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Irssi: Using ALT + # to switch windows works for all windows but the first one
Somewhat of a bizarre issue, I'm using irssi in iterm3, and I have iterm set to read the left escape key as "+ESC" as this is how I've gotten irssi to recognize pressing option and a number key to switch windows. However recently, while this works as usual for switching to windows 2 or higher, I can...
Somewhat of a bizarre issue, I'm using irssi in iterm3, and I have iterm set to read the left escape key as "+ESC" as this is how I've gotten irssi to recognize pressing option and a number key to switch windows. However recently, while this works as usual for switching to windows 2 or higher, I can't use this shortcut to switch to window 1. I have to type out /window 1 every time I want the main window.
Anybody have this issue, or know where to look? I can't see any conflicting shortcuts in iterm or anything.
jaxreiff
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Aug 20, 2016, 08:13 AM
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How to configure irssi to automatically reconnect upon disconnection?
I am facing frequent disconnection due to connection issues maybe Irssi: warning SSL read error: server closed connection unexpectedly 10:40 -!- Irssi: Connection lost to chat.freenode.net How to configure irssi to reconnect automatically?
I am facing frequent disconnection due to connection issues maybe
Irssi: warning SSL read error: server closed connection unexpectedly
10:40 -!- Irssi: Connection lost to chat.freenode.net
How to configure irssi to reconnect automatically?
ma08
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Feb 13, 2020, 05:10 AM
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How to highlight a person in irssi?
I'd like irssi to highlight all messages from a specific nickname. How can I accomplish this?
I'd like irssi to highlight all messages from a specific nickname. How can I accomplish this?
Anna
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Dec 29, 2012, 07:31 PM
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disable beep/bell notification from irssi when terminal in focus?
In `irssi`, it is easy to enable bells on notifications (mentions, or direct messages) with the following command: `/SET beep_msg_level MSGS HILIGHT DCCMSGS` However; this does just that. It sends beeps on highlights, and private messages — regardless of terminal state. Is there a way to continue to...
In
irssi, it is easy to enable bells on notifications (mentions, or direct messages) with the following command:
/SET beep_msg_level MSGS HILIGHT DCCMSGS
However; this does just that. It sends beeps on highlights, and private messages — regardless of terminal state. Is there a way to continue to receive beeps, but only if the terminal window is not in focus? It does not make much sense to receive beeps in a private chat if you're already actively chatting.
I am using Bash on macOS.
marked-down
(431 rep)
Mar 2, 2018, 08:16 AM
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How can I connect to the same server in multiple irssi instances?
I have an irssi session which is connected to Freenode (via `/server fn`), in which I am in multiple related channels. This session is inside of a tmux instance which has other terminals, also related to this topic. I have set irssi to automatically authenticate me via NickServ. Now I want to open a...
I have an irssi session which is connected to Freenode (via
/server fn), in which I am in multiple related channels. This session is inside of a tmux instance which has other terminals, also related to this topic. I have set irssi to automatically authenticate me via NickServ.
Now I want to open a completely separate terminal and connect to Freenode via irssi again, so I can join an unrelated channel. However, when I open irssi and /server fn again, it fails to authenticate me as I am already connected to the server in the other irssi session.
I can connect to the same server with different authenticated accounts, but I want to have multiple irssi instances authenticated with the same account.
Is there any way I can be connected to the same server (but have different channels open) in two separate irssi instances?
Doorknob
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May 24, 2015, 05:43 PM
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Copy text in remote tmux/irrsi to local machine
I have my IRC setup done in the following way: my VPS runs `tmux`, which runs an instance of `irssi`. I connect to my VPS using `mosh`, which is SSH over UDP. Now, when someone posts a link in an IRC channel, I cannot right click on the link, nor copy it to my local clipboard. Currently I am copying...
I have my IRC setup done in the following way: my VPS runs
tmux, which runs an instance of irssi. I connect to my VPS using mosh, which is SSH over UDP.
Now, when someone posts a link in an IRC channel, I cannot right click on the link, nor copy it to my local clipboard. Currently I am copying it through the copy mode builtin into tmux to a file in opened in vim, which I save and view outside of tmux, where I can copy it into my local clipboard and visit it.
How can I make it possible to directly click on the link inside irssi inside tmux? Or at least make it possible to select the text and copy it. Before someone is suggesting xclip or something, that would not be easily work as I would have to navigate inside tmux to the right section in my window.
To clarify:
I can right click on links in irssi when I SSH into my server. It does not work when I SSH into my server and open irssi inside tmux. But on my local machine, it can right click on links when I open irssi in tmux. I tried it inside xfce4-terminal and gnome-terminal, behavior is the same.
Eloy
(135 rep)
Dec 16, 2018, 12:24 AM
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irssi: how to hide names when joining channel?
In irssi, every time I join a channel, a full listing of names is displayed. This is particularly annoying when channels are re-joined due to connection issues (slack irc gateways are particularly problematic for this). Is there any way to hide, suppress or redirect this name output to a different w...
In irssi, every time I join a channel, a full listing of names is displayed. This is particularly annoying when channels are re-joined due to connection issues (slack irc gateways are particularly problematic for this).
