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authorGeert Hauwaerts <geert@hauwaerts.be>2014-08-05 22:00:30 +0200
committerGeert Hauwaerts <geert@hauwaerts.be>2014-08-05 22:00:30 +0200
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Syntax rewrite of U-Z commands
Rewrote the syntax documentation of U-Z commands.
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+%9Syntax:%9
+
@SYNTAX:whois@
-Shows whois information of the specified nick.
-By default, this is aliased to /WI.
+%9Parameters:%9
+
+ -<server tag>: The server tag the target nickname is on.
+
+ The remote server to query and the nicknames; if no remote server is given,
+ the server you are connected to will be used. If no nickname is given, you
+ will query yourself.
+
+%9Description:%9
+
+ Displays information about users in the specified channel; you may give the
+ same nickname as the argument twice to also query the idle time.
+
+ If the nickname is not online, the WHOWAS command will be automatically
+ performed.
-/WHOIS nick1 nick1 also queries the idle time of
-the user. This is aliased to /WII by default.
+%9Examples:%9
-If given nick is not in the IRC, irssi automatically
-sends a WHOWAS query. Read carefully the reply to see
-if it is a WHOIS or WHOWAS reply.
+ /WHOIS
+ /WHOIS mike
+ /WHOIS ircsource.irssi.org bob
+ /WHOIS sarah sarah
-See also: WHO, CHANNEL
+%9See also:%9 CHANNEL, NAMES, WHO, WHOWAS