irssi configuration

1. Set your nick:

   /set nick yournick

2. Connect to a network: Freenode is a great project that hosts alot of open source channels. To connect to a server: /connect irc.freenode.net

3. Join the channel:

   /j #gNewSense

4. automatically joining a network when irssi starts: (add freenode to make connecting quicker in the future)

   /server add -auto -network Freenode irc.freenode.net 6667

5. associate nicks with a network: /network add -nick yournick Freenode

6. automatically join channels in networks:

   /channel add -auto #gnewsense Freenode

7. register your nick with freenode:

   /msg nickserv register [password] [email]

To keep your nick’s email hidden:

 /msg nickserv set hidemail on

1. automatically register with NickServ:

   /msg nickserv identify [password]

   /network add -autosendcmd "/msg nickserv identify password ;wait 2000" Freenode

Basic Commands

/help /j /leave /msg user /away /away(returns) /quit.

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Tips and Tricks

Turn off all joins, parts, quits, afks as these can be distracting:

 /ignore #channelname ALL -PUBLIC -ACTIONS

ignore them in all channels by using * instead of #channelname.

ignore a user for a specific amount of time: /ignore -time 3600 [nick] to ignore them for an hour.

ignore chat room noise

/ignore -channels #chan1,#chan2,#chan3 * JOINS PARTS QUITS NICKS
/ignore -channels #chan1,#chan2,#chan3 -regexp -pattern (away|gone|back|playin|weg|wech|returned) * ACTIONS