Tricks with jIRC

Here's some basic tricks to make your experience with the OSI Chat system more enjoyable. (If you want more from your IRC client, we recommend downloading mIRC.)

%C is equivalent to a color code (Ctrl-K) in mIRC
%B is equivalent to Bold (Ctrl-B) in mIRC
%R is equivalent to Reverse (Ctrl-R) in mIRC
%U is equivalent to Underline (Ctrl-U) in mIRC
%O is equivalent to Normalized (Ctrl-O) in mIRC

A sample of uses:
%C9,3Testing -- Produces the word 'testing' in foreground color 9 (light green), background color 3.
%UTesting -- Produces the word 'testing' in underlined form.

The color codes:
0 = White
1 = Black
2 = Dark Blue
3 = Green
4 = Red
5 = Dark Red
6 = Purple
7 = Orange
8 = Yellow
9 = Light Green
10 = Cyan
11 = Light Blue
12 = Blue
13 = Light Purple
14 = Grey
15 = Light Grey

Remember, %C1,11 gives a foreground number (the first number), which is the color of the text; the background number is the color you want displayed behind this text.

/msg <name> <message> -- Sends a private message to the user in question. When you recieve a private message via jIRC, a Java window will appear containing the message. The aforementioned text codes will still function in private messages.

/topic -- Displays the present topic of #SunnydaleOSI.

/me -- Produces an action. For example, /me tests his strength would appear as:
* OSIUser tests his strength

/quit -- Disconnects jIRC.