Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is an Internet protocol for distributed real-time messaging.
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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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Mac OS X IRC clients [closed]
Currently I've been using web clients whenever I've gone on IRC, but recently I've decided to look into an actual desktop client. Preferably I'd like a nice, OS X-savvy GUI client, but I'm willing to ...
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On freenode, how do I keep NickServ from messaging me when I log in?
I have Empathy set to run whenever I log in to Ubuntu. As soon as Empathy connects to freenode, I get these messages:
This nickname is registered. Please choose a different nickname, or identify ...
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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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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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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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Google Talk Chat/Conference Solutions
I started using the old confbot python conference script in 2005 for my family. This essentially implements an IRC like conference room over Google Talk (or any Jabber/XMPP server). It has ...
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Running a persistent irc client over ssh
I'm looking on advice on how to run a persistent IRC client from a server and allowing me to connect from different computers.
I want the IRC client to always stay connected, even when I'm bringing ...
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Open Source IRC client software [closed]
What is a good example of an Open Source IRC client for Windows or Linux? If not, something free and extensible will do.
The reason I would like this to be open source is that I wouldn't mind being ...
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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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How does hostname spoofing/customization work on IRC networks?
I've used IRC for a long time and I've seen people with really unique hostnames. I'm wondering how they are able to have those?
My theory is that one sets up a server as part of the efnet/freenode ...
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How do I “identify with services” on IRC?
I am using irrsi as my irc cilent on ubuntu
I have entered "/join #android-dev" in my command window.
But I am getting this error message:
22:05 -!- #android-dev Cannot join channel (+r) - you need ...
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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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There is any IRC command to ignore a person?
I want to clear my IRC channel view from a certain bot messages. It is possible?
In http://webchat.freenode.net/ i can't ignore a bot with /ignore. How can I do it?
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How can I set status messages in IRC?
How can I set status messages in IRC? A simple guide for learning IRC would also be helpful.
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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:
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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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Talk on multiple IRC channels at once?
I seem to remember, back in '91 or so, that the console-based IRCII implemention on the Solaris box that first got me on the net would let me /Join multiple channels on a given network such that, as ...
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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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Is there a way to make a persistent IRC account that I can read missed / old messages with?
So, I'm new to IRC.
I made a nickname with a password through nickserv on the channel that I usually participate in.
What I want to know is if there's a way I can read messages that I've missed when ...
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How to ping someone on IRC
I've been asked to "ping someone on IRC", but I'm not sure what it means.
First, do I need to know the IRC server and channel to ping someone? Is "pinging" so sort of private conversation?
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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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Create a private IRC Channel [closed]
I'd like to create an IRC channel for development purposes. The channel is needed as a simple means of messaging over the internet and I will write my own client to it. I've read that when you try to ...
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How can I ignore all JOINS, PARTS from all but a few channels?
On the freenode network I want to ignore ALL joins, parts EXCEPT in channels #foo and #bar.
What would be the syntax for this?
I tried:
/ignore -except #foo, #bar JOINS PARTS QUITS
I also tried ...
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How can i auto logon to different servers on MIRC automatically, join certain channels and have a diff nick for each server?
How can i auto logon to different servers on MIRC automatically, join certain channels and have a diff nick for each server?
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WeeChat: changing the default nick
WeeChat normally sets the default nick to the user's username. Is there any way to overload this default behavior through specifying another nick?
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Terminal IRC client with xterm-256color support
irssi doesn't support 256 colors. WeeChat doesn't support 256 colors. BitchX doesn't support 256 colors.
And yet vim, my text editor, supports 256 colors.
Am I missing a secret fork of one of the ...
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how to hide public ip adress on irc channel
I have public ip address (for example 77.77.77.222). When somebody type /who on irc channel he sees:
Linkas@77.77.77.222
How can I hide under a domain? For example Linkas@mydomain.tk
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IRC newbie needs detailed “How To” directions for freenode.net connection with OS X IRC app
Newbie IRC user here. Trying to get connected on freenode.net, preferably with a native Mac OS X client (I'm running 10.6.8), or at least something with a good "OS X feel." Also seeking a client ...
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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 = ...
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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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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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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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Using Tor and IRC
How can I use Tor with IRC? I have noticed that some networks block Tor. How true is that?
I have a problem with flashing my IP adderss whenever I join a channel. Freenode provides a convenient ...
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multiple IRC clients, none of them connecting
I'm having a bit of trouble connecting to IRC servers with certain clients. First I was using irssi and naim through Cygwin, and I thought that the problem was with Cygwin, so I tried out ERC (the ...
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Irssi: /LASTLOG match -file /tmp/irssi_discussion
I have tried to save the match "/lastlog match" to a file /tmp/irssi_discussion. I can get it work like "/lastlog /tmp/irssi_discussion" that saves the whole buffer, noted in the documentation. ...
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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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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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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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With ERC in Emacs, how can I automatically alias server buffer names?
I use ZNC to connect to IRC, and since ZNC seems to have the unfortunate characteristic of making me create a new "login" for each server I want to connect to (i.e Freenode and Quakenet), when erc ...
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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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Can I configure mIRC to alert me whenever a regex is matched?
I would like to keep mIRC minimized, and get some noticeable alert whenever a text matching a regex (specifically \d+.\d+.\d+.\d+) appears on a channel. Is there a way to do this?
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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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Firewall blocking IRC client
I'm trying to use Irssi client to connect to irc.freenode.net in my office. What is happening is I think our corporate firewall is blocking IRC ports.
Can anyone tell me how to get around this. I'm ...
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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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Non-plugin IRC bot
I'm looking for a highly configurable IRC bot. Only requisite: it must not be a plugin to an existing IRC client like mIRC.
Which is where I'm having trouble. IRC bots a plenty, but almost all of ...
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Where does Colloquy on the Mac store its channel list?
I use Colloquy as my IRC client - but the GUI sometimes doesn't store my prefs as to what channels I auto join etc - is there a plist file somewhere that I can edit to make the changes I want?
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Can I change the Trivia's Bot questions file with a command?
It's about my medical trivia.
For example, someone wants to learn at Anatomy and not at Physiology when he enters my Trivia Channel. I want him to write !anatomy and the trivia bot should ask only ...
