irssi

[eric dan]

this actually helped. thanks.
the stuff on the irssi website created some confusuon because it uses
/network instead of /ircnet . i guess /network works only for the cvs
release. i thought i had the newest version, but i guess i was wrong.


On 11/8/05, Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 8 Nov 2005 01:25:17 -0800
> eric dan <vladuz976 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > does anybody know where i can find a beginner's guide to irssi?
> > the irssi website takes certain knowledge for granted and does not
> explain.
> > i want to find out how i can autojoin freenode and identify and join
> > channels on startup without becoming an irssi guru.
> > can anybody help with this?
> >
> > thanks
>
> Hi ,
>
> In your home directory you will find the directory .irssi (the dot makes
> it a "hidden" directory). In this directory is the file "config". You can
> open thus:
>
> gedit ~/.irssi/config
>
> Now look for a section that looks like
>
> {
> address = "irc.freenode.net <http://irc.freenode.net>";
> chatnet = "freenode";
> port = "6667";
> autoconnect = "yes";
> password = "xxxx";
> }
>
> Clearly you need autoconnect = "yes"; as above, and your password
> subsituted for "xxxx" (which I've obscured for obvious reasons ;) )
>
> Scroll down and look for the section that looks like this:
>
> -- channels = (
> { name = "#irssi"; chatnet = "ircnet"; autojoin = "No"; },
> { name = "#irssi"; chatnet = "freenode"; autojoin = "No"; },
> { name = "#ubuntu"; chatnet = "freenode"; autojoin = "Yes"; },
> { name = "silc"; chatnet = "silc"; autojoin = "No"; }
> );
>
> Notice the line that has chatnet = "freenode"; autojoin = "Yes"; - in this
> case set to join #ubuntu. As you see, other lines can be set up to join ,
> say, freenode #irssi, or #kubuntu, or whatever you wish...
>
> Under this you'll also see "aliases" , where you can set up your own
> "shortcut" commands if you wish, and so on.
>
> Further down is a section like this:
>
> core = {
> real_name = "Peter Garrett";
> user_name = "prospero";
> nick = "thoreauputic";
> hostname = "\"\"";
> };
>
> Which you use to set your user_name, and your default nickname
>
> You will also want to set your alternativee nickname in this section:
>
> "irc/core" = { alternate_nick = "thoreauputic_"; };
>
> This should get you started, I hope.
> You might already have read
>
> http://www.irssi.org/?page=beginner
>
> but it has some useful pointers and links. Many things in irssi can be set
> using the /set command from within irssi itself.
>
> http://www.irssi.org/index.php?page=docs&doc=faq
>
> Might help too.
>
> It also makes your life easier if you link your alternative/ alternate
> nick to your default nick.
> Try "/msg nickserv help" for a list of posssibilities (once you are
> connected to freenode) - each option has its own help entries as well.
>
> Peter
>
> Linux User #343161
>
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