jIRC Commands

There following commands are supported by jIRC applet. All IRC commands are start with "/".  Some of the commands below are for jIRC applet only, some are common IRC commands that users may frequently use.

Command	Description
/clear	Clear the chat message screen.
/nick 'nick_name'	Change your current nick name to a new 'nick_name'
/join '#new_channel_name'	Leave your current channel and join a new channel. Remember to supply "#" at the begining of your channel name.
/quit 'optional good bye message'	Leave your current channel and disconnect from IRC network.
/msg 'nick' 'your message'	Send a private message to a user with nick name 'nick'
/whois 'nick'	tells you about a user with nick name 'nick'
/me	Display the message in action format.
/topic ; /topic '#channel' 'your topic'	Display your current channel's topic or set your channel's topic
/ctcp 'nick_name' 'command'	CTCP command includes "version", "clientinfo", "time", "echo"
/showurl 'http://someurl.com'	Pop up a new browser window with the given URL content
/kick '#channel_name' 'nick'	Kick out from chatroom, a user with nick name 'nick'
/quit	Leave the chat and disconnect from the server

Do not type the 'single quotes' in the above commands!

There are three syntax conventions that you need to remember with IRC commands:

• All IRC commands begin with the forward slash, " / ". Anything else you type is considered text typed to the screen as normal conversation.
• All channel names begin with a hash (or "pound") sign: #
• IRC is not case sensitive. So you can use either upper, lower, or mixed case letters if you wish in your commands.

Further commands can be found at the jpilot.com site: JPilot - jIRC Commands
See also: Basic IRC Commands

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