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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>== irssi ==<br />
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Irssi - The client of the future - http://irssi.org/<br />
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== install ==<br />
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# CentOS (RPM based)<br />
yum install irssi<br />
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# Ubuntu (APT based)<br />
apt-get install irssi<br />
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== Guides ==<br />
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Irssi quickstart guide - http://linuxreviews.org/software/irc/irssi/<br />
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Guide to using Screen and Irssi - http://carina.org.uk/screenirssi.shtml<br />
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Irssi - The client of the future - http://irssi.org/documentation/faq<br />
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Irssi - The client of the future - http://irssi.org/beginner/<br />
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IRC Anonymity Guide - Encrypt Everything - https://encrypteverything.ca/IRC_Anonymity_Guide<br />
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Irssi - ArchWiki - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/irssi<br />
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== commands ==<br />
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server management:<br />
/connect <server> # connect to server<br />
/disconnect # disconnect from server<br />
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program management:<br />
/exit # quit program<br />
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channel management:<br />
/join #<channel> # /j join channel<br />
/part # /pa leave channel<br />
/list # list channels<br />
/topic <topic> # set channel topic<br />
/topic # show channel topic<br />
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self management:<br />
/nick <nick> # change nick name<br />
/away <msg> # set away message<br />
/away # cancel away<br />
/set real_name <name> # set real name on load, need to reconnect<br />
/set user_name <name> # set user name on load, need to reconnect<br />
/set nick <nick> # set nick on load, need to reconnect<br />
/set hostname <name> # set hostname on load, need to reconnect<br />
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message management:<br />
/msg <nick> <msg> # /m message someone<br />
/query <nick> # /q private channel<br />
/me <msg> # perform action<br />
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user management:<br />
/who <nick> # basic info<br />
/who # list users (on 0)<br />
/whois <nick> # more info<br />
/names # /n list users<br />
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windows management:<br />
alt + [#]<br />
/window move [new#] # move window<br />
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scroll back:<br />
/clear # /c clear window<br />
/scrollback clear # /sb c - clear window scrollback<br />
[pgup] or [pgdown] # scroll up/down window scrollback<br />
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anonymity: [https://encrypteverything.ca/IRC_Anonymity_Guide]<br />
/ignore * CTCPS<br />
/ignore * DCC<br />
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Config:<br />
/save<br />
/layout save<br />
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Execute shell command:<br />
/exec ls / # execute shell command<br />
/exec -o ls / # execute shell command and send output to channel<br />
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== config ==<br />
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/set real_name Kenneth<br />
/set user_name Kenneth<br />
/set nick Kenneth<br />
/set hostname hidden.i2p<br />
/save<br />
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~/.irssi/config<br />
<pre><br />
...<br />
settings = {<br />
core = {<br />
real_name = "iamlost";<br />
user_name = "iamlost";<br />
nick = "iamlost";<br />
hostname = "hidden.i2p";<br />
};<br />
};<br />
...<br />
</pre><br />
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Connect:<br />
irssi -c irc<br />
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== Connect and Join Channel on Startup ==<br />
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irssi<br />
/server add -auto -network fn chat.freenode.net<br />
/network add -nick USER -autosendcmd "/msg NickServ identify PASSWORD; wait 6000" fn<br />
/channel add -auto #SOMECHANNEL fn<br />
/channel add -auto #SOMECHANNEL fn<br />
/save<br />
/quit<br />
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replace USER, PASSWORD, SOMECHANNEL with your details<br />
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Now when you start irssi it will auto connect and join the listed channels<br />
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References:<br />
* Irssi - ArchWiki - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Irssi<br />
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== Modules ==<br />
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=== Spell Check ===<br />
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# install epel (aspell-en, perl-Text-Aspell)<br />
yum install aspell aspell-en perl-Text-Aspell<br />
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cd ~/.irssi/scripts/<br />
wget http://scripts.irssi.org/scripts/spellcheck.pl<br />
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irssi<br />
/script load spellcheck.pl<br />
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# have script autoload:<br />
mkdir -p .irssi/scripts/autorun ; ln -s ../spellcheck.pl .irssi/scripts/autorun/spellcheck.pl<br />
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source: http://scripts.irssi.org/<br />
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== keywords ==<br />
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[[Category:IRC]]</div>
Kenneth