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The following documents the XChat options, which can be set in Settings
- Setup.
- Away Reason - This is the default reason given when you are set as away
- Quit Message - This is the default reason given when you disconnect from
an IRC server
- Text Buffer Size - This is the amount of text this can be scrolled back
- ZVT Buffer Size - The same as above, but for ZVT's
- Notify Check Interval - The number of seconds between checking if users
on the notify list are on-line
- D-Click User Cmd - This command is run when a nick in the user-list is
double clicked. The string "%s" is replaced with the nickname.
- Extra Blue Tab String - A string (other than your nick) which will also
result in a blue tab
- Notified User Color - The color that notify users are in the user-list
- Use ZVT - Uses a ZVT not a GTK text box for the text box, this allows some
fancy options (see below)
- Transparent Background (only valid when Use ZVT is set) - The background
of the text box is the desktop background
- Tint Transparency (only valid when Transparent Background is set) - The
background of the text box is the desktop background, but tinted black
- Background Color - When the background is not transparent and not a picture
it is this color
- Text Color - The default text is this color
- Normal Font - The default text is in this font
- Bold Font - The bold text is in this font
- Background Picture - The background picture
- Colored Nicks - Set whether nicks are color-coded
- Highlight Notifies - Set whether notify nicks are highlighted in the user-list
- Channel Mode Buttons - Set whether the letter buttons on the tool-bar are
shown
- Userlist Buttons - Set whether the buttons under the user list are shown
- Nick Name Completion - Set whether XChat are try to auto-complete nicks
- Tab Nicks - Set whether text from nicks it tabbed in
- Time Stamp All Text - Set whether the time is given for everything shown
- No Server List On Startup - If this is not set, the server list is shown
every time XChat is started
- New Tabs to front - If this is set then any new windows are put at the
front of all others
- Get my IP from Server - Asks the server for your IP address (for people
with firewalls/proxies)
- No ServerName in Logs - Doesn't include the servername in the name of the
log files
- Emacs Key Bindings - Sets some default (single key) bindings.
- Channel Tabs - If this is set, new channel windows are tabbed, not put
in dialog boxes
- Private Message Tabs - If this is set, new message windows are tabbed,
not put in dialog boxes
- Disable Panned Userlist - When this is set the width of the user-list is
fixed, when it is not the user-list can be dragged to a different size
- Strip mIRC color - When this is set, all color codes in incoming text are
stripped
- Filter out BEEPs - When this is set all ASCII bell commands are stripped
- Tabs at bottom - When this is set the tabs move to the bottom of the window
- Beep on Private Messages - When this is set XChat beeps on every private
message
- Logging - When this is set XChat logs all data to ~/.xchat/logs
- Hide Version - When this is set the auto reply to CTCP VERSION requests
is disabled
- Raw Mode Diaplay - When set modes are shown in raw IRC mode rather than
descriptive texts
- Hide Session On Panelize - If this is set sessions are hidden when panelized
- Layout For A Vertical Panel - If this is set then buttons are in vertical
columns on the panel, not horizontal.
- Show Away Once - shows people's away msgs only once, unless they've changed
- Auto Open DCC Send Window - When set the DCC send window is opened, if
not already opened, when a file is sent
- Auto Open DCC Recv Window - When set the DCC recv window is opened, if
not already opened, when a file is received
- Fast DCC Send - When this is set the TCP stack doesn't wait for ACK's but
keeps sending regardless. It is faster, but if you're on a T1 then think of
us poor dialup users
- Save DCC with Nickname - When this is set, files received through DCC are
saved with the sending nick in the filename
- DCC Offers Timeout - The number of seconds before a DCC offer is withdrawn
- DCC Stall Timeout - The number of seconds before a stalled DCC send is
dropped
- DCC Permissions - The UNIX file permissions given to received files
- DCC Receive dir - The directory where received files are put
- CTCP Sound Dir - The directory where sound files are put/read from
- CTCP Play Command - The program which is run to play sound files
- Left - The X position where the XChat window is placed
- Top - The Y position where the XChat window is placed
- Width - The width of the XChat window
- Height - The height of the XChat window
All values are in pixels. If Left and Top are set to zero, XChat will use
the window manager defaults.
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