TurboIRC Appearance

Appearance

This dialog box enables you to configure what you REALLY see in your TurboIRC experience .

The 21 boxes with the pre-formatted text allows you to specify how a message from the server or from you is displayed . For example , you see that the Join box has this string :

12==> $nick ($ident@$IP) has joined $channel

You can change any thing at all . For example , you might convert it to a more-funny message :

12==> Heyyy ..... $nick from $ident@$IP is here in $channel !!

As you can see , you are free to use any control codes like Ctrl+B and Ctrl+K that this example has to set bold & colors . ( See Input for details on control keys ) .

Variables available are :

$prefix = the current selected message prefix from MoreOptions
$nick = the nick of the user
$IP = the IP of the user
$ident = the ident of the user
$channel = the window that the action is done
$message = the rest of the message

Exceptions :

KILL action has the nick to kill in $channel

$knockmsg is available only to a KNOCK action

$actionmessage is available only to a CTCP ACTION action

$noticeid is available only to INCNOTICE and OUTNOTICE . These are the special notices made by /wallo , /wallv , /wallq , /wallexo , /wallexv , /pops . See Default Aliases .

$align is available to messages ( PRIVMSG ) only . It allows you to use spaces to align messages between nicks . For example , check this

<fox> hi there
<riiper> whatsup ?

The use of $align makes that :

<fox> whatsup
<riiper> whatsup

Note that all the formatting can be done also by trapping events . See Events .

Incoming data formatting

For debugging and learning purposes , you can order TurboIRC to show you the exact server messages in some situations . The default selection is the first , which directly formats messages .

Selecting the second option makes TurboIRC to send you any messages with numbers

The third option is the same ; The message is still shown even you have used an alias to cause it

The fourth option shows you ALL server messages

The fifth option shows you ALL server messages , even if you have used Locked Events

The Max Align is the maximum align number that will be used in $align .

If Forward notice to all under-server windows is checked , any notice to you will be shown in all your current-server windows . If not , you will see the notice only to the activated window .
Autosave windows position forces TurboIRC to remember the last position of a window , so it reloads it when you re-create it . If you set this to OFF , all newly created windows will be maximized .
Hide Server Ping Pong will not show you when your server sends a PING to you to confirm that you are "alive" .
Show Small Tooltips allows you to quick view a tip about your alias/IRC command you are about to enter , if help is available for that command . Show Shortcut window reminds you what combination to use to type bold/italic etc.
Format /whois information to a dialog box will show a dialog box with /whois information ,each time you issue a /whois ( but not a /raw whois ) , instead of letting the server window to show the information . TurboIRC directory has a demo script in DEMOS directory , that shows you how to format the whois reply and to send it to the appropriate window .