Keyboard Input

Each window has an edit box that waits for some input from you . There are 4 types of input you can do :

• A command starting with / . If the command matches a default alias , then the default alias will be fired . See Default Aliases . If the command matches an alias you created using the editor , then the relative script will be fired . See Aliases and Scripts .
• A combination of Ctrl with a key . The corresponding accelerator will be used . For example , using Ctrl+A in a channel causes the ACCESS dialog box to be shown .
• A combination of Ctrl , Atl and a key . If you press a combination of Ctrl+Alt+key , then the first alias that has this shortcut in its "shortcut" entry will be fired .
• If the command does not start with / , then it will be passed to the window that you entered it . This allows you to send text to a window . For example , if your window is the channel #Chat , and you type text , this will be sent to the channel

The input window allows you to format text to force it to appear with some attributes to the screen . These commands are shortcuts with the Ctrl key and one or more of the following :

• B - This will toggle the bold attribute . For example pressing : Hello <ctrl+b> there , will cause the work "there" to appear as bold . Using for example : Hello <ctrl+b> there <ctrl+b> friend , will remove the bold from the word "friend"
• I - This will toggle the italic attribute .
• U - This will toggle the underline attribute .
• K - This will enable you to use a color . After the K , you should give a number between 0 and 15 to describe the color you want to use . For example : Hello there my good <ctrl+k>3 friend , will show "friend" with red ( the value of 3 == red ) . If you want also the word to have a background color , you can use this form : Hello there my <ctrl+k>3,12 my friend . This shows "friend" with red color in blue background .

The above commands are to be understood by other chat clients , like mIRC , PIRCH , or Visual IRC . By contrast , the next commands are only understood by TurboIRC :

• S - This toggles the strikeout attribute .
• D - This character causes TurboIRC to beep
• G - This character has the same meaning with K , but now you can use 16 million colors instead of 16 .
• Y - This instruction causes TurboIRC to enlarge the font you are using . Valid arguments are from 0 to 999 . For example : Hello <ctrl+y>300 there , will show the word "there" enough bigger than the word "Hello"
• E - This instruction causes TurboIRC to pass a font to the server . Using this feature enables you to override the font selection the remote client might have . But watch out : for each Ctrl+E you do , 120 bytes are added to the message you are passing , so some servers may not support large messages . Usually 1 or 2 font changes are enough . If you only need to change the font size , use Ctrl+Y , not Ctrl+E .

In addition , if you want to insert any other hexadecimal value in the message , you can do it using $hxx , where xx is the value . For example , because Ctrl+B is the same as the hex value 2 , you can do this : $h02 . Two digits are required for $h .

• Once you press the Control Key , a small window opens to show you all available control codes . When you release the Control Key , the window closes

• You can use also the Control+O combination . This removes all previous formatting from the text , freeing you from removing attributes yourself .

The TAB Completion

When you press the Tab key , TurboIRC attempts to find out what you were about to write and complete it . After a tab key , TurboIRC searches your input for a matching :

• Default Alias Name
• User Alias Name
• Your Nick
• Active Channel Title
• Nicks in your channel
• Server Name
• Last Channels

for example , if you are in a channel #mypp and you have entered the # , pressing tab will result to the completion of "#mypp" . If you have defined an alias /helpme , and your input is /he , /helpme will be the result . This is a very helpful feature of completing for example nicks that are very big or something difficult to decode .

Popup help Windows

TurboIRC will give you online help in some situations . When you press the Control Key , a window is shown containing information about the available control characters , and the mIRC - compatible 15 colors . The window is destroyed when you release the Control Key

When you start typing a command and it matches with a , a window popups and shows you the parameters and a short description of this alias . The window stays there until you press enter , or change the alias name .

This feature can be disabled with Appearance Dialog .

You can use also the input menu to hide or show the toolbar . The toolbar state is saved if you have enabled "Save Window Position" in Appearance Formatting .

