite obnoxious,
and it helps to ognore them. however,
this can be quite a task as you will
be interrupted by their talk, anyway.
This is where you might want you
irc client to help you out.
You can /ignore nicknames,
but also ignore talk by the words which
are contained within - even patterns (regexes).
...
[Logging] Many people are using IRC to actually have meetings - and then it helps to keep a log of the talk.
[Configuration]
You can change many things with your irssi
by /set commands.
Once you are done you can then /save
your changes - and irssi rewrites your
config file ($HOME/.irssi/config).
Mind you, with most other text based programs
you would use a text editor to make changes.
/window N, /window goto #channel, ctrl-n, ctrl-p, alt-a, alt-# (1234567890) + alt-X (qwertyuio)longer answer:
alt-1 jump to window #1 alt-2 jump to window #2 alt-3 jump to window #3 alt-4 jump to window #4 alt-5 jump to window #5 alt-6 jump to window #6 alt-7 jump to window #7 alt-8 jump to window #8 alt-9 jump to window #9 alt-0 jump to window #10 alt-q jump to window #11 alt-w jump to window #12 alt-e jump to window #13 alt-r jump to window #14 alt-t jump to window #15 alt-y jump to window #16 alt-u jump to window #17 alt-i jump to window #18 alt-o jump to window #19
The key bindings for windows #11 to #19 are obvious for someone with a us keyboard as the top row of keys reads "qwertyuio(p[])". Users of a DE keyboard will have a 'z' instead of the 'y', of course. So they need to bind meta-z to the same commands as meta-y:
/bind m-z change_window 16Switch to next/previous window:
CTRL-N next window (next higher number) CTRL-P previous window (next lower number)Switch by command: The "/window" command takes a number, too:
/window [N] example: /window 23
/window goto #prefix[TAB]
You could also use "/join #channel" - because if you have already join a channel then irssi will simply switch to the already opened window. Mind you, a "/join" depends on the currently selected server. You may to switch the server first (using CTRL-X in the server window).
Switch by activity:Alt-a go to next window with activity
The shortcut Alt-a switches
first those with a private message (red number),
then those with public messages (white number, and
then the ones with only status messages (blue number).
The one thing that irssi does not do yet is to recognize when someone has said something that may be of interest to you.
backlog_completion.pl (original) backlog_completion.pl (my copy)download the script to your irssi scripts directory - and then simply load that script from within irssi:
shell: wget $URL -O $HOME/.irssi/scripts irssi: /script load backlog_completion.pl
Q: when you have an xterm-256, ie one which understands 256 colours - is there a color theme which makes use of more than 8 colours? A: irssi itself does not have support for 256 colours yet. irssi however uses ncurses which can be compiled with "--enable-ext-colors" - this should give you 256 colours. the terminal should know about it, too. by adjusting the TERM variable, eg: KDE's Konsole with "export TERM=konsole-256color" if you are using "GNU screen" inside as a window manager then also screen needs to be compiled with "--enable-colors256" now only irssi needs some support for this.. see also: http://bugs.irssi.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=791
/win lasti need this so often that i have bound this command to CTRL-R:
/bind ^R /win last
/bind -listOutput of all current key bindings to a file:
/wn /bind /lastlog -file filename /wcproblem: no output of /bind with this. Return to last window:
/win lastBind it to CTRL-R:
/bind ^R /win lastThis adds this entry to the configuration:
keyboard = (
{ key = "^R"; id = "command"; data = "win last"; }
);
The command "/bind" gives you a list of all current key bindings,
ie all combinations of keys and their bound internal functions.
> /bind
Key Action
^F command /names
^G command clear
^L command clear
^R command history_search
^W command win last
meta-up key mup
meta-right key mright
meta-O key meta2
meta2-1~ key home
meta2-7~ key home
meta-left key mleft
meta2-c key cright
^[ key meta
meta2-d key cleft
meta2-6~ key next
meta2-A key up
meta2-B key down
meta2-C key right
meta-[O key meta2
meta2-D key left
meta-[ key meta2
meta2-1;5C key cright
meta2-F key end
meta2-5~ key prior
meta2-1;5D key cleft
meta2-G key next
^? key backspace
^H key backspace
^I key tab
meta2-1;3B key mdown
meta2-3~ key delete
^J key return
meta2-1;3C key mright
meta2-1;3D key mleft
meta2-5C key cright
^M key return
key space
meta2-5D key cleft
meta2-2~ key insert
meta2-8~ key end
space multi check_replaces;insert_text
return multi check_replaces;send_line
left backward_character
right forward_character
cleft backward_word
meta-b backward_word
cright forward_word
meta-f forward_word
^A beginning_of_line
home beginning_of_line
end end_of_line
^E end_of_line
up backward_history
down forward_history
backspace backspace
delete delete_character
^D delete_character
meta-d delete_next_word
meta-backspace delete_previous_word
^U erase_line
^K erase_to_end_of_line
^Y yank_from_cutbuffer
^T transpose_characters
tab word_completion
meta-k erase_completion
^P previous_window
^N next_window
mup upper_window
mdown lower_window
mleft left_window
mright right_window
meta-a active_window
^X next_window_item
prior scroll_backward
meta-p scroll_backward
next scroll_forward
meta-n scroll_forward
meta-q change_window 11
meta-r change_window 14
meta-t change_window 15
meta-u change_window 17
meta-w change_window 12
meta-y change_window 16
meta-0 change_window 10
meta-1 change_window 1
meta-2 change_window 2
meta-3 change_window 3
meta-4 change_window 4
meta-5 change_window 5
meta-6 change_window 6
meta-7 change_window 7
meta-8 change_window 8
meta-9 change_window 9
meta-e change_window 13
meta-i change_window 18
meta-o change_window 19
^Z stop_irc
The command at the start are bindings which I had chosen myself:
> /bind Key Action ^F command /names ^G command clear ^L command clear ^R command history_search ^W command win lastTODO: The binding for "/win last" on CTRL-W should be bound to something else. as I am quite used to deleting the last word with CTRL-W.
