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| /NICK [new-nickname] |
Changes your nickname to one of your own choice |
| /nick Lisa |
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| /QUIT |
Disconnects you from the chat service and ends your chat session. |
| /quit |
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| /JOIN [#channel] <key> |
Joins the specified channel. Some channels have an optional key or password that needs to be included at the end of the command. |
| /join #techies pa55word |
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| /PART <#channel> |
Leaves the specified channel. If you don't include a channel name, the current channel is left |
| /part /part #techies |
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| /MOTD |
Displays the service Message of the Day. This contains a greeting and a short set of rules for using the service, and will be shown automatically in the status area of the webchat just after connecting. This command displays it again. |
| /motd |
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| /LIST <pattern> |
Displays a list of the currently available channels or chatrooms on the service. It can display a list of rooms matching a certain pattern like *help*, which will include #help and #i-need-help if those rooms exist. |
| /list /list *help* |
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| /TIME |
This displays the current time on the chat system |
| /time |
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| /AWAY <message or reason here> |
If the optional message is included, this marks you as being away from your computer, otherwise it cancels the 'away' status. |
| /away just popped out to the shop |
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| /WHOIS [nickname] |
This retrieves information about another user, the channels they are on, when they signed on, the time since they last spoke in a room or in a private message (idle time), and some other useful bits |
| /whois lgbot |
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| /WHOWAS [nickname] |
Displays a list of the times that a nickname was last seen on the chat service. |
| /whowas |
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| /TOPIC [#channel] <new topic> |
This is used to set the topic for the supplied channel. If no new topic is included, the current topic for the specified room is returned. |
| /topic #help /topic #Causeway Welcome! |
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| /KICK [#channel] [nickname] <reason> |
KICK allows a ChannelOp to remove (or kick out) a user from the channel. The reason is optional and if given will be displayed to the kicked user. |
| /kick #techies SonaS Bad Manners |
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| /mode [target] [+|-] [modes] <mode options> |
MODE is used to set different flags or modes for channels or nicknames specified in [target]. Normal users can only set modes on themselves, or on channels that they have sufficient access to. The first example allows the user SonaS to hide the channels he/she is on from being displayed when /whois SonaS is used by another user. The second example allows a ChannelOp to ban (or prevent) a user matching the pattern at the end from entering the channel. |
| /mode SonaS + I |
| /mode #techies +b *trouble*!*@*.myisp.com |
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These are only a fraction of the different commands, and don't include the nickname and channel registration services commands.
For general help with the nickname service, type /NS helpor for help with registering a nickname, type /NS help registerin your webchat window,
For general channel service help, type /CS help. If you're still stuck, you can ask in the forums, or the #help channel.
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