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Using the commands in AmIRC

Overview

AmIRC has many builtin commands. Some of these commands are processed locally, whereas others are sent to the IRC server.

Commands generally start with a '/' to differentiate them from normal text. If you want to use the / character at the start of normal text, use '//' instead.

Many commands require a channel name as a parameter. AmIRC will automatically fill in the channel name of the current window if you don't specify a channel name on your own.

For commands which require a nick name (e.g. `/MSG' or `/OP', there are three special shortcut arguments:

• '.': The period is replaced with the nickname of the last person you have send a private message to.
  
  
• ',': The comma is replaced with the nickname of the last person who send a message to you. Be careful with this, since you might easily address the wrong person if someone sends you a message while you are still typing this command!
  
  
• ':': The colon is replaced with the nickname of the last person which you haved addressed with a 'Nick:' prefix inside a channel.

You may easily carry a dialog with a particular user by first clicking on their username in the user list, then anytime you hit the TAB key, the input string will be set up with '/MSG <user> ', after which you may type in the message and hit return. This will work after initiating a DCC Chat request as well. Please note that if you have configured the user list as a separate window, you must reactivate the message window after clicking on a username.

Reference to all AmIRC commands