Keyboard Shortcurs

You can use Alt+1 , Alt+2 ... etc to switch between server connection windows . Alt+number cannot switch to a DCC chat window .

These shortcurs are available :

Main Window

1. Ctrl+L Lookup
2. Ctrl+N NewConnect
3. Ctrl+P Preferences
4. Ctrl+A Aliases
5. Ctrl+E Events
6. Ctrl+S SpecialEvents
7. Ctrl+M MailCheck
8. Ctrl+R Services
9. Ctrl+T ColorTest
10. Ctrl+U SoundManager
11. Ctrl+X Exit
12. F1 Help
13. Alt+F4 Close/Shutdown
14. Ctrl+F5 Hide to Icon

Server Window

1. Ctrl+L Logging
2. Ctrl+N NickMode
3. Ctrl+J Join
4. Ctrl+H List
5. Ctrl+W Who
6. Ctrl+C Copy to WinClipboard
7. Ctrl+Shift+C Copy to TurboIRC Clipboard
8. Ctrl+V Paste from WinClip
9. Ctrl+Shift+V Paste from TurboIRC Clip
10. Ctrl+F3 Attrib Copy to WinClip
11. Ctrl+Shift+F3 Attrib Copy to TurboIRC Clip
12. F1 Help
13. Ctrl+F6 Next Window
14. Shift+F6 Join on Invite
15. Ctrl+F4 Close Window
16. Alt+F4 Close/Shutdown
17. Ctrl+F5 Hide to Icon
18. Ctrl+Z View Main Window

Channel Window

1. Ctrl+L Logging
2. Ctrl+N BanList
3. Ctrl+P Properties
4. Ctrl+A Access
5. Ctrl+W Whois
6. Ctrl+Q Query
7. Ctrl+C Copy to WinClipboard
8. Ctrl+Shift+C Copy to TurboIRC Clipboard
9. Ctrl+V Paste from WinClip
10. Ctrl+Shift+V Paste from TurboIRC Clip
11. Ctrl+F3 Attrib Copy to WinClip
12. Ctrl+Shift+F3 Attrib Copy to TurboIRC Clip
13. F1 Help
14. Ctrl+F6 Next Window
15. Shift+F6 Join on Invite
16. Ctrl+F4 Close Window
17. Alt+F4 Close/Shutdown
18. Ctrl+F5 Hide to Icon
19. Ctrl+Z View Main Window

Query Window

1. Ctrl+L Logging
2. Ctrl+W Whois
3. Ctrl+H SendKey
4. Ctrl+S SendFile
5. Ctrl+Q Query
6. Ctrl+C Copy to WinClipboard
7. Ctrl+Shift+C Copy to TurboIRC Clipboard
8. Ctrl+V Paste from WinClip
9. Ctrl+Shift+V Paste from TurboIRC Clip
10. Ctrl+F3 Attrib Copy to WinClip
11. Ctrl+Shift+F3 Attrib Copy to TurboIRC Clip
12. F1 Help
13. Ctrl+F6 Next Window
14. Shift+F6 Join on Invite
15. Ctrl+F4 Close Window
16. Alt+F4 Close/Shutdown
17. Ctrl+F5 Hide to Icon
18. Ctrl+Z View Main Window

DCC Window

1. Ctrl+L Logging
2. Ctrl+N NewConnection
3. Ctrl+C Copy to WinClipboard
4. Ctrl+Shift+C Copy to TurboIRC Clipboard
5. Ctrl+V Paste from WinClip
6. Ctrl+Shift+V Paste from TurboIRC Clip
7. Ctrl+F3 Attrib Copy to WinClip
8. Ctrl+Shift+F3 Attrib Copy to TurboIRC Clip
9. F1 Help
10. Ctrl+F6 Next Window
11. Shift+F6 Join on Invite
12. Ctrl+F4 Close Window
13. Alt+F4 Close/Shutdown
14. Ctrl+F5 Hide to Icon
15. Ctrl+Z View Main Window

All windows trap Ctrl+Alt+Letter to handle Alias Shortcuts