alias [alias_name [command [arguments]]
create an alias for a command
alias_name: name of alias
command: command name (WeeChat or IRC command, without first '/')
arguments: arguments for command
buffer [action | number | [[server] [channel]]]
manage buffers
action: action to do:
move: move buffer in the list (may be relative, for example -1)
close: close buffer (for channel: same as /part without part message)
list: list opened buffers (no parameter implies this list)
notify: set notify level for buffer (0=never, 1=highlight, 2=1+msg, 3=2+join/part)
server
channel: jump to buffer by server and/or channel name
number: jump to buffer by number
charset [(decode_iso | decode_utf | encode) charset]
change charset for server or channel
decode_iso: charset used for decoding ISO
decode_utf: charset used for decoding UTF
encode: charset used for encoding messages
charset: charset to use (for example: ISO-8859-15, UTF-8,..)
clear [-all]
clear window(s)
-all: clear all windows
connect [servername]
connect to a server
servername: server name to connect
disconnect [servername]
disconnect from a server
servername: server name to disconnect
debug dump | windows
print debug messages
dump: save memory dump in WeeChat log file (same dump is written when WeeChat crashes)
windows: display windows tree
help [command]
display help about commands
command: name of a WeeChat or IRC command
history [clear | value]
show buffer command history
clear: clear history
value: number of history entries to show
ignore [mask [[type | command] [channel [server]]]]
ignore IRC messages and/or hosts
mask: nick or host mask to ignore
type: type of message to ignore (action, ctcp, dcc, pv)
command: IRC command
channel: name of channel for ignore
server: name of server for ignore
For each argument, '*' means all.
Without argument, /ignore command lists all defined ignore.
key [key function/command] [unbind key] [functions] [reset -yes]
bind/unbind keys
key: bind this key to an internal function or a command (beginning by "/")
unbind: unbind a key
functions: list internal functions for key bindings
reset: restore bindings to the default values and delete ALL personal bindings (use carefully!)
plugin [load filename] | [autoload] | [reload] | [unload]
list/load/unload plugins
filename: WeeChat plugin (file) to load
Without argument, /plugin command lists all loaded plugins.
server [servername] | [servername hostname port [-auto | -noauto] [-ipv6] [-ssl] [-pwd password] [-nicks nick1 nick2 nick3] [-username username] [-realname realname] [-command command] [-autojoin channel[,channel]] ] | [del servername]
list, add or remove servers
servername: server name, for internal and display use
hostname: name or IP address of server
port: port for server (integer)
ipv6: use IPv6 protocol
ssl: use SSL protocol
password: password for server
nick1: first nick for server
nick2: alternate nick for server
nick3: second alternate nick for server
username: user name
realname: real name of user
save [file]
save config to disk
file: filename for writing config
set [option [ = value]]
set config parameters
option: name of an option (if name is full and no value is given, then help is displayed on option)
value: value for option
unalias alias_name
remove an alias
alias_name: name of alias to remove
unignore [number | [mask [[type | command] [channel [server]]]]]
unignore IRC messages and/or hosts
number: # of ignore to unignore (number is displayed by list of ignore)
mask: nick or host mask to unignore
type: type of message to unignore (action, ctcp, dcc, pv)
command: IRC command
channel: name of channel for unignore
server: name of server for unignore
For each argument, '*' means all.
Without argument, /unignore command lists all defined ignore.
upgrade
upgrade WeeChat without disconnecting from servers
This command run again WeeChat binary, so it should have been compiled installed with a package manager before running this command.
uptime [-o]
show WeeChat uptime
-o: send uptime on current channel as an IRC message
window [list | -1 | +1 | b# | up | down | left | right | splith [pct] | splitv [pct] | resize pct | merge [all]]
manage windows
list: list opened windows (no parameter implies this list)
-1: jump to previous window
+1: jump to next window
b#: jump to next window displaying buffer number #
up: switch to window above current one
down: switch to window below current one
left: switch to window on the left
right: switch to window on the right
splith: split current window horizontally
splitv: split current window vertically
resize: resize window size, new size is pct%% of parent window
merge: merge window with another (all = keep only one window)
For splith and splitv, pct is a pourcentage which represents size of new window, computed with current window as size reference. For example 25 means create a new window with size = current_size / 4