/m nickname your message | = to send a private message to a nickname. | |
/msg nickname your message | = to send a private message to a nickname. | |
/me your message | Specifies an action. | |
/ping nickname | = ping a nickname (or use the pulldown window) | |
/ver nickname | = query a nicknames version (or use the pulldown window) | |
/whois nickname | = query a nicknames additional data (or use the pulldown window) | |
/who channel | = list the users on a channel (or use the pulldown window) | |
/nick newnickname | = To change your nickname. | |
/join channel | = joins a channel | |
/away : Message | = The AWAY message is used either with one parameter (to set an AWAY message) or with no parameters (to remove the AWAY message) | |
/quit : Message | = Allows you to QUIT the server, and supply a message if you want. IE Gone to Lunch. You can either disconnect from a server with the /quit, or use the disconnect in the Server Options. Note if Auto Server Connection is ON, a /quit, will be followed by ezirc trying to connect to the next server in your list. | |
/part channel | = quit a channel. | |
/notice nick : message | = Sends a msg to a user. The : between nick and msg is required. | |
/ignore nickname duration | = ignores "nickname" for "duration" seconds. | |
/ignore (no parameters) | = display the nicks currently being ignored. | |
/dccsend nickname file | = to send a file to nickname. dccsend nick c:\file | |
/flood num interval restoreseconds | = if num CTCP's are received in interval time, then filter out for restoreseconds | |
/ctcp nickname command | for most other ctcp commands. | |
Almost all of the IRC commands specified in RFC1459 are supported. (for a copy of RFC1459 see http://www.irchelp.org/) Simply prefix the command with a '/'. For example.
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/TOPIC #channel your topic | will change the channels topic. (or use the channel options window) | |
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copy/paste | (ctrl-insert/shift-insert or ctrl-c/ctrl-p) | |
hot key toggle through channel and private windows | (ctrl-x, ctrl-tab) | |
retreive commands | (ctrl-uparrow/ctrl-downarrow) | |
For Alias Commands, you set them up similar to in EZIRC.SCR, only you use EZIRC.ALS, and while you use the commands as /command, in the file you only list 'command.cmd commandstring' IE /greet would be greet.cmd greet NOTE: These files must be in the same path as the command files they refer to. By default they are in \ezirc\script and \ezirc\alias. Any time you edit either of these while the program is running, goto options->setup and hit 'ok'. |
The only files required for operation of this program are EZIRC.EXE = The executable file EZIRC.INI = an INI file (optional) Here are the basic operation and commands for PM IRC. The first option to select is 'Connect To Server' Once your connected into the server, you can now Join channels or execute the various commands of IRC.
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To join a channel do one of the following.
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To leave a channel:
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To List Channels:
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To Save your window positions and sizes:
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To show the users on a channel:
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Options from the channel WhoIsHere window, press the 2nd mouse button, after selecting a line. | |
Most of these options can be selected from ANY window now via the 2nd button after selecting a line with a nickname at the beginning: | |
channel options | Brings up dialog window to change channel options. (you must have operator status @ to do this) |
Private | Start a new window, messages to from this window are only sent to the nickname selected. |
DCC Chat | Start a private DCC chat session. (this is usually faster and more secure that normal private chat) |
Whois | does a /whois command on the selected nickname, results on displayed on the general window. |
Ping | Ping selected nickname |
Version | Query the nicknames version. |
op/deop/kick/ban/unban | perform operation on the selected nickname. |
Here is a short explaination about a few of the fields in the Who Is Here Window for the channels.
