Notes for using irssi of irc client

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/connect irc.freenode.net
/away [message]  # Setting the away message, if somebody msg to me , it will auto resend the message to the person.
/me [message]  # Like broadcast, it will display on difference color.
/msg NickServ REGISTER <password>
/msg NickServ IDENTIFY <password>

Configuration

.irssi/config
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## Setting the auto connect servers
servers = (
  {
    address = "irc.freenode.net";
    chatnet = "freenode";
    port = "6667";
    use_ssl = "no";
    ssl_verify = "no";
    autoconnect = "yes";
  }
);

## and auto identify the nickname
chatnets = {
  freenode = {
    type = "IRC";
    nick = "[nickname]";
    autosendcmd = "/msg NickServ identify [your password] ;wait 2000";
  };
};


## Setting the autojoin channels with password
channels = (
  {
    name = "#[channel name]";
    chatnet = "freenode";
    autojoin = "yes";
    password = "[channel password]";
  }
);

## ignore the specific message in the channels
ignores = (
  { level = "JOINS QUITS"; channels = ( "#archlinux" ); },
  { level = "JOINS QUITS"; channels = ( "#ubuntu" ); },
);

Theme

I use weed for the irssi Theme

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Add a new file startup in .irssi directory. It will auto run when the irssi startup.
Each line is a independent command, without /

.irssi/startup
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script load awl

script load usercount.pl
sbar awl_0 add -before awl_0 -alignment left usercount

script load trackbar22
set trackbar_string _
set trackbar_style %r

script load awaybar
sbar statusbar add -after erotin -alignment right awaybar

script load tmux-nicklist-portable

script load nickcolor_expando
neatcolor colors add X30

If you can’t find the script, download from

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$ wget [link_above] -P ~/.irssi/scripts/