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diff --git a/docs/faq.txt b/docs/faq.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..719fbb9a --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/faq.txt @@ -0,0 +1,124 @@ + Frequently Asked Questions + +Q: Why doesn’t irssi display colors even when ircii etc. displays them? +A: They force ANSI colors even if terminal doesn’t support them. By default, + irssi uses colors only if terminfo/termcap so says. The correct way to fix this + would be to change your TERM environment to a value where colors work, like + xterm-color or color_xterm (eg. TERM=xterm-color irssi). If this doesn’t help, + then use the evil way of /SET term_force_colors ON. + +Q: How do I easily write text to channel that starts with ‘/’ character? +A: / /text + +Q: Why doesn’t irssi update my realname (or whatever) after I change it with / + SET realname and reconnect with /RECONNECT or /SERVER? +A: Irssi is trying to be too smart. This will be fixed in future, but for now + you should use /DISCONNECT and /CONNECT. + +Q: I connected to some server which isn’t responding but now irssi tries to + connect back to it all the time! How can I stop it? +A: Two ways. The “good way” to do it is with /DISCONNECT. Check the server tags + first with /SERVER without giving it any parameters, reconnections are those + that have tag starting with “recon” text. So most probably you’re going to do / + DISCONNECT recon-1. The other way is to remove all the reconnections with / + RMRECONNS, easier but may remove some connections you actually wanted to + reconnect (if you used multiple servers..). + +Q: How do I add seconds to timestamp? +A: /FORMAT timestamp {timestamp %%H:%%M:%%S} - and remember to add the trailing + space :) + +Q: Why does irssi say “Irssi: Channel not fully synchronized yet, try again + after a while” when I try to use /BAN etc? +A: Possibly a bug in irssi, or ircd you’re using does something that irssi + didn’t really notice. The new code should make this happen far less often than + before, but one known reason for this is when irssi doesn’t notice that you + were unable to join some channel. Currently however I don’t know of any such + events irssi doesn’t know about. + + Anyway, if this does happen, do /RAWLOG SAVE ~/rawlog soon after joining to + channel, and either try to figure out yourself why irssi didn’t get reply to + WHO request, or open a Github issue with the full log included. Note that the + rawlog is by default only 200 lines and it may not be enough to show all needed + information, so you might want to do /SET rawlog_lines 1000 or so. + + MODE +b still works fine though. + +Q: Where’s the GUI version? +A: There was one on [1]irssi-import/xirssi but it has not been maintained for a + long time. + +Q: How do I autorejoin channels after being kicked? +A: That’s evil and you shouldn’t do it. If you get kicked, you should stay out, + at least until the channel forgot you existed :) Most channels I’ve joined just + ban you if you autorejoin after kick. If you’re joined to channels who kick + people for fun, try changing channels or something. + + Anyway, if you REALLY want to do that, and you understand that you’re doing + evilness, you can use the autorejoin.pl script that comes with irssi. You’ll + still need to specify the channels you wish to rejoin with /SET + autorejoin_channels #chan1 #chan2 ... + +Q: How do I announce that I’m away/back in all channels I’ve joined? Or how do + I change my nick when setting myself away/back? +A: That’s even worse than autorejoin. Who could possibly care every time you + come and go? Many channels will kick you for using this, and I for example have + added several ignores so I’d never need to see these messages. Learn to use / + AWAY command properly and tell its existence to people who don’t know about it. + /WII yournick shows your away reason much better for people who actually want + to know if you’re there or not. + +Q: Why does irssi autojoin on invite by default? +A: The setting is /SET join_auto_chans_on_invite - it’s not the same as regular + autojoin-on-invite, which irssi doesn’t even have. The only channels that are + joined on invite, are the ones you’ve added to config with /CHANNEL ADD -auto. + This is very useful with +i channels when you need to first send an invite + request to bot, or if you get accidentally kicked from channel, the kicker can + invite you back immediately. + + I don’t see any bad side effects with this feature, so it’s ON by default. I + guess someone could start kicking/inviting you all the time but server + connection shouldn’t drop because of that, and you shouldn’t join channels + whose operators are that evil. + +Q: How to make UTF-8 support work with irssi? +A: Make sure your terminal supports UTF-8 (for example, xterm -u8). If you use + screen, you may have to do screen -U. And in Irssi do /SET term_charset utf-8. + (for 0.8.9 and older: /SET term_type utf-8) + +Q: Will there be /DETACH-like feature? +A: [2]tmux, [3]screen and [4]dtach can be used to do it just fine. + +Q: How do I run scripts automatically at startup? +A: Put them into ~/.irssi/scripts/autorun/ directory. Or better would be if you + placed them in ~/.irssi/scripts/ and created symlinks to autorun directory (eg. + cd ~/.irssi/scripts/autorun/ ; ln -s ../script.pl .) + +Q: How do I execute commands automatically at startup? +A: Put them into ~/.irssi/startup file, each command on its own line. The + preceding slash (/) is not necessary. + +Q: How do I easily edit existing topic? +A: /TOPIC <tab> + +Q: How can I have /WHOIS replies to active window? +A: You can disable the status window, or do /WINDOW LEVEL -CRAP in it which + would also make several other messages show up in active window. You can also + use a [5]script. + +Q: How do I add the active network to the statusbar +A: Modify the window-line in statusbar section in config file to window = "{sb + $winref:$tag/$T{sbmode $M}}"; + +Q: How to pronounce Irssi? +A: Check [6]here + + + References: + + [1] https://github.com/irssi-import/xirssi + [2] http://tmux.github.io/ + [3] http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/screen.html + [4] http://dtach.sf.net/ + [5] http://dgl.cx/irssi/hack-whois-in-current-window.pl + [6] https://irssi.org/assets/irssi.wav |