{{>toc}} h1. Messages Options h2. Use timestamp Enables or disables the timestamp for messages. _See also [[/timestamp]], [[$timestamp]]._ h2. Format The timestamp format to use. _See also [[$timestampfmt]]._ h2. Message prefix System The prefix to use for system messages. _See also [[$prefixsys]]._ h2. Message prefix Ctcp The prefix to use for ctcp messages. _See also [[$prefixctcp]]._ h2. Message prefix User The prefix to use for regular user messages. *Useable variables* $pnick = Channel nick with status prefix (also contains nick colors if enabled in [[Options Dialog|Options]] -> [[Nick Colors Options|Nick Colors]]). $status = Channel status prefix. (@%+) $nick = Channel nick. $imagechar = Image character, can used as $imagecharEMOTE$imagechar $nickcolor = Channel nick color (number between 0 and 99) $rgbnickcolor = Channel nick rgb color (RRGGBB) $linecolor = Message line color. $rgblinecolor = Message line rgb color. *Examples* _ means the control code for colors which can be added using %(key)CTRL% + %(key)K%._ _ means the control code for rgb colors which can be added using %(key)CTRL% + %(key)SHIFT% + %(key)K%._ $nickcolor and $linecolor can be used with the for creating custom colored prefixes. $rgbnickcolor and $rgblinecolor can be used with the for creating rgb colored custom prefixes. $nickcolor[$nick] becomes %{color:#FF0000}[nick]% [$nickcolor$nick] becomes [%{color:#FF0000}nick%] _The prefix is not evaluated as a script._ _See also [[$prefixuser]], [[Formatting Text]]._ h2. Message prefix Emote The prefix to use for [[/me|emote]] messages. *Useable variables* $pnick = Channel nick with status prefix (also contains nick colors if enabled in [[Options Dialog|Options]] -> [[Nick Colors Options|Nick Colors]]). $status = Channel status prefix. (@%+) $nick = Channel nick. $imagechar = Image character, can used as $imagecharEMOTE$imagechar $nickcolor = Channel nick color (number between 0 and 99) $rgbnickcolor = Channel nick rgb color (RRGGBB) $linecolor = Message line color. $rgblinecolor = Message line rgb color. *Examples* _ means the control code for colors which can be added using %(key)CTRL% + %(key)K%._ _ means the control code for rgb colors which can be added using %(key)CTRL% + %(key)SHIFT% + %(key)K%._ $nickcolor and $linecolor can be used with the for creating custom colored prefixes. $rgbnickcolor and $rgblinecolor can be used with the for creating rgb colored custom prefixes. $nickcolor[$nick] becomes %{color:#FF0000}[nick]% [$nickcolor$nick] becomes [%{color:#FF0000}nick%] _The prefix is not evaluated as a script._ _See also [[$prefixemote]], [[Formatting Text]]._ h2. Highlight matching lines when hovering nicks If enabled, all lines containing the hovering nick will be highlighted. h2. Scroll messages when typing If enabled, typing in the [[Editbox Control|Editbox]] will scroll the message buffer to bottom if the buffer is scrolled up. h2. Make certain part of messages bold If enabled, interesting parts of some messages like nicks, channel names will be bold. Enabled: *Nick* (nick!nick@host.com) joins *#channel* Disabled: Nick (nick!nick@host.com) joins #channel h2. Automatically copy selected text to Clipboard If enabled, selected text in the message buffer will automatically be copied to your clipboard when you release the mouse and keyboard focus will be put on the [[Editbox Control|Editbox]]. If disabled, %(key)CTRL% + %(key)C% keyboard shortcut can be used to copy the text to the clipboard. h2. Show now talking/rejoined channel messages If enabled, AdiIRC will show a message "Now talking in #channel" when joining a channel, and "Rejoining...", "Rejoined #channel" when rejoining channels. h2. Show day changed message If enabled, AdiIRC will show a "Day changed to X" message in all open windows at midnight. h2. Strip mIRC tags (colors/bold/italic/underline) If enabled, removes [[Formatting_Text|control codes]] from incoming messages. _See also [[$strip]]._ h2. Strip mIRC tags in Topicbox If enabled, removes [[Formatting_Text|control codes]] from the Topicbox. _See also [[$strip]]._ h2. Use unread line marker If enabled, shows a vertical line in the message buffer indicating new messages since you last focused the window. h2. Use small unread line marker If enabled, the unread line marker will be shown between two messages with no extra spaces around it. h2. Show empty line at bottom If enabled, always shows a empty line at the bottom of the message buffer. h2. ignore nicks for consecutive messages If enabled, nicks will be hidden if the same person writes several messages in a row. Enabled: 
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_Indenting only works when the Nick column is enabled._ h2. Show scroll icon when scrolled up When enabled, shows a clickable icon when the buffer is scrolled up, clicking it will scroll the buffer to the bottom. The icon will switch from white to black depending on the message buffer background color. !scrollicon.png! h2. Show Scrollbar If enabled, shows vertical scrollbar in the message buffer, if set to Autohide, scrollbar will be hidden until you either mousescroll or hover at the right border of the message area. h2. Show lines between messages If enabled. shows horizontal lines between the messages in the message buffer. !lines.png! h2. Use alternative text rendering If enabled, uses a more accurate but much slower way to render text, enable if you have problems with unicode or missing glyphs with certain fonts. h2. Show short joins, parts and quits If enabled, join/part/quit messages are shown using a shorter format without the channel name. h2. Show user addresses in joins, parts and quits If enabled users ident@address is shown in join/part/quit messages. h2. Indent wrapped lines with [X] pixels Indent wrapped lines in the message buffer with [X] pixels. h2. Max buffer [X] lines Set the maximum number of scrollback lines in the message buffer. _If set to 0, unlimited number of lines._ _Can also be set per window in the Switchbar/Treebar right click menu._ h2. Line marker size Sets the unread line marker size in pixels. h2. Spacing If set to single, messages in the message buffer will use regular spacing. If set to paragraph, messages in the message buffer will use 1.5 times spacing. If set to double, messages in the message buffer will use 2 times spacing. h2. Pixel spacing Sets the number of pixels between each message in the message buffer. _By making lines bigger, emoticons will also resize to be bigger._ h2. Left border Sets the left border for the message buffer in pixels. h2. Bottom border Sets the bottom border for the message buffer in pixels. h2. Use nick column Enable or disable the message buffer nick column. _See also [[/nickcolumn]]._ Enabled: !2.png! Disabled: !1.png! h2. Expand nick column on long nicks If enabled, nick column will automatically resize itself to fit long nicks. _It will not compress itself again._ h2. Nick column divider If set to on, nick column divider will be visible. If set to off, nick column divider will not be visible. If set to autohide, nick column divider will be visible and automatically hide itself unless the mouse is hovering it. If set to locked, nick column divider will be visible and locked to avoid accidental resize. h2. Nick column width Set default nick column width. _If changed, will reset all column width in all windows._ h2. Nick column divider width Set the nick column divider width in pixels. _Keep in mind the allocated width for the divider is the width of a white space on the current font._