SmIRC 0.62b

SmIRC menus

Both the server and the channel window have a menu bar. The menu for the server and the channel window is mostly the same, however, some of the following options are only present in the server window, some only in the command window. Most of these appear in both of them.

Also, because SmIRC is highly customizable via its resource file, the following labels may be different from what you see.

IRC menu

New server window

This creates another server window. Each server window is completely independent, and may be used to connect to a different server.

Multiple server windows can be used to connect to multiple servers, and join channels on multiple IRC networks, at the same time.

The same effect can be accomplished by running another copy of SmIRC. Being able to open multiple server windows, however, saves some X11R6/Motif bloat.

Connect to server

Opens a dialog for a new server connection.

List server links

Executes a /LINKS command. (Why did I put this here?)

Close

Closes this window. If this is a channel window, executes the /PART command. If this is a server window, executes a /QUIT command. Either way, the end result of this action is to close the window (minor exception - entering the /QUIT command manually will not close the server window).

Edit menu

Cut

Copy

Paste

- copies text to/from clipboard, and the current field.

Channel menu

List

A shortcut to execute the /LIST command.

Join

A silly dialog to execute the /JOIN command.

Info...

Selecting this menu option displays the following window:
 

This window allows an easy way to set channel topic, modes, and bans. There may be a slight delay where the pointer shows "Busy" while channel bans are retrieved. The top of the window will show the current channel topic. Following that, current channel modes are indicated by set pushbuttons.

On the left side of the window, current channel bans are shown. A new ban can be added by entering it in the edit box on the right, and pressing the "Add" button. To remove an existing ban, select it, then press the "Remove" button.

This dialog window provides a very quick way to add a channel ban based on a nickname that has recently left the channel. A small list widget, labeled "Recent departures" in the diagram above, will show most recent nicknames that have left the channel. NOTE: SmIRC can only show nicknames that have left while you were on that channel. Nicks that have left this channel before you joined cannot be shown.

To add a ban for a recently departed nick, select it in the window, then press one of five buttons on the right that correspond to the ban mask that you wish to add.

After changing the channel topic, modes, and/or bans, click "Ok" to effect the changes in the channel. Click "Cancel" to close this dialog window without making any changes.

Names

A silly dialog to execute the /NAMES command.

Part

Just for consistency's sake; this does the exact same thing that Close does, on a channel window.

Bots...

Selecting this menu option displays a short window which shows all the bots currently running in this channel, or server, window. You may select one or more bots, and press "Terminate" to terminate them.

Log menu

Open

Starts logging all messages in this window. This menu selection is an interactive version of the /LOGOPEN command.

Close

Stops logging messages in this window. This menu selection is equivalent to the /LOGCLOSE command.

Help menu

Setup

Opens a dialog to set up the HTML browser. This help documentation is provided in HTML format. You must specify a command which runs an HTML browser, in order to be able to bring up the help documentation directly from SmIRC.

Contents

Brings up this documentation.