Content is: What does it all mean. Well yournick is the nick of the user listed. The H means here, if the user is away, then it will read G. Also if the user is an OPerator, then there will be an @ sign after it. Next comes the IDENT string, this is similar to an email address, but the provider part, is the actual port the user is on, on their provider. The Number after that, indicates the number of HOPS from you to them, the higher the number, the more servers between you. IE a value of 0 means they are on same IRC server as you, 1 means a server directly connected, etc. And lastly, the real name string, this can be anything. When setting your string, a good choice is your First Name and City. ie. Roger (Atlanta) |
When you click the 'who is here' on a channel, it bring ups
a window with the list of users, plus some additional information. As users join, leave, or change nicks, this list is automatically updated.. BUT, only the nickname is displayed. If you want to 'BAN' a user from the channel, and they don't have the 'additional' information, click the 'who is here' to manually refresh the list, then u can select that nick, and perform the 'BAN' function. |
Starting with 1.07, you can go to options->font to change the font. EZIRC will for the most part cut/wrap lines so they stay on the screen without having to use the horizontal scroll bar. Depending on the font you choose, the success of this wrapping changes.. I've seen cases with some proportional fonts, that they don't take advantage of the entire screen width. |
To send a file via DCC:
type at the command line dccsend nickname filename eg. dccsend climbn c:\temp\file.txt To start a DCC chat session.
on most windows,
To Receive DCC files.
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Note: The INI file never needs to be edited by hand. go to options->setup |
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The following options are specified when you connect to a server. |
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server=irc server name | = specify the name of your irc server |
port=6667 | = irc port |
nickname=yournick | = The nickname or handle you will use on IRC. |
realname=your real name | = A Sting that is displayed when others do a whois on you. A good choice for this is 'Name (location)' |
userid=your userid | = Usually your ID on your ISP. |
Setup OptionsIn addition to the above options, the following options are on the options->setup screenauto_connect=no If you want to have EZirc automatically start trying to connect to the server when you start the program. You can set this to yes (see check box in SETUP)
notify=nick1 nick2 nick3 To get notified which of your friends are on IRC, I have a notify list. Specify a list of nicknames to be checked for. Every 10 minutes, the client will display those in this list that are currently connected in. You can change the interval by specifying the number of seconds between checks. ie 600 for 10 minutes. preferred_channels=#channel1 #channel2 #channel3 To avoid having to do a 'List Channels' which can take a *very* long time to get the full response to, there is now a 'Preferred channels' option in the 'Channels' menu. This will only query the channels put on the preferred_channels line in the .ini file.
default_to_top_window=no For private messages directed to you, they will either go:
If you have: default_to_top_window=yes
Likewise, if you have: default_notice_to_top_window=yes autolaunch_private_window=yes When this is enabled, when someone sends you a private message, it will automatically bring up a private window for that user if none exists. NOTE: Going into/outof DCC Chat, is via the existing window for that user. Unlike other IRC prgs, seperate windows are not used for regular PVT chat and DCC chat. The Header for the window will tell you which mode it is in. beep_on_private_msg=yes When this is Enabled, when someone sends you a private message, it will BEEP to let you know a msg has arrived. The window positions can now be saved in the .ini file. Unfortuately, there are cases where if you 'Save Window Positions' multiple times, the .ini file can get corrupted, (only slightly). I recommend that the window options be at the bottom of the .ini file. Below is the format of the lines, and how to create them under 'Options'. I intend to fix this corruption problem sometime.
disc_server_msg=>>searching for lag free servers<< There are 3 msg fields you can enter here. The Kick Msg is what is sent to the nick you kick off a channel. You can only KICK if your an OPerator on a channel. The Away Msg, is what users will see when they send a PVT msg to you, when you mark yourself as away. (See the User Menu for Away and Back. Or '/away : text' to manually set a msg, or '/away' to say i'm back).
dcc_receive_enable=yes EZirc supports Dcc Chat and Dcc Send/Recv. It does not support Dcc Resume. So if you have a problem with sending a file to someone, because of a failure, or existing file of that name. Tell them to overwrite or delete the file, or disable resume on their end. You can Enable or Disable Chat or Receive. For Receive and initial path for sends via the dialog, you can set a path. Received files will go there. (Note: TRAILING \ Required). For the dcc_send_size, you can specify a size from 512 to 2048 bytes.
