Questions tagged [irc]
Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is an Internet protocol for distributed real-time messaging.
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How to I prevent nick changing involuntarily?
I use XChat on Ubuntu 12.04.
I have been facing this issue:
I join a channel.
I minimize XChat and do other work. If someone pings me on IRC I respond.
After some time I come back to XChat to see ...
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separate irssi services passwords from main configuration file
I want to automatically connect to some IRC networks that don't all support authentication SSL client certificates (like OFTC) or SASL (Freenode). At the same time I want to add my irssi config to ...
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setting up InspIRCd censoring
I have InspIRCd set up on my CentOS box, and it starts correctly. v 2.0.5. I am having issues setting up the censoring, however. The directions for 2.0 and above tell you to put the badwords in the ...
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Scriptable IRC client with per-channel encoding and autoperform settings
I'm looking for an IRC client that would let me set different encoding per-channel, not just per-network. It should be scriptable.
Currently I see those options
ChatZilla. Has the per-channel ...
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IRC/Colloquy sleep message
I'm using Colloquy for irc, and in the general section of the preferences there is a sleep message that I can set, but I have no idea how to change my status to sleeping.. how can I do that?
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What is a sleep message in Colloquy?
In Colloquy, there are options for a quit message and a sleep message.
I know what the quit message does. When you disconnect, this is the message sent, correct?
However, I have no idea what this ...
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How to quit ircII help session?
I'm using ircII as my irc client to chat on irc channels.
As I'm new to this terminal based program so I tend to use /help command very frequently. The problem is when I go in help session I get ...
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security risk of opening up a port to access znc [closed]
I run znc on my home server, and I was thinking about opening up the port for it on the router so I can access znc from my computer at work. My znc accounts are password protected. Is it a substantial ...
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Prevent incoming connections
My network has some problems with incoming connections. Surfing is fine, but I want to use an IRC-Chat. I tried to use webchat (either the webchat of the server, or mibbit), but I still get incoming ...
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Kill ghost on connect to freenode in xchat?
how do I automatically kill a ghost nick (e.g. i got disconnected then reconnected) on connect with using xchat? I'm on freenode.
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Port 6667 can't be reached outside of localhost
I've got IRCD-Hybrid installed with the following listen config:
/* listen {}: contain information about the ports ircd listens on (OLD P:) */
listen {
/* port: the specific port to listen on....
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View log of what happened in IRC while I was offline
I'm an infrequent user of IRC, currently using Irssi on Ubuntu 12.04, and I follow a channel with activity that is about as infrequent as my own use - but not necessarily with activity at the same ...
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How can I set IRCD-Hybrid server password?
I have been struggling with this for days, is there a way to set up a password for an ircd-hybrid server so that no one can connect to it without first entering a password? I have the server up and ...
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Irssi in tmux - Messages overwritten
I'm trying to run Irssi in tmux, and I've been coming across something strange. Whenever a new message is received, it overwrites the last message. For example, say the following chat log is in my ...
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Irssi prevent logging joins/quits
I use Irssi's autolog feature, but I'm tired of filling up my logs on relatively quiet channels with joins and quits. I've read the documentation for autologging, and I suspect that there is already a ...
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What is Internet Relay Chat?
What exactly is "IRC"?
I've read about it on Wikipedia, but I've never seen people using it (or if I have, I didn't recognize it). The only kind of "chat" I know about are those of AIM, Yahoo! ...
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View a nick's idle time in /whois info on irssi
On most IRC clients, doing /whois on a nick will display their idle time. However, irssi does not show this. Is there any way to make it show the idle time?
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Replacement for NoNameScript that works with latest version of mIRC?
I was using NoNameScript for a while, but it doesn't work with latest mIRC versions and is no longer being developed.
Is there are way to get NoNameScript to work with the latest version or a similar ...
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Automatically reclaim my IRC nickname (without underscores) globally?
I use XChat (2.8.6). It runs 24/7. I think whenever my internet connection is reset (at least every 24 hours), my nickname gets an underscore (_) appended:
My nick john becomes john_, then it becomes ...
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Any IRC clients with VI key binds?
Is there any IRC client that supports VI keys? The ''obvious'' script VimIRC is and has been broken for so long it's not even funny.
Do you know any IRC clients on Linux, GUI or Curses, that provides ...
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Staying on a registered-only IRC channel
Freenode, like other IRC servers, has the property that one's connection will drop at the slightest hiccup. Fortunately mIRC knows to automatically reconnect when this happens.
The problem lies with ...
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irssi irc /list command [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I search in lists with irssi?
Folks,
The irssi irc client operates in a condensed window, without the option of scrolling up and down through output. So when i run ...
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Opening Colloquy with xdcc links
I'd like to set the application Colloquy to open with the xdcc:// protocol links, in OS lion.
Generally, I don't know how to associate a single application to a protocol in Chrome.
help! :P
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Portable IRC multi-computer usage with same user
I use an IRC client both at home and at work. I would like both computers to use the same user (for IDENT purposes and avoiding multiple nicks etc)
Typically, the home computer is always-on, and is ...