^A beginning_of_line ^B ??? ^C ??? ^D delete_character ^E end_of_line ^F command /names ^G command clear ^H key backspace ^I key tab ^J key return ^K erase_to_end_of_line ^L command clear ^M key return ^N next_window ^O ??? ^P previous_window ^Q ??? ^R command history_search ^S ??? ^T transpose_characters ^U erase_line ^W command win last ^X next_window_item ^Y yank_from_cutbuffer ^Z stop_irc ^? key backspace ^[ key metasee also: http://wouter.coekaerts.be/site/irssi/keybindings
CTRL-O - sets text to normal. CTRL-F - unknown functionality.
C08,02hello
And the resulting "hello" should
show up in brightyellow on (dark)blue.
Here is an overview to the colors:
CTRL-C - insert color codes:
C01schwarz C02blau C03gruen C04hellrot C05dunkelrot C06magenta C07gelb C08hellgelb C09hellgruen C10cyan C11hellcyan C12blaugrau C13hellmagenta C14dunkelgrau C15reset C16weiss C01black C02blue C03green C04brightred C05dunkelred C06magenta C07yellow C08brightyellow C09brightgreen C10cyan C11brightcyan C12bluegrey C13brightmagenta C14darkgrey C15reset C16whiteWarning: There is a bug with irssi for terminals with more than 16 colors, such as rxvt or xterm: http://bugs.debian.org/267329 see also: https://github.com/shabble/irssi-docs/wiki/Formats
Q: How can you enlarge the input line to two screen lines? A: It is NOT possible to enlarge the input line. The input area is a statusbar item. Each statusbar can currently only occupy one line.
Q: Can you tell irssi to display talk from others as something else, eg squeeze long words like "LOLOLOLOLOLOL" to a short one lie "LOL", correct their typos, or simply hide expletives? A: use the script trigger.pl /TRIGGER ADD -all -nocase -regexp shit -replace sh*t /TRIGGER ADD -all -nocase -regexp !!!! -replace !
Alt-p previous half-page Alt-n next half-pageHowever, alt-n and alt-p are not so easy to use with one hand as the placement of alt key on my keyboard is at the left side - but 'n' and 'p' are on the right side. As the keys 'z' and 'x' are directly above the alt key, i have bound them to scroll backward and forward, respectively:
/bind meta-z scroll_backward /bind meta-x scroll_forward
CTRL-A jump to begin of line CTRL-E jump to end of line META-B jump back to previous start of word META-F jump forward to previous start of worddeletions+insertions:
CTRL-U to delete the complete input line CTRL-W to delete backwards to the next beginning of a word CTRL-Y to insert the latest deletion (and *only* the latest one)
/set autocreate_query_level "MSGS DCCMSGS"
/bind ^g /clear (does not work)
/bind ^G /clear (works!)
the first definition does *not* trigger
the clear command when you press CTRL-G.
however, the second one does. go figure.
/alias nod /me nods silently. --> SvenG nods silently. /alias think /me .oO($*) --> SvenG .oO(which talk will Anne give in Berlin?)and you can define automatic expansion of words on the fly:
Key Value Auto eig eigentlich yes insb insbesondere yes jed jedenfalls yes led lediglich yes merkw merkwuerdig yes mitt mittlerweile yes nat natuerlich yes sog sogenannt yes sow sowieso yes viell vielleicht yesand there are some which simply correct my typing:
Key Value Auto aslo also yes becuase because yes bianries binaries yes bianry binary yes charcters characters yes charcter character yes ... uptodate up-to-date yes upt up-to-date yesaliases and complete can save you a LOT of typing!
