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@ifinfo @node Top, Introduction, (dir), (dir) @comment node-name, next, previous, up @top ZenIRC Info Pages @end ifinfo

Waste time on IRC using ZenIRC

With ZenIRC you can connect to IRC servers and waste time. ZenIRC runs under Emacs-18, Emacs-19, Epoch and XEmacs. This manual describes ZenIRC version 3.0.

@menu * Introduction:: * Using ZenIRC to waste time.:: * It's working:: * Function Index::

--- The Detailed Node Listing ---

Introduction

* Finding an IRC server and connecting to it.::

Finding an IRC server and connecting to it.

* Changing default server (and attributes).:: * Those servers are all down.:: * The server doesn't let me on?!::

Changing default server (and attributes).

* The $IRCSERVER way.:: * The zenirc-server-alist way.:: * Using ordinary variables.::

Using ZenIRC to waste time.

* What goes on in the background? :: * Commands in ZenIRC major-mode.:: * Keybindings in ZenIRC major-mode.::

What goes on in the background?

* Communicating with the server.:: * Server communicating with you.::

Commands in ZenIRC major-mode.

* Non ZenIRC specific commands.:: * ZenIRC specific commands.:: @end menu

@node Introduction, Using ZenIRC to waste time., Top, Top @comment node-name, next, previous, up @chapter Introduction

If ZenIRC is installed properly, starting ZenIRC without any extensions is fairly easy--you just type `M-x zenirc' in your Emacs.

If ZenIRC isn't installed at all, you probably won't be able to read this manual. Turn to the "INSTALL" file which comes with the distribution of ZenIRC-3.0.

If ZenIRC is installed but you still can't start it, there's a big chance that you can't connect to the default server.

@menu * Finding an IRC server and connecting to it.:: @end menu

@node Finding an IRC server and connecting to it., , Introduction, Introduction @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Finding an IRC server and connecting to it.

There's only one default server for ZenIRC, irc.stealth.net. This server might, of course, be down or unreachable. If this is so, you need to connect to another server for ZenIRC to work.

ZenIRC comes with a list of servers maintained by Doug McLaren. The list is from 1996-04-15 so it might not be correct. This list is posted to the Usenet group alt.irc and alt.irc.questions twice a month and a copy of it can be found via anonymous FTP at
ftp.comco.com:/pub/irc/server-list-current

@menu * Changing default server (and attributes).:: * Those servers are all down.:: * The server doesn't let me on?!:: @end menu

@node Changing default server (and attributes)., Those servers are all down., Finding an IRC server and connecting to it., Finding an IRC server and connecting to it. @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection Changing default server (and attributes).

There's three different ways to change your default server. They're listed below in the prefered order. If you use example 1.1.1.1 or 1.1.1.2 you'll get some redundancy example 1.1.1.3 can't give you. 1.1.1.3 is good if you want to start right away and set things up later on in life.

@menu * The $IRCSERVER way.:: * The zenirc-server-alist way.:: * Using ordinary variables.:: @end menu

@node The $IRCSERVER way., The zenirc-server-alist way., Changing default server (and attributes)., Changing default server (and attributes). @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection The $IRCSERVER way.

By setting your environment variable $IRCSERVER you also change the default servers for most other IRC clients around. How to set this variable is different in different shells.

sh, bash, zsh; IRCSERVER="some.server";export IRCSERVER csh, tcsh; setenv IRCSERVER "some.server"

ZenIRC uses this variable just like ircII. The correct syntax is;

server1[:port1[:password1[:nickname1[:username1]]]] server2[:port2...

To set your default server to irc.stealth.net with the nickname `ben' and your secondary server to irc.funet.fi on port 6666 with the nickname Vesa you would set $IRCSERVER to;

irc.stealth.net:::ben: irc.funet.fi:6666::Vesa:

@node The zenirc-server-alist way., Using ordinary variables., The $IRCSERVER way., Changing default server (and attributes). @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection The zenirc-server-alist way.