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Set XMPP connect server on bitlbee
I have a Jabber (XMPP) account. I'm trying to set it up with Bitlbee, IRC to IM gateway. Let's say, it is called [email protected]. However the connect server is located at bar.org. In Pidgin, when you ...
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Is the reverse DNS lookup performed by IRC networks usually validated against the forward lookup?
Google gave me conflicting answers for this one. Some believed that most networks take the lazy attitude to DNS lookups and simply set your hostname to whatever RDNS throws up while others said it was ...
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irssi tries to join #python before sending the identify message
I am starting off with irssi here and have a small setup trying to connect to a few channels on freenode. I have the following in my chatnets directive in my .irssi/config
Freenode = {
type = "IRC";...
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In tmux how does one specify a window that automatically follows you between sessions?
I have irssi always running in my tmux session but often switch sessions. Is there a way to configure tmux to have a window follow me from session to session?
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How do i get automatic coloured nicknames in Macirssi?
How do I get automatic coloured nicknames in Macirssi? I've found a script for irssi that kind-of works, but only has a few colours. But for Macirssi I can't find anything.
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How do I set up a domain-like hostname on IRC?
I own a domain name, and a virtual private server. On that server I've installed ZNC as a bouncer for my IRC connection, and when connected through it the hostname is just a random hash of letters ...
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BitchX - Segmentation fault
Last login: Tue Mar 16 15:29:57 on ttys002
mbp:~ alexus$ sudo port install bitchx
Password:
---> Computing dependencies for bitchx
---> Fetching ncursesw
---> Attempting to fetch ncurses-5.7.tar.gz ...
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IRC "proxy" for persistent connection between several computers
I'm looking for a program that enables me to stay connected to one or more IRC networks and be able to view the log even though I connect from several different computers.
I'm thinking about ...
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Display time in irssi in 12-hour format
In the irssi IRC client, the time and timestamps are displayed by default in 24-hour format. Is there any way to get it to default to 12-hour format?
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How do you hide your IP in chatzilla?
I use firefox's chatzilla plugin for IRC,
Is there a way I could hide my IP so that people can't find it by issuing an irc whois command?
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Portable IRC client for Windows with rudimental scripting and log support
I'm looking for a portable (does not need installation and saves settings in its own directory) IRC client for Windows XP, with rudimental scripting (authenticating, automatically joining channels, ...
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How do I register an irc channel that I'm not an OP of?
I made a channel on freenode that some friends started using.. eventually I lose my op privs as I leave/join with other non-ops still in the channel. Now i'm trying to register the channel but I have ...
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Force Colloquy not to use built-in Growl notifications
Whenever Colloquy needs to pop up a notification (for example, when you are PM'd), it uses its built-in Growl notifications, which really annoy me because they stay on the screen until they are ...
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Disable the WATCH command on ZNC
On ZNC, there's a WATCH command (not the watch module) that is used as a server-side watchlist. It automatically adds people I've PM'd and notifies me when they come on/offline which gets quite ...
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XChat - Negotiations tooke too many packets
I am trying to connect to an IRC server. I am receiving the following error:
Sending 95 bytes of handshake data
State is I_CONTINUE_NEEDED (size=0, extra=0)
Received 975 bytes
State is $80090331 (...
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Modern IRC client? [closed]
I've been looking all around the web for a good IRC client. Sure, there are some out there, but they all look terrible in terms of design. Being a designer myself, I like having applications that ...
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How do I register a nickname on freenode’s IRC network, using Colloquy?
Proper newbie IRC question here: in order to access the #django IRC channel on freenode, I need to register a nickname with freenode.
freenode’s instructions for that are here:
http://freenode.net/...
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Get the names of users to display in irssi window?
By default I can't see the names of the people in the chat unless I do /names. How can I always have the names displayed, on the right of the screen?
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auto-accept SSL certificates in chatzilla
I use Chatzilla to chat on IRC. When I connect to an SSL port, I'll often get the message that I need to add an exception because the security certificate is invalid. In fact, this is the rule rather ...
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Accessing freenode without ports
I'm at a computer where most ports are blocked. Is there still a way to access freenode to ask about programming questions through some webinterface?
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Mac IRC client with offline channel log
I use a graphical IRC client for OSX (Textual to be specific). Since I am not connected 24x7 (it being a portable macbook), I don't know what happens in my favourite IRC channels during the times I'm ...
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set irc server password
I just recently set up an IRC server on my Ubuntu box (11.04, no remix), and would like to set up a server password that one must provide on login. How do I do this?
I have dancer-ircd and dancer-...
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What IRC client do there exist for Windows? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What IRC client do you use on Windows?
I am new to IRC chat. What IRC client do exist for Windows (Vista)?
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IRSSI /list Considered Harmful
When I type /list in IRSSI, it says:
Irssi: Doing this is not a good idea. Add -YES option to command if you really mean it
Why is it not a good idea?
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How do I search in lists with irssi?
I would like to be able to search like this:
/window list | grep ruby
I have installed grep.pl to do so, but it still fails.
The syntax says to do
/GREP [-i] [-w] [-v] [-F] <perl-regexp> <...
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How to only show chat in mIRC window
Is there any way to only show what is said on the window without showing everytime someone logs in or out (filling up the screen)?
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