/completion -auto :) ツ /completion -auto Yhelp "You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike."
The following worked to show umlauts and other weird characters correctly on my terminal:
/set term_charset utf-8
however, i haven't found this setting by looking at my config file again. hmm....
/completion -delete "FOO"thanks, met!
+A - Access Enables viewing of channel access lists. +b - ban Enables automatic kickban. +f - Enables modification of channel access lists. +F - Founder Grants full founder access. +i - invite Enables use of the invite and getkey commands. +O - Op Enables automatic op. +o - op/deop Enables use of the op/deop commands. +R - Recover Enables use of the recover and clear commands. +r - Enables use of the unban command. +s - set Enables use of the set command. +t - topic Enables use of the topic and topicappend commands. +V - Voice Enables automatic voice. +v - voice Enables use of the voice/devoice commands.example:
/msg chanserv set #channel topiclock off
Usage: * /bind ^R /history_search * Then type ctrl-R and type what you're searching for
/exec -out cat $FILE /exec -out tail /etc/passwd /exec -out grep sh$ /etc/passwd
http://irssi.org/documentation irssi docs! http://irssi.org/scripts/ irssi scripts repository http://www.garion.org/irssi/features.php cool features of irssi http://de.wikibooks.org/wiki/Irssi Irssi (Wikibooks) http://irssi.org/documentation/startup irssi startup guide http://0x84.net/irssi_howto.html Irssi HowTo http://forums.opensuse.org/archives/sf-archives/tips-tricks-tweaks/335202-irssi-cheat-sheet.html Irssi Cheat Sheet by Michael 'mika' Prokop 2007-07-17 http://quadpoint.org/articles/irssi A Guide to Efficiently Using Irssi and Screen http://quadpoint.org/articles/irssisplit An Illustrated Guide to Split Windows in Irssi http://lizzie.spod.cx/screenirssi.shtml Guide to Using Screen and Irssi - by Elizabeth Overal http://www.iovene.com/the-ultimate-guide-for-utf-8-in-irssi-and-gnuscreen/ The ultimate guide for UTF-8 in irssi and GNU/Screen - by Salvatore Iovene http://anti.teamidiot.de/nei/2007/02/irssi_putty_screen_unicode_utf/ Irssi, PuTTY, Screen & Unicode UTF-8 (anti) - by TODO notification on X: http://lewk.org/blog/tags/irssi http://freenode.net/using_the_network.shtml freenode: "using the network" - user modes and channel modes. http://juerd.nl/site.plp/irssiscripttut Scripting irssi. An introduction. http://ossowicki.com/?tag=irssi http://ossowicki.com/?p=102 Ten Irssi scripts you should try before you die 2008-08-13 by Anders Ossowicki (Copenhagen)
I have changed the time format for both
the timestamp and the log_timestamp:
default:
timestamp_format = "%H:%M";
changed values:
timestamp_format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M";
log_timestamp = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S";
the timestamp_format does not show
the seconds while the logfile does.
the reason is simply that when i search
through the logfile with "grep" that i
want to see the dates right away without
having to find out about it manually.
and here are the commands:
/set timestamp_format "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"
/set log_timestamp "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
now turn automatic logging on (via "autolog")
and tell irssi to use the network name as a subdirectory
and the channel/nickname as the filename:
/set autolog on
/set autolog_path ~/irclogs/$tag/$0.log
and dont forget to "/save" your changes!
WISH: two or more screen lines to display the input line (probably requires a lot of wrapping of text)
why you should not edit the config file manually: irssi offers the command "/save" to save its current state to the config file. and it generates it well. so well in fact that it is able to read it in again without any problems. People do errors when editing. They can create problems in syntax which might look correct at first but contain problems nevertheless. So you are asked to simply use commands within irssi (which might give off errors messages right away), use "/save" to save the current state to file, and use "/reload" to load the saved state back in again. This avoids typos and a lot of debugging - especially for the folks on the #irssi channel. Adding comments might be fine.
Write _underlined text_ between underscores - and *bold text* within asterisks.
/hilight -regexp Feh\W /hilight -regexp Feh$ /hilight -full mutt /hilight -full vim /hilight -full zsh
Q: Can you use an external editor to edit the input line? A: No, there is no option for that. (well, i dont think there is...)But here is a workaround for you: Edit some external file with your favourite editor and then simply "paste" its contents into the current channel using "/exec -out cat $file".
/alias x /exec -out cat ~/.irssi/inputlinenow choose your channel/window and paste it with "/x":
/window 23 /x
/away gone fishin'
You will then see "zzzZZZ" in your status bar
as an indication of your absense.
Simply use "/away" without any parameters to "be back".
/away
/alias ADDALLCHANNELS script exec foreach my $$channel
(Irssi::channels()) { Irssi::command("channel add -auto
$$channel->{name} $$channel->{server}->{tag} $$channel->{key}") }
exit