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Some ScrollZ tips

Scrollz is a textmode irc client. It is a fork from ircII, the mother of many irc clients.

ScrollZ

Scrollz is a textmode irc client. This makes it fine to use in GNU Screen. Why you should use ScrollZ:

Build in features
Other irc clients are often accompanied by a lott of scripts. Many of the functionality found in these scripts are build in ScrollZ.
No need for Perl
When building small environments this is a major plus.
Less bloated then BitchX
But what isn't :-)
Runs great on Linux boxes

Timestamps

To get timestamps shown one every line, just put the following in your .scrollzrc:

STAMP MAX

Being highlighted

In order to see when people are highlighting you (mentioning your name while the are talking), do the following:

/repword *nick*
/sve

where nick is your nickname.

This will search for *nick* and if so, colour the nick of the person talking. Perhaps in newer versions of scrollz the whole line will be coloured.

By the /sve command, this is saved to your Scrollz.save file

Thanks to The ScrollZ forum.

Logging per channel

Create a directory for the logs: mkdir ~/<irclogs>
In ScrollZ, do: /chanlogdir ~/<irclogs>
In ScrollZ, do: /chanlog on #channel for each channel you want a log from, e.g. /chanlog on #chan1,#chan2,#chan3

You can a use wildcard like * in the channel-name.
This also works:

/chanlog on *

Thanks to The ScrollZ forum.

Connect to multiple servers

Connect to a second server:
The command /net opens a connection to a new server in a new window. So all you have to do to connect to another server in another window is to use /net:

/net other.ircserver.net
Esc-2
/join #greatchannel

Saving URL's

Wheneven somebody say something containing an URL, you can have ScrollZ safe that URL for you. Just put the following in your .scrollzrc:

URLCATCH QUIET

URL's are saved in your notepad (see ScrollZ.notepad in your .ScrollZ-directory).

Using ScrollZ for your ICQ, MSN, Jabber Instant-Messaging

ScrollZ is a great tool, also for instant messaging.
See bitlbee, the IM to IRC gateway

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