By setting the ZenIRC variable zenirc-server-alist you can do the same thing as with $IRCSERVER, this way you won't have the same defaults for other clients though.

To do exactly as the example in 1.1.1.1, you should set zenirc-server-alist as follows;

@example (setq zenirc-server-alist '(("irc.stealth.net" nil nil "ben" nil) ("irc.funet.fi" 6666 nil "Vesa" nil))) @end example

@node Using ordinary variables., , The zenirc-server-alist way., Changing default server (and attributes). @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsubsection Using ordinary variables.

The only thing you actually _need_ to set is zenirc-server-default.

To set your default server, use zenirc-server-default;

@example (setq zenirc-server-default "irc.stealth.net") @end example

To set your default nickname, use zenric-nick-default;

@example (setq zenirc-nick-default "ben") @end example

To set your default password, use zenric-password-default;

@example (setq zenirc-password-default "mostly not used") @end example

To set your default port, use zenirc-port-default;

@example (setq zenirc-port-default 6667) @end example

To set your default username, use zenirc-user-login-name-default; @example (setq zenirc-user-login-name-default "oedipus rpc.rexd") @end example

@node Those servers are all down., The server doesn't let me on?!, Changing default server (and attributes)., Finding an IRC server and connecting to it. @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection Those servers are all down.

If you don't want to restart Emacs and ZenIRC to try a new server, type `M-x zenirc-select' and you will be asked a few questions.

@node The server doesn't let me on?!, , Those servers are all down., Finding an IRC server and connecting to it. @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection The server doesn't let me on?!

The IRC administrators might not want people from everywhere to connect to his server. I'd recomend you to use an as closeby server as possible. The list of servers lists the server by country, the best shot would be to use one as close to you as possible.

There's also a possiblity that the admin has banned your domain. If this is true, talk to your system administrator about it.

Some servers won't let you connect if your system isn't running an IDENT service. This breaks the RFC for IDENT so be sure to tell the administrator of the server about this idiocy, then go on and pick a better server.

@node Using ZenIRC to waste time., It's working, Introduction, Top @comment node-name, next, previous, up @chapter Using ZenIRC to waste time.

Once you've conected to a server, Emacs will enter ZenIRC major-mode. This mode parses information from the server and shows it to you in different ways, it also give you a nice interface to send things to the server. ZenIRCs major-mode also understands CTCP and parts of the DCC protocol.

@menu * What goes on in the background? :: * Commands in ZenIRC major-mode.:: * Keybindings in ZenIRC major-mode.:: @end menu

@node What goes on in the background? , Commands in ZenIRC major-mode., Using ZenIRC to waste time., Using ZenIRC to waste time. @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section What goes on in the background?

Lots of things. If you don't know much elisp and just want to use the client you couldn't be less bothered actually. If you really are interested in the internals of ZenIRC you should join one or more of the ZenIRC mailinglists, read the source and play around a little. Changing small things and adding some small nifty hooks are pretty trivial though, read more about that in SECTION and SECTION.

@menu * Communicating with the server.:: * Server communicating with you.:: @end menu

@node Communicating with the server., Server communicating with you., What goes on in the background? , What goes on in the background? @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection Communicating with the server.

Sending stuff to the server is done by hitting return (^M). ZenIRC parses the things you send to the server in two different ways, depending on the first character you type. With a leading "/" (you can change this by setting zenirc-commandchar) ZenIRC parses your line as a command. Without the leading "/" ZenIRC sends your line as a message to your current victim, this is done with PRIVMSG as described in RFC1459.

Example, if the channel #se-opers is your zenric-current-victim and you type;

@example Hello people^M @end example

the clients on channel #se-opers will see your message. Use the /query command to change zenirc-current-victim. :LINK:

On the other hand, if you type;

@example /part #se-opers^M @end example

you will part the channel. Look in 2.2 for an extensive list of all commands and how to use them.

@node Server communicating with you., , Communicating with the server., What goes on in the background? @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection Server communicating with you.

