====== Irssi ======

===== IRC and IRSSI - Internet Chat (Client) =====
To startup IRSSI and connect to an IRC server:
 irssi -c servername

To list available channels to join - type:
 /list ('-yes' may be required)
 /join #foobar (joins the foobar channel)
 /w (shows who's who)

To type in Actions, e.g. "* steviewdr waves goodbye"
 /me message_or_action

To change your Name/Nickname, e.g. steviewdr|gone
 /nick steviewdr|gone

To send a Private Message to a person:
 /msg steviewdr Hi!

To set a LOG of Discussion:
 /log open -targets #channel_name logfilename (puts logfile.. in home dir)

To view Private Messages:
 ALT + # No. of Window
 /window #no.

To Mark yourself as Away/Back:
 /away give_a_reason_here   <nowiki>//</nowiki>marks you as away. You need to give a reason etc. after /away
 /away        <nowiki>//</nowiki> /away on its own marks you back. Do a /w to see if your G (gone) or H (active)

To Grant Special Ops etc. to a person:
 /mode #channel +v nick

To Close one particular Channel/Window:
 /wc

===== NickServ =====
 /msg nickserv register YOURPASSWORD YOUREMAIL
 #more op commands to me.
 #http://www.goodchatting.com/howtoregnick.html

You will receive a password and/or get emailed a password. Once confirmed, normal login will require you to:
 /msg NickServ IDENTIFY password
 #and you should be authed and logged in.

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Information got from this VERY good page:

http://f0rked.com/public/irssi-docs/help-full.html


===== Auth, Opers =====
Some irc commands in irssi won't work. E.g.:
 16:59 -!- Irssi: Unknown command: mkpasswd
Solution:
 /quote mkpasswd sha256 test

Also, a community I am part of setup: InspIRCd. To add a username to opers: either edit /usr/local/inspircd/conf/opers.conf or if its setup add it to the MySQL table ircd_opers.
 mysql> select * from ircd_opers;
 +----+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+----------+
 | id | username  | password                                                         | hostname | type     |
 +----+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+----------+
 |  1 | steviewdr | createthishash as above                                          | *        | GlobalOp |
 +----+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------------+----------+----------+
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)

Then irc in and go:
 /oper steviewdr 
 #and you will be prompted for the password.
Cheers daniel.

===== irssi config =====
The default irssi config is at /home/user/.irssi/config.

When someone goes:
 [[#chat]] nick: ping
 #by default irssi will send a bell and trigger the away log.

To add any keyword as a "hilight":
 /hilight nick
 /hilight keyword
 
 #Then to save the config directly from irssi go:
 /save

FYI, the line it appends to the irssi config is:
 hilights = ( { text = "keyword2hilight"; nick = "yes"; word = "yes"; } );