Setup2 Optionslog_channel=nolog_private=no default_log_path=x:\ezirc\logs\ EZirc can create LOGS of your chat sessions. By Default, these are set to be disabled. Use the Check Boxes on the SETUP2 screen, to enable/disable them. Logs will be written to the LOGs path you enter. The default is x:\ezirc\logs\ Files will be named MAIN for the general window, or for the channel or nickname. flood_control=0 0 0 CTCP Flood Protection can be setup. By default it is off. Use the setting on the SETUP2 screen to define the settings for flood control.
alias_path=x:\ezirc\alias Paths for Scripts and Alias Commands can be defined. If you leave them blank, EZirc will look for the command files in the program directory. Why do you want to use paths? Well as you get more experienced with EZIRC, you will probably add a few scripts (or more), and this allows you to seperate them into Scripts that are triggered by strings on INCOMING text. Or Alias Commands, which are /commmands you define to extend EZirc for your needs. Seperating them, well help you know which type you are working on. While the command files can be seperated, the EZIRC.SCR and EZIRC.ALS files go in the main directory.
sound_player=ab.exe EZirc has support for the CTCP SOUND command. When a SOUND command comes in from remote, EZIRC can play it via the MMplayer. It will assume that the SOUND is in the path you define for sound_invocation. When a sound is played, the player will come up. When finished, just click on close to get rid of the player from your screen. EZirc has no ability to GET files you don't have automatically, or play from multiple paths. If someone plays a sound you don't have you can type '!nickname filename.ext' where nickname is the nick who sent the sound command, and filename.ext is the soundfile. To issue SOUND commands yourself. You type: /sound * filename.ext additionaltext Where the * means current window (or you can type a NICKNAME or Channel) This command is an ALIAS command, see the SOUND.CMD file to see how it works. If you would like to be able to get files you don't have automatically, or have multiple paths. IE c:\mmos2\sounds\ for system sounds and d:\ezirc\sounds\ for sounds you have gotten in IRC. Then pickup the PLAYSND.CMD from the Scripts page on the Web Site. To use PLAYSND.CMD you have to leave the player field BLANK, and add PLAYSND.CMD to the ezirc.scr file, like: PLAYSND.CMD SOUND What can PLAYSND.CMD do? It can:
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EZirc V1.2 provides the tools to allow users to
The first file specifies a list of REXX commands and search strings. |
This file will contain lines of the following format [filename.cmd] [search text string] |
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filename | = REXX program to execute |
search text string | = when this text is received from the irc server it will execute the REXX program specified as 'filename' |
Use a : in the first column for comments Example of lines in EZIRC.SCR
:this is a comment playsnd.cmd SOUND joinch.cmd is joining channelThis will execute the joinch.cmd REXX script when the string 'is joining channel' is seen. EZIRC.ALS is the file that contains the list of ALIAS commands. The format is the same as EZIRC.SCR, but instead of a string, it is just a single word. IE: : Send your greeting line. greet.cmd greet :send a ctcp sound command to another user or to a channel sound.cmd soundTo use an ALIAS command, you type / and the string. You don't enter the / in the EZirc.als file, it is handled by EZirc. See examples below.
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The second type of file is the REXX scripts that are specfied in the EZIRC.SCR
file.
[filename.cmd] The 'return' statement at the end of the rexx program can contain any command or text that a user would normally enter on the command line in EZirc. If the return has no arguement, the script will not execute any IRC command or text. To return multiple commands or text, use the symbol | (vertical bar) to seperate the different commands. resultstr = 'First command or text string|Second command or text string' |
Example 1 of REXX script. (issuing a command) This REXX script is executed as a result of the text *** MyNick is joining channel #chatzone6 *** |
/* First line must be a comment line*/ parse arg channel asteriks nickname restoftext resultstr = '/whois '||nickname||'|Welcome '||nickname||' to channel '||channel return resultstr ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ first command second command |
The resultstr will be /whois MyNick to execute a /whois command on everyone who joins a channel while your there. It will also send a message to that user saying welcome to the channel. |
Example 2 (playing a sound)/*This will play a sound when some issues the */ /* command /CTCP channel SOUND asound.wav */ /* note that there is no arguement on the 'return' statement */ parse arg channel nickname ctcp sound sound = substr(sound,1,length(sound)-1) 'start CALL play file=c:\mmos2\sounds\'sound returnNote: Many of the examples above are from very early in the development. Included in the most current version are far more powerful scripts for some of the add on scripts, and others that can act as a guide for writing your own scripts. Examine these to see how they work. Also look at the SCRIPTS Page for other scripts. |
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When I'm on IRC, I always go by the nickname climbn. Look me up if you have questions.