ZenIRC parses all the information the servers sends to you in one way or the other. On a few occasions ZenIRC might lack the information on how to parse a certain thing, this is almost considered a bug (use M-x zenirc-bug to report this behaviour).

To display the information, ZenIRC uses language catalogs. The default catalog is English, but this can be changed easily. Writing your own catalog is trivial and we'd love you if you wrote your own catalog and mailed it in to the developers.

There's a lot of different variables you can change, and hooks to play with if you feel adventureous. You can, for example, ignore people, make ZenIRC beep when something special happens, have timestamps on special messages and so forth. The variables are described in SECTION and the hooks are described in SECTION.

`zenirc.el' only contains the most important features, some very nice features are placed in their own files. `zenirc-fill.el', for example, fills certain messages for you so Emacs doesn't have to wrap long lines in an ugly way. Read more about scripts in SECTION.

@node Commands in ZenIRC major-mode., Keybindings in ZenIRC major-mode., What goes on in the background? , Using ZenIRC to waste time. @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Commands in ZenIRC major-mode.

As already described, ZenIRC pareses lines with a leading "/" as a command. Most of the commands are sent right off to the server, some commands are ZenIRC specific though.

@menu * Non ZenIRC specific commands.:: * ZenIRC specific commands.:: @end menu

@node Non ZenIRC specific commands., ZenIRC specific commands., Commands in ZenIRC major-mode., Commands in ZenIRC major-mode. @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection Non ZenIRC specific commands.

A list of these commands can be found in RFC1459, this list is just a brief description on how to use different commands. Go read RFC1459 if you want to learn really nifty stuff.

Things inside []'s are optional. If the optional argument is a server, using a nickname will list information about the server that nickname is using.

@deffn Command /nick nickname Change your nickname

@end deffn @deffn Command /quit comment Stop wasting time, with optional comment.

@end deffn @deffn Command /join channel[,channel] [key[,key]] Join one or more comma separated channels with given optional keys. zenirc-current-victim is set to the last joined channel.

@end deffn @deffn Command /part channel[,channel] [comment] Part one or more comma separated channels, with optional comment. If you part your zenirc-current-victim, it is set to 'nil'.

@end deffn @deffn Command /mode nickname [mode] Check or change modes for a given nickname. See RFC1459 for an extensive list of modes.

@end deffn @deffn Command /mode channel [mode [person]] Check or change modes for a channel, or the mode of a nickname on a channel. See RFC1459 for an extensive list of modes.

@end deffn @deffn Command /topic channel [topic] Check or change topic of a certain channel.

@end deffn @deffn Command /names channel[,channel] See who's on one or more comma separated channels.

@end deffn @deffn Command /list [channel[,channel] [server]] Lists all, one or a comma separated list of channels. With given server it lists channels from that servers view.

@end deffn @deffn Command /invite nickname channel Invite person to given channel name.

@end deffn @deffn Command /kick channel nickname [comment] Kick person on given channel with an optional comment.

@end deffn @deffn Command /version [server] Returns version of current or given server.

@end deffn @deffn Command /stats query [server] Returns information about that server (go read RFC1459). Read SECTION for an extensive list of query types.

@end deffn @deffn Command /links [[<remote server>] <server mask>] Lists all links or links matching a given mask, with optional <remote server> it lists links seen from that server.

@end deffn @deffn Command /time [server] Returns time from current or given server.

@end deffn @deffn Command /trace nickname Returns the server route to given nickname.

@end deffn @deffn Command /trace [server] Returns information on what's connected to the current server,
or a route to given server as well as things connected to it.

@end deffn @deffn Command /admin [server] List administrative information for current or given server.

@end deffn @deffn Command /info [server] List version, compile date, patchlevel, starttime and other various information about current or given server.

@end deffn @deffn Command /privmsg nickname/channel text Send text as a PRIVMSG to nickname/channel.

@end deffn @deffn Command /notice nickname/channel text Send text as a NOTICE to nickname/channel.

