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Irssi is an IRC-client for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. It works through a TUI (Terminal User Interface), and is highly customizable.

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How can I see who is currently in a channel?

I can see this information when I initially connect, but is there a command I can run to see an updated list?
Starkers
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How can I remove the clock from the Irssi status bar?

I'm using Irssi nested in Byobu. Since Irssi has an inbuilt clock, the Irssi window gets marked for activity every time a minute rolls over. Byobu has its own clock, so the feature is not useful to me. How can I remove it?
badp
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List windows in irssi

How to list windows in irssi? I'm looking for the equivalent of :ls in vim (which lists the buffers). For example, if I want to switch to a specific window (channel that I've joined), I have to search for it with ctrl-n and ctrl-p, sometimes…
Dominykas Mostauskis
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Irssi IRC client: ignore text pattern in channel

How do I ignore only lines containing the exact phrase "This is text" in a channel? should I do: /ignore -word this is text ?
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Is there a way to check what is causing irssi lag?

I'm getting a strange peak in lag on irssi while connected to ZNC on my Arch Linux server. What recommendations would you have for diagnosing the issue?
Zack Zatkin-Gold
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Highlight whole line in IRSSI when nick is mentioned

I can't seem to figure out how to visually highlight a line when my nick is mentioned... How can I do that in IRSSI? I know that it lets you bold text, but I'm not sure if it's possible to do something more visual.
Ruslan Osipov
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Changing join/quit message colors in irssi

I want to customize a theme in irssi to reduce the noise that joins/quits create in an IRC channel. I want the entire join/quit line (nick has joined/left) in dark gray, so that it is almost invisible againt a black background. How is this…
Lars
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Irssi is simply ignoring any attempt to register of identify

irssi Launches irrsi /connect irc.freenode.net connects to freenode. /join #ruby-lang joins the ruby-lang room. I can see people talking, but I can't talk. There is a blue bar at the top saying 'Nick registration required to talk'. at the…
Starkers
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Channel listing in irssi

So if you do /list, you end up with a list of every single channel on an irc server and it is difficult to read through. In a program like pidgin, it will give you a nice-looking list of channels and rank them by the most popular. Is there a way to…
Peter
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Changing the last log length in irssi?

Google failed me on this. I'd like to lengthen my lastlog size in irssi. I know that it's possible, since I've managed to do it years ago. I guess its one of those more esoteric commands?
Drasa
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How to bind ctrl-up/ctrl-down in irssi?

Trying to bind a command to ctrl-up, but /bind ^up doesn't work the way I expect. I'm guessing it's being parsed as ctrl-U+P. Is there a way to do this?
zigdon
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irssi - /ignore a nick but have messages appear in logs

I want to /ignore a nick and still have their messages appear in my logs. Specifically, I don't want to know that they are talking in channel generally, but want the ability to look through logs to get the full context if I'm following a…
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How do I highlight my own messages?

I would like to highlight the whole line of messages I write in a public channel. Thought /hilight -mask {mynick}!*@* would make it work. I've tried a number of switches. I wonder if the default behavior of just highlighting my nick (as opposed to…
Fredrick
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How to manually unbind a key mapping in the Irssi IRC client?

I accidentaly bound the K key to the scroll_backward function. Now I’m unable to unbind it from Irssi, since every time I press K it justs executes the function and refuses to write the character. I tried to fix the problem by reinstalling Irssi,…
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How can I remove an extra (undesired) block item in irssi with advanced window list?

I am seeing an extra block item in irssi, when advanced window list is used. I am wondering how do I remove it? I am seeing, on the status bar, the following: [1 (status)] [Extra block containing server A / nick] [2 first channel in server] I…
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