Overview

AmIRC has several 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 a 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.

References

AWAY	Setting an away message
INVITE	Invite a user to a channel
ISON	If a user is on IRC
JOIN	Join (or create) a channel
KICK	Remove a user from a channel
LEAVE	Leave a channel
LIST	List Channels and their topics
LOG	Start Log of Chat Window
MODE	Change a channel mode
MSG	Send a private message (privmsg)
NAMES	Getting a list of names
NICK	Change your nickname
NOTICE	Send a notice to a user
QUIT	End an IRC session
RAW	Send unprocessed string to the server
TIME	Query the current time of day
TOPIC	View or change a channel's topic
USERS	Listing users on a server
USERHOST	Getting USERHOST of a user
VERSION	Query the version of the server software
WHO	Global user pattern matching
WHOIS	Get information about a user
WHOWAS	Get information on a nick no longer logged in

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