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h1. Messages Options

h2. Font Messages

Select the font and font size for messages.

h2. Font Topicbox

Select the font and font size for the Topicbox.

h2. Font Editbox

Select the font and font size for the Editbox.

h2. Use timestamp

Enables or disables the timestamp for messages.

h2. Format

The timestamp format to use.

h2. Message prefix System

The prefix to use for system messages.

h2. Message prefix Ctcp

The prefix to use for ctcp messages.

h2. Message prefix User

The prefix to use for regular user messages.

h2. Message prefix Emote

The prefix to use for [[/me|emote]] messages.

h2. Scroll messages when typing

If enabled, typing in the Editbox will scroll the message buffer to bottom if the buffer is scrolled up.

h2. AutoFocus Editbox

If enabled, when the mouse leaves the message buffer area, focus will put on the Editbox.

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@hosst.com) joins *#channel*

Disabled:
Nick (nick!nick@hosst.com) joins #channel

h2. AutoCopy selected text to Clipboard

If enabled, selected text in the message buffer will automatically be copied to your clipboard when you release the mouse.

h2. Show day changed message

If enabled, AdiIRC will show a "Day changed to X" message in all open windows at midnight.

h2. Show Scrollbar

If enabled, shows vertical scrollbar in the message buffer.

h2. Strip mIRC tags (colors/bold/italic/underline)

If enabled, removes [[Formatting_Text|control codes]] from incoming messages.

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 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 timestamp for consecutive messages

If enabled, timestamp will be hidden if the same person writes several messages in a row.

Enabled:

<pre>
[42:42] <Nick1> text
[42:42] <Nick2> text
        <Nick2> text
        <Nick2> text
[42:42] <Nick3> text
</pre>

Disabled:

<pre>
[42:42] <Nick1> text
[42:42] <Nick2> text
[42:42] <Nick2> text
[42:42] <Nick2> text
[42:42] <Nick3> text
</pre>

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.

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.

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.

h2, Nick column divider

If set to on, nick column will be visible.
If set to off, nick column will be visible.
If set to authode, nick column will be visible and automatically hide itself unless the mouse is hovering it.
If set to locked, nick column 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.

h2. Use global Editbox history

If enabled, Editbox up/down history will be the same for each window, otherwise each window has it's own up/down history.

h2. Save and restore history

If enabled, Editbox history will be saved and restored across sessions.

h2. Disable script evaluation in Editbox

If enabled, typing $identifier<tab> and //commands will not be evaluated in the Editbox.

h2. Max history

Set the maximum number of Editbox history to save.