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Keyboard Shortcuts

Alt + /

Switch to the previous/next window in the channel list.

Ctrl + K

Mark any text typed after this shortcut to be colored. After hitting this shortcut, enter an integer in the range 0—15 to select the desired color, or use the autocompletion menu to choose a color name (see below).

Background color can be specified by putting a comma and another integer in the range 0—15 after the foreground color number (autocompletion works too).

A color reference can be found here.

Ctrl + B

Mark all text typed after this shortcut as bold.

Ctrl + U

Mark all text typed after this shortcut as underlined.

Ctrl + I

Mark all text typed after this shortcut as italics.

Ctrl + S

Mark all text typed after this shortcut as struck through.

Ctrl + M

Mark all text typed after this shortcut as monospaced.

Ctrl + O

Mark all text typed after this shortcut to be reset to its original formatting.

Autocompletion

To auto-complete nicknames, channels, commands, and emoji, type one of the characters below to open a suggestion list. Use the and keys to highlight an item, and insert it by pressing Tab or Enter (or by clicking the desired item).

Autocompletion can be disabled in settings.

@

Nickname

#

Channel

/

Commands (see list of commands below)

:

Emoji (note: requires two search characters, to avoid conflicting with common emoticons like :))

Commands

/away [message]

Mark yourself as away with an optional message.

/back

Remove your away status (set with /away).

/ban nick

Ban (+b) a user from the current channel. This can be a nickname or a hostmask.

/banlist

Load the banlist for the current channel.

/collapse

Collapse all previews in the current channel (opposite of /expand)

/connect host [port]

Connect to a new IRC network. If port starts with a + sign, the connection will be made secure using TLS.

Alias: /server

/ctcp target cmd [args]

Send a CTCP request. Read more about this on the dedicated Wikipedia article.

/deop nick [...nick]

Remove op (-o) from one or several users in the current channel.

/devoice nick [...nick]

Remove voice (-v) from one or several users in the current channel.

/disconnect [message]

Disconnect from the current network with an optionally-provided message.

/expand

Expand all previews in the current channel (opposite of /collapse)

/invite nick [channel]

Invite a user to the specified channel. If channel is ommitted, user will be invited to the current channel.

/join channel

Join a channel.

/kick nick

Kick a user from the current channel.

/list

Retrieve a list of available channels on this network.

/me message

Send an action message to the current channel. The Lounge will display it inline, as if the message was posted in the third person.

/mode flags [args]

Set the given flags to the current channel if the active window is a channel, another user if the active window is a private message window, or yourself if the current window is a server window.

/msg channel message

Send a message to the specified channel.

/nick newnick

Change your nickname on the current network.

/notice channel message

Sends a notice message to the specified channel.

/op nick [...nick]

Give op (+o) to one or several users in the current channel.

/part [channel]

Close the specified channel or private message window, or the current channel if channel is ommitted.

Aliases: /close, /leave

/rejoin

Leave and immediately rejoin the current channel. Useful to quickly get op from ChanServ in an empty channel, for example.

Alias: /cycle

/query nick

Send a private message to the specified user.

/quit [message]

Disconnect from the current network with an optional message.

/raw message

Send a raw message to the current IRC network.

Aliases: /quote, /send

/slap nick

Slap someone in the current channel with a trout!

/topic newtopic

Set the topic in the current channel.

/unban nick

Unban (-b) a user from the current channel. This can be a nickname or a hostmask.

/voice nick [...nick]

Give voice (+v) to one or several users in the current channel.

/whois nick

Retrieve information about the given user on the current network.