Irssi is an IRC-client for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. It works through a TUI (Terminal User Interface), and is highly customizable.
Questions tagged [irssi]
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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 to be identified
with services
Can you…
hap497
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How do I set a default nick for new Irssi connections?
When trying to connect to an IRC server in Irssi, I get the following error:
root Erroneous Nickname: Reserved for
services
I don't know how to change the nickname before the connection is established. I'm currently connected to one server, where…
Frantisek
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Making TMUX use Alt+Num to select window
I have been messing with TMUX, and I am liking the configuration abilities.
The window list at the bottom makes me think that the same shortcut for changing windows in Irssi, should work in TMUX, but it doesn't.
So at the moment, I have to press C-b…
Frames Catherine White
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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";
autosendcmd = "/^msg NickServ IDENTIFY…
sharat87
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irssi grep some pattern on history
I'm new to irssi and I couldn't figure out one feature (or task).
I know I can use Page+Up/Down to scroll back and forth on the chat history. I also know I can use /lastlog to dump the whole chat history to console.
However, I don't know how to dump…
Patrick
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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 to read the /help ignore but it's quite confusing.…
meder omuraliev
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How can I see who is currently in a channel?
I can see this information when I initially connect, but is there a command I can run to see an updated list?
Starkers
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How can I remove the clock from the Irssi status bar?
I'm using Irssi nested in Byobu. Since Irssi has an inbuilt clock, the Irssi window gets marked for activity every time a minute rolls over. Byobu has its own clock, so the feature is not useful to me.
How can I remove it?
badp
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Looking for non-conflicting cross-platform keybinding consistency
I use Mac OS X and Arch Linux and occasionally log into FreeBSD and Debian servers by ssh. My favoured tools are zsh, ssh, tmux, git, vim and irssi. I use iTerm2 on Mac OS X and unicode-rxvt on Arch Linux, where I also use Xmonad as window…
totte
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Reattaching screen (having irssi running) forces window resize
Whenever I reattach to my detached screen (containing Irssi), my Putty screen is resized to something it has been at startup. If I change the window size after this, detach the screen and resize it back, window will be again resized to the original…
eis
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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?
Wuffers
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How do I hide my username in irc?
I'm using irssi for my IRC client, and whenever I connect to a channel (e.g., #whatwg), it greets me with the line and I've tried the command line
0:22 -!- [~kalaracey@12.345.678.90] has joined #whatwg
I do not want my real hostname…
Kyle L
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Get irssi to beep on new message in tmux session
I have a tmux session with several windows. One of those windows is running irssi. I spend most of my time connected to one server and in one channel, so I'm not really changing windows inside irssi.
I've turned on the "bell_beeps" setting, and…
Matthew G
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How to fix my locale to display Unicode correctly in irssi?
I've just arrived in my new lab and japan and the server I can use has only Japanese locales. A call to locale -a returns
C
POSIX
ja_JP
ja_JP.eucjp
ja_JP.ujis
ja_JP.utf8
japanese
japanese.euc
So I changed my environment variables and now my locale…
meneldal
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How to get the nicklist in irssi to appear everytime?
I'm an avid user of tmux and irssi. I've been trying to use the nicklist.pl with irssi in tmux with only half success. I'm currently following the instructions here: Running nicklist with irssi using screen inside tmux?
However it doesn't work every…
Rivasa
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