@end deffn @deffn Command /who [<nick/user/server>mask [o]] List short information about everyone on IRC or given nickname, username or servername. With optional [o] argument it lists person with their IRC operator flag set. This command takes UNIX like masks ("?" and "*").

@end deffn @deffn Command /whois [server] nickmask[,nickmask] List long information about given nickname, with optional server argument it lists information as seen from that server.

@end deffn @deffn Command /whowas nickname [count [server]] List long information about nickname not currently on the connected servers but still in the WHOWAS database. With given argument count, list that many old entries from the database. With given server argument, list information as seen from that server.

@end deffn @deffn Command /away [message] Remove away message, with optional argument it sets a new away message instead.

@end deffn @deffn Command /users [server] List users logged in to current server or another server.

@end deffn @deffn Command /summon user [server] Invite a user logged in to current server or another server.

@end deffn @deffn Command /userhost nickname [nickname [nickname]] Returns short information about a whitespace separated list of nicknames.

@end deffn @deffn Command /ison nickname [nickname [nickname]] Returns wheter given, whitespace separated, nicknames are on this IRC net. @end deffn

@node ZenIRC specific commands., , Non ZenIRC specific commands., Commands in ZenIRC major-mode. @comment node-name, next, previous, up @subsection ZenIRC specific commands.

@deffn Command /action nickname/channel text Send text as a CTCP ACTION to given nickname/channel. To send text to more then one nickname/channel, use a comma separated list.

@end deffn @deffn Command /commandchar char Change your commandchar to char, for example;

@example /commandchar & @end example

A good example is then;

@example &commandchar / @end example

@end deffn @deffn Command /ctcp nickname/channel <CTCP QUERY>

Send @code{<CTCP QUERY>} to a comma separated list of nicknames and channels.

@end deffn @deffn Command /language language

Change your language catalog to given language. Read SECTION for more information about existing catalogs.

@end deffn @deffn Command /m @deffnx Command /msg

A shortcut for "/privmsg"

@end deffn @deffn Command /me text

Send text as a CTCP ACTION to zenirc-current-victim.

@end deffn @deffn Command /ping nickname/channel

Send CTCP PING to a comma separated list of nicknames and channels.

@end deffn @deffn Command /query [nickname/channel]

Show or change zenirc-current-victim to a comma separated list of nicknames and channels.

@end deffn @deffn Command /quote text

Sends text directly to the server. You might need this as ZenIRC uses the same name as the server on some commands, for example;

@example /quote ping server [<remote server>] @end example Ping current server, with given <remote server> argument it pings the remote server instead.

@end deffn @deffn Command /server [server [port [nickname]]] Connect to a server in a new ZenIRC-buffer. This is bound to zenirc-select. If no options are used, ZenIRC will ask you some questions. @end deffn

@node Keybindings in ZenIRC major-mode., , Commands in ZenIRC major-mode., Using ZenIRC to waste time. @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section Keybindings in ZenIRC major-mode.

Hitting certain key combinations in ZenIRC will result in ZenIRC doing stuff you didn't think it would. This is really nifty, when you realize what actually happens HELLO PER

2.3.1

Hitting return ("0 or "^M") will send the current line to the server. If you're looking through the backlog and hit return, ZenIRC will throw you to the end of the buffer.

Hitting ; or : at the beginning of the line will help you while communicating to others then your zenirc-current-victim. For example;

@example /msg omnion meep /msg ace95 meep *Omnion* meep meep @end example

Hitting ";" now will result in ZenIRC adding "/msg ace95 " at the beginning of the line. Hitting ":" will result in ZenIRC adding "/msg omnion " at the beginning of the line.

By using a few of the scripts which comes with ZenIRC you can get tab-completion and a shell like history feature, more about that in SECTION.

@node It's working, Function Index, Using ZenIRC to waste time., Top @comment node-name, next, previous, up @chapter It's working, now I want it to Look Good and Feel Good.

The default look of ZenIRC is pretty sparse.

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@node Function Index, , It's working, Top @comment node-name, next, previous, up @unnumbered Function Index

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