User Commands
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• General Commands
- /me does something
- Sends an 'action' message to the channel. If your nickname is Billy and you typed
/me dances around, everyone would see * Billy dances around
- /join #room
- Join a room or channel, so if you wanted to join #support, you would type
/join #support
- /part #room
- The opposite to
/join (leaves the channel), but /part without a #room on the end (/part alone) makes you leave the channel you're in right now.
- /hop
- Leave the channel you're in right now and then join it again. This command is used to become an op/host after receiving permanent access.
- /query nick
- Allows you to send a private message to someone with just their nickname. If you wanted to talk to Bob, you would type
/query Bob
- /notice nick Message.
- Sends a private message to a person, but it shows up on their screen. To say "Hello there!" to Jill, you would type
/notice Jill Hello there!
- /list
- Shows a list of all the non-hidden rooms on the chat (The channels list button does this).
- /quit
- Disconnects from the chat server (The disconnect button does this).
- /msg IRC whois nickname
- A special command which sends a WHOIS request to the chat server. This shows you information about the person that anyone can see using this command. To find information about John you would type
/msg IRC whois John
- /msg IRC names #room
- This is another special command for a bug in the current versions (5.2.3) which fills your list of people on the right as it's supposed to do automatically. To fill the list of people in #main you would type
/msg IRC names #main
• Nickname Commands
- /nick newnickname
- This command changes your nickname. If you wanted to be called CoolDood, you would type
/nick CoolDood
- /register apassword email@address
- This registers your nickname so that other people can't steal it, as well as giving some other privileges. You must replace 'apassword' with a password of your choice and 'email@address' with your email address (Your nickname will be unregistered if not used for 6 weeks). NEVER TELL ANYONE YOUR PASSWORD.
- /identify password
- This command is used to login each time you connect after registering your nickname. Remember the password you used to register, because you need it for this.
- /ns set kill on
- After registering, using this command will make sure that nobody can keep your nickname without logging in with your password.
- /ns group nick password
- If you have a registered nickname and want to join another one to it, change your nickname to the one you wish to add and type this command, replacing 'nick' with the nickname you already registered and 'password' with the password for that nickname.
- /ns set password newpassword
- If you ever show anyone your password accidentally, you must use this command to change it right away. Type everything exactly, except for 'newpass' (Create a new password for that word). To change your password to mongoose, you would type
/ns set password mongoose
- /ns alist
- This command lists all the rooms where you have permanent access, such as op/host (In a private message).
- /ns drop
- This command will unregister the nickname you are currently using.
• Channel Commands
- /register #room password Description
- If your nickname is registered, you can register a room after entering it with
/join, if it's unregistered and you have a @ beside your nickname (NOTE: The description is NOT what you see in a /list command). If you wanted to register a room called #sports with password basketball, you could type /register #sports basketball A room to talk about sport.
- /topic #room A topic goes here.
- This command sets what is seen in a
/list command to attract visitors to your room. If you wanted to change the topic of #boringroom to "Hey, come on in!", you would type /topic #boringroom Hey, come on in! (NOTE: This command is usually limited to ops/hosts in the room)
- !k nick Reason.
- While this technically isn't a command, you can have your channel bot (If it's in your room, see Bot Commands) kick a user out. If you don't give a reason, it just says "Requested".
- !kb nick Reason.
- Same as !k, but the bot bans the user from your room as well.
- !unban nick
- This is also not technically a command, but it removes bans for a user (If they're still online), as long as a channel bot is in your room (See Bot Commands).
- /invite nick #room
- Sends an invitation to 'nick' to join your #room. Please reserve the use of this command to times when your room is using invite-only mode (See Mode Commands).
- /knock #room Message.
- Request to have someone
/invite you to #room with a message, if the room is using invite-only mode (See Mode Commands). To request to enter #secret with a message of "Please let me in.", you would type /knock #secret Please let me in. (NOTE: This won't work if you're banned)
- /cs access #room list
- Shows you the list of people with permanent access in #room (In a private message).
