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COLOURS

In the following table, C1 indicates the bright or bold version of a character, dependng on your terminal configuration. C2 produces the standard (dull/dark) characters of the specified colour, whilst 3 manipulates the background colour.

After the initial table, there are a list of special formatting codes such as %_ and %*. These behave in exactly the same way as the other colour formatting codes.

Once a code is inserted into a printable string, its attributes will be applied to the string until the next code. %n and %N are useful in this matter for resorting the original colour/format of the text in question. %n reverts to the previous code, whilst %N switches to the terminal default, which is configured in complete_themes#Misc.

Irssi's colors that you can use in text formats, hilights, etc:

C1      C2      C3       Text Colour (C1) Text Colour (C2) Background (C3)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
%k      %K       %0      black            dark grey        black
%r      %R       %1      red              bold red         red
%g      %G       %2      green            bold green       green
%y      %Y       %3      yellow           bold yellow      yellow
%b      %B       %4      blue             bold blue        blue
%m      %M       %5      magenta          bold magenta     magenta
%p      %P               magenta (think: purple)
%c      %C       %6      cyan             bold cyan        cyan
%w      %W       %7      white            bold white       white

%n      %N               Changes the color to "default color", removing
                         all other coloring and formatting. %N is always
                         the terminal's default color. %n is usually too,
                         except in themes it changes to "previous color",
                         ie. hello = "%Rhello%n" and "%G{hello} world"
                         would print hello in red, and %n would turn back
                         into %G making world green.

%F                       Blinking on/off (think: flash)
%U                       Underline on/off
%8                       Reverse on/off
%9      %_               Bold on/off
%:                       Insert newline
%|                       Marks the indentation position
%#                       Monospace font on/off (useful with lists and GUI)
%%                       A single %

Some terminals do no support all of these attributes, and it may necessary to troubleshooter your terminal for those kinds of problems before blaming irssi.

VARIABLE SYNTAX

Irssi supports variable expansion in a number of places, including within formats and templates. The expansion operates are somewhat limited, but are listed below.

Modifier          Description
------------------------------------------------------------------------
$variable         A normal variable, expanding to the first match of:
                  |  1) an internal SET variable
                  |  2) an environment variable
$[num]variable    Expands to the variables value, with 'num' width.  If
                  | the number is negative, the value is right-aligned.
                  | The value is padded to meet the width with the
                  | character given after number (default is space).
                  | The value is truncated to specified width unless
                  | '!' character precedes the number. If '.' character
                  | precedes the number the value isn't padded, just
                  | truncated.
$#variable        Expands to the number of words in $variable. If $variable
                  | is omitted, it assumes $*
$@variable        Expands to the number of characters in $variable. if
                  | $variable is omitted, it assumes $*
$($subvariable)   This is somewhat similar to a pointer, in that the
                  | value of $subvar is taken as the name of the
                  | variable to expand to.  Nesting is allowed.
${expression}     Permits the value to be embedded in another string
                  | unambiguously.
$!history!        Expands to a matching entry in the client's command
                  | history, wildcards allowed.

Some Examples:

> /set ctcp_version_reply
< ctcp_version_reply = irssi v$J - running on $sysname $sysarch

> /eval echo $ctcp_version_reply
< Irssi v$J - running on $sysname $sysarch

# double eval expands the internal variables.
> /eval /eval echo $ctcp_version_reply
< Irssi v0.8.15-svn - running on Darwin i386

TODO: provide some examples of the various forms of truncation/padding, etc

ALIAS AND FORMAT TEMPLATE ARGUMENTS

Whenever an alias is called, these expandos are set to the arguments passed to it. If none of these expandos are used in the alias, or the $() form shown above, any arguments passed will automatically be appended to the last command in the alias.

Expando   Description
------------------------------------------------------------------------
$*        expands to all arguments passed to an alias
$n        expands to argument 'n' passed to an alias (counting from zero)
$n-m      expands to arguments 'n' through 'm' passed to an alias
$n-       expands to all arguments from 'n' on passed to an alias
$-m       expands to all arguments up to 'm' passed to an alias
$~        expands to the last argument passed to an alias

EXPANDOS (SPECIAL VARIABLES)

These variables are set and updated dynamically by the client. The case of $A .. $Z is important.

Variable   Description
------------------------------------------------------------------------
$,         last person who sent you a MSG
$.         last person to whom you sent a MSG
$:         last person to join a channel you are on
$;         last person to send a public message to a channel you are on
$A         text of your AWAY message, if any
$B         body of last MSG you sent
$C         current channel
$D         last person that NOTIFY detected a signon for
$E         idle time
$F         time client was started, $time() format
$H         current server numeric being processed
$I         channel you were last INVITEd to
$J         client version text string
$K         current value of CMDCHARS
$k         first character in CMDCHARS
$L         current contents of the input line
$M         modes of current channel, if any
$N         current nickname
$O         value of STATUS_OPER if you are an irc operator
$P         if you are a channel operator in $C, expands to a '@'
$Q         nickname of whomever you are QUERYing
$R         version of current server
$S         current server name
$T         target of current input (channel or nick of query)
$U         value of cutbuffer
$V         client release date (format YYYYMMDD)
$W         current working directory
$X         your /userhost $N address (user@host)
$Y         value of REALNAME
$Z         time of day (hh:mm, can be changed with /SET timestamp_format)
$$         a literal '$'

$versiontime         prints time of the irssi version in HHMM format
$sysname             system name (eg. Linux)
$sysrelease          system release (eg. 2.2.18)
$sysarch             system architecture (eg. i686)
$topic               channel topic
$usermode            user mode
$cumode              own channel user mode
$cumode_space        like $cumode, but gives space if there's no mode.
$tag                 server tag
$chatnet             chat network of server
$winref              window reference number
$winname             window name
$itemname            like $T, but use item's visible_name which may be
                     different (eg. $T = !12345chan, $itemname = !chan)