Is there any way to hide, suppress or redirect this name output to a different window?
cuvy
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Feb 28, 2018, 12:24 AM
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Having a persistent IRC client
I would like to have an IRC client (running on a server that I have SSH access to) be persistent on the server without disconnecting from the rooms and servers I joined. In other words, I want to be able to SSH into a server, check messages on the IRC client, disconnect from the SSH server, without...
I would like to have an IRC client (running on a server that I have SSH access to) be persistent on the server without disconnecting from the rooms and servers I joined. In other words, I want to be able to SSH into a server, check messages on the IRC client, disconnect from the SSH server, without ever leaving the chatrooms.
How can I achieve that? I'm using
irssi and thought about somehow nohup'ing it, but I can't see how that would work.
Abdul
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Jun 22, 2017, 03:08 AM
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Irssi color window name on activity
How I can change the colors of the channel names which are active ? (some other user is interacting on that channel) [![enter image description here][1]][1] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/RKIZe.png
How I can change the colors of the channel names which are active ? (some other user is interacting on that channel)
astropanic
(221 rep)
Nov 14, 2016, 08:17 PM
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Irssi, identical rooms on two servers
I connect to two servers with my irssi irc client at the same time. Let's call them serverA and serverB. Both servers have a chat room called #xyz. However when I join #xyz it only connects me to the room on serverA. But I want to connect to the irc room with the same name on serverB. Is it possible...
I connect to two servers with my irssi irc client at the same time. Let's call them serverA and serverB. Both servers have a chat room called #xyz. However when I join #xyz it only connects me to the room on serverA. But I want to connect to the irc room with the same name on serverB. Is it possible to do that?
Mario Kamenjak
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Nov 2, 2016, 01:54 PM
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IRSSI notifier - by pulling method
Is there an option in irssi to **get state about new unread private and public messages** by external application. If there is such option, i could periodically read that info from my bash script and do what i want with that, on any local or remote computer, when i want. notify.pl (irssi-libnotify)...
Is there an option in irssi to **get state about new unread private and public messages** by external application.
If there is such option, i could periodically read that info from my bash script and do what i want with that, on any local or remote computer, when i want.
notify.pl (irssi-libnotify) is great if you want to send notify to ONE X-server. It works for remote X-Server too. But impossible for multiple notify-clients, because it is EVENT-driven, when new message arrive, script must do something and information disappears (that is i think called PUSH strategy).
for implementing PULLing (like mail pop or imap notifiers does for example), only thing that is needed is new-mesages-status... if it is available to external app, or at least to inside perl scripts (in documentation i only saw events - not status)
Asain Kujovic
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Oct 12, 2015, 05:52 AM
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Is there a way to delay irssi's channel re-join during reconnect until after auth has occurred?
When I am connected to an invite-only channel and I experience a network outage, there's a race condition between automatic auth'ing and rejoining channels. (ETA: If it matters, I'm using CertFP (client SSL cert) to auth.) If auth is too slow, irssi removes the windows for invite-only channels. Is t...
When I am connected to an invite-only channel and I experience a network outage, there's a race condition between automatic auth'ing and rejoining channels. (ETA: If it matters, I'm using CertFP (client SSL cert) to auth.) If auth is too slow, irssi removes the windows for invite-only channels.
Is there a way to delay channel reconnect, or in some other way solve this race condition?
(If I can't, as an alternative I would at least like to keep irssi from closing the windows!)
I answer wrong - have fun
(223 rep)
Jun 10, 2016, 01:34 AM
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Is it possible to change a server tag in irssi? How?
I've been connected a few IRC nets for months and somehow one of them got a screwy server tag. I'd like to be able to rename it. Is this possible?
I've been connected a few IRC nets for months and somehow one of them got a screwy server tag. I'd like to be able to rename it. Is this possible?
Bolwerk
(181 rep)
Jul 3, 2016, 03:11 AM
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Sending notifications from irssi to wmii
So this is two questions in one. Simply setting `PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]2;BLAH\007"` will change an xterm titlebar to the string "BLAH", even under wmii. Of course, I can also change the command to write directly, using `echo "BLAH" | wmiir write /clients/sel/label` to achieve the same resul...
So this is two questions in one.
Simply setting
PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]2;BLAH\007" will change an xterm titlebar to the string "BLAH", even under wmii. Of course, I can also change the command to write directly, using echo "BLAH" | wmiir write /clients/sel/label to achieve the same result.
However it's not clear to me of it's possible to change the color scheme (i.e., wmiir xwrite /some/path/ctl WMII_COLORS) to a specific out-of-focus tiled client under WMII. If anyone has a patch to do be able to do this, I'd be grateful. Worse comes to worse, it's easy enough to trigger the menubar to 'flash', or the tag in question, using the wmiir write method on /lbar or /rbar.
On the other hand, is there a way to generate a specific event that wmii or the calling shell can recognize while using irssi? If I can't change colors, simply changing the title via the shell variable would be enough. I'd also be happy with any method of triggering a local script on irc events, like receiving a private message or someone in-channel using my nick.