- /cs vop #room add nick
- Adds 'nick' to the permanent access list of #room as a voice/participant, meaning they get a + by their name when they
/join (Swap 'add' with 'del' to delete them from the list).
- /cs hop #room add nick
- Adds 'nick' to the permanent access list of #room as a halfop/helper, meaning they get a % by their name when they
/join (Swap 'add' with 'del' to delete them from the list).
- /cs aop #room add nick
- Adds 'nick' to the permanent access list of #room as an op/host, meaning they get a @ by their name when they
/join (Swap 'add' with 'del' to delete them from the list).
- /cs sop #room add nick
- Adds 'nick' to the permanent access list of #room as an admin, meaning they get a & by their name when they
/join (Swap 'add' with 'del' to delete them from the list).
• Bot Commands
- /bs botlist
- Gives you the list of available channel bots available (In a private message).
- /bs assign #room botnick
- Removes any channel bot you have and makes the bot you typed join. To make Ned_Kelly join #australia, you would type
/bs assign #australia Ned_Kelly
- /bs unassign #room
- Removes the channel bot from #room.
- /bs say #room Message.
- This makes the channel bot say something. To make it say "Hello." in #someroom, you would type
/bs say #someroom Hello.
- /bs act #room Action
- Makes the channel bot send an 'action' message to the channel (See General Commands). If the bot is called Tuxy and you typed
/bs act #someroom dances around everyone would see * Tuxy dances around
• Mode Commands
- /mode #room +i
- This sets #room to invite-only mode. In this mode, you must use
/invite to bring people in (See Channel Commands). (/mode #room -i will remove this mode)
- /mode #room +m
- This makes it so that only people with any of +%@&~ beside their nicknames can talk. (
/mode #room -m will remove this mode)
- /mode #room +G
- This mode will make any bad words be censored in your channel, as well as links. (
/mode #room -G will remove this mode)
- /mode #room +s
- This will hide the channel from /list commands (See General Commands). (
/mode #room -s will remove this mode)
- /mode #room +t
- This will make it so that only ops may edit the room's topic. (
/mode #room -t will remove this mode)
- /mode #room +v nick
- Gives someone temporary status as a voice/participant (+). (
/mode #room -v nick will remove this)
- /mode #room +h nick
- Gives someone temporary status as a halfop/helper (%). (
/mode #room -h nick will remove this)
- /mode #room +o nick
- Gives someone temporary status as an op/host (@). (
/mode #room -o nick will remove this)
- /mode #room +a nick
- Gives someone temporary status as an admin (&). (
/mode #room -a nick will remove this)
- /mode #room +q nick
- Gives someone temporary status as an owner (~). (
/mode #room -q nick will remove this)
• Advanced Channel Commands
- /cs set #room keeptopic on/off
- Keeps topic when room is empty.
/cs set #john keeptopic on would make it so that the topic of #john wouldn't disappear when everyone leaves the room.
- /cs set #room topiclock on/off
- Disables editing of the topic.
/cs set #games topiclock on would make it so nobody could change the topic of #games.
- /cs set #room successor nick
- Sets a successor for a room in case your nickname ever expires (Not used for two months). The nick specified will become founder of your room if your nickname 'drops'.
- /cs set #room xOP on/off
- If set to on, you must use vop/hop/aop/sop commands found in the Channel Commands section above. However, if it is set to off, you can use the following commands.
- /cs access #room add nick level
- Adds 'nick' to the access list of #room at the specified level (When xOP access is disabled). The level is a number between 9999 and -9999.
- Level 3 = voice/participant (+)
- Level 4 = halfop/helper (%)
- Level 5-9 = op/host (@)
- Level 10-9999 = admin (&)
- Level 9999 is now also owner (~)
- /cs access #room del nick
- Deletes 'nick' from access list for #room (When xOP access is disabled).
- /cs levels #room set autovoice -1
- This makes all users entering #room receive a voice/participant (+) status (When xOP access is disabled).
See Gummo for more information or suggestions.
Last updated: 22/10/2011, 1:14am (GMT+10)