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irssi - irc notes
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oeng@guido:~ $ irssi


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register
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/connect liberachat
/nick <nick>
/msg NickServ REGISTER <password> <your.email@example.com>
    - now check your email for the confirmation command to be copied, pasted, and run
    - ie /msg NickServ VERIFY REGISTER nickaf 123456789
/nick <alternate_nick>
/msg NickServ IDENTIFY <nick> <password>
/msg NickServ GROUP
/save
/quit


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setup auto connect to channel
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/connect irc.libera.chat 6697 <nick>:<password>
/join <#channel>
/network add liberachat
/server add -auto -network liberachat -tls -tls_verify irc.libera.chat 6697
/network modify -sasl_username <nick> -sasl_password <password> -sasl_mechanism PLAIN liberachat
/channel add -auto <#channel> liberachat
/save
/quit


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miscellaneous commands
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change/fix user name           : /nick <nick>
change user message            : /nick <nick> <message>
join a channel                 : /join <#channel> [password]
leave a channel                : /part <#channel>
quit server                    : /quit
make yourself invisible        : /mode -i
make yourself visible          : /mode +i
ignore handle                  : /ignore <nick>
unignore handle                : /unignore <nick>
send private message           : /msg <nick> [message]
send private message           : /query <nick> [message]
send message to everyone       : /msg <#channel>
whois                          : /whois <nick>
server address                 : /server <serveraddress>
action                         : /me <action>
notice                         : /notice <nick> <message>
highlight                      : /highlight <text>