My goal is to make the window/client/tile in question simply "flash" a different color when receiving new messages. As I'm running this all on a BSD inside a VM (FreeBSD 10.2 on a Parallels image running under Mac OS X, access via VNC) the usual notification schema aren't available.
Ryder
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Jun 1, 2016, 08:45 PM
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IRSSI: Disable bell on activity in certain channel
I use **IRSSI** (*Win 8.1 x64* + *cygwin* + *SSH* to remote host, sometimes via *putty* instead of cygwin) and it's configured to flash taskbar button whenever there's activity in any channel or private chat. There's a bot in one of the channels I'm in which frequently sends some information to the...
I use **IRSSI** (*Win 8.1 x64* + *cygwin* + *SSH* to remote host, sometimes via *putty* instead of cygwin) and it's configured to flash taskbar button whenever there's activity in any channel or private chat.
There's a bot in one of the channels I'm in which frequently sends some information to the channel and I don't want to be notified about that. Using ignore on this bot isn't helpful because ignored lines don't get printed in the channel or save to the logs - and I still need that info.
Is it possible to disable bell/taskbar flashing ONLY for a certain channel or a single user in that channel?
ccx
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Feb 29, 2016, 07:08 PM
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Difference between /wc and /part in irssi IRC client
What is the difference between `/wc`(closes the current window) and `/part`(parting the channel) commands in `irssi` IRC client? I am aware that in some occasions `/part` does not close a window(for example if connection with IRC server is lost or if it is not a channel window which one tries to clo...
What is the difference between
/wc(closes the current window) and /part(parting the channel) commands in irssi IRC client? I am aware that in some occasions /part does not close a window(for example if connection with IRC server is lost or if it is not a channel window which one tries to close), but in general, what is the difference between those two seemingly nearly identical commands?
Martin
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Nov 30, 2015, 08:51 AM
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Are there any command line IRC clients that use readline?
I'm currently using `irssi` as my irc client, which is ok, mostly, but there are a couple of things that would make the chat experience better: 1. `readline` support -- the ability to use `vi` key bindings in chat like I do *everywhere else* would be good. 2. Tab completion on nicks that *doesn't* a...
I'm currently using
irssi as my irc client, which is ok, mostly, but there are a couple of things that would make the chat experience better:
1. readline support -- the ability to use vi key bindings in chat like I do *everywhere else* would be good.
2. Tab completion on nicks that *doesn't* add a space after the nick, so that I can add punctuation without hitting the backspace key.
I tried googling for IRC readline, but the results were disappointing . Does anyone know of a commandline irc client which has readline support, or know of a way to configure irssi to use it?
Barton Chittenden
(409 rep)
May 15, 2015, 12:30 PM
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Screens die even though process is still running
I have a problem with running an irssi in a screen session on a tomato usb router setup. Screen reports session as dead, even though the process is still running (both for screen and irssi) Screen reports this There are screens on: 8387.pts-0.aum (Dead ???) 5331.pts-1.aum (Dead ???) And ps 5331 roma...
I have a problem with running an irssi in a screen session on a tomato usb router setup. Screen reports session as dead, even though the process is still running (both for screen and irssi)
Screen reports this
There are screens on:
8387.pts-0.aum (Dead ???)
5331.pts-1.aum (Dead ???)
And ps
5331 roman 1880 S {screen} SCREEN
5332 roman 1604 S /bin/sh
5334 roman 9492 S irssi
Is there any way to fix this or at least to attach to a ghost session?
r0x0r
(121 rep)
Mar 25, 2015, 06:59 AM
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How do I show current users in a channel in a panel on the right in irssi
How do I show current users in a channel in a panel on the right in irssi? I have tried googling for this but could not find anything. The screenshot here: http://irssi.org/themefiles/mursu.png shows what I am referring to. I did think it was part of the theme logic but upon activating a theme it ha...
How do I show current users in a channel in a panel on the right in irssi?
I have tried googling for this but could not find anything. The screenshot here: 
shows what I am referring to.
I did think it was part of the theme logic but upon activating a theme it has only changed the colours.
I am new to irssi and would appreciate the xchat-like interface of showing the users without the need to type /names .
Thanks!
shows what I am referring to.
I did think it was part of the theme logic but upon activating a theme it has only changed the colours.
I am new to irssi and would appreciate the xchat-like interface of showing the users without the need to type /names .
Thanks!
BenValjean
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Mar 3, 2015, 06:11 PM
• Last activity: Mar 3, 2015, 06:32 PM
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How to send system messages to irssi?
I use Irssi together with bitlbee as my overall communication interface (IRC, GTalk, Twitter, XMPP …). Whenever you can speak of something being a message I try to bring it into irssi. Up to now my setup uses libnotify to forward system messages to i3 wm, but considering the basic approach described...
I use Irssi together with bitlbee as my overall communication interface (IRC, GTalk, Twitter, XMPP …). Whenever you can speak of something being a message I try to bring it into irssi.
Up to now my setup uses libnotify to forward system messages to i3 wm, but considering the basic approach described before I would also like system messages to appear in a window in irssi.
I tried to figure out how this could work but still lack a general approach.
Cutú Chiqueño
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Dec 16, 2014, 04:49 PM
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