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Per Amundsen, 10/07/2015 04:41 PM

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h1. Tips
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h2. Unicode
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If you ever experience an issue with displaying unicode characters (which is not just an encoding issue), try type:
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<pre>/setoptions Messages UseDrawText True</pre>
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This will enable a different method for drawing messages.
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To disable, type:
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<pre>/setoptions Messages UseDrawText False</pre>
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h2. Auth before joining a channel
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If you need to be authed with nickserv before joining a channel, you can use the [[/sleep]] (or [[/timer]]) command in your serverlist "Run these commands on connect" field:
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<pre>
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/msg nickserv identify <password>
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/sleep 3 /join #channel1,#channel2
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</pre>
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/sleep 3, means wait 3 seconds before running the following command.
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_A dedicated field in the serverlist for this is planned as well as "SASL":http://ircv3.net/specs/extensions/sasl-3.1.html support which makes this a non issue._
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h2. Copy text from message buffer
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When you select text from the message buffer, AdiIRC will automatically copy the text to the clipboard when you release the left mouse button.
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If you prefer to manually press %(key)CTRL% + %(key)C%, you can go to [[Options_Dialog|Options]] -> [[Messages_Options|Messages]] and disable [[Message_Options#AutoCopy-selected-text-to-clipboard|AutoCopy selected text to clipboard]]  and [[Message_Options#AutoFocus-editbox|AutoFocus editbox]].
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_These options might be merged into one soon as well as a feature to ask which method to use._
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h2. Problem connecting to TLS servers
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If you experience problems connecting to a TLS only server, you can try the ".NET 4.5":http://adiirc.com/download.php version which has support for TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2. 
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h2. Disable or changing CTCP VERSION reply
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You can disable or change the CTCP VERSION reply using the [[CTCP event]] in a small script.
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This can be used for any CTCP request.
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<pre>
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; Disable CTCP version reply.
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CTCP *:VERSION:*:halt
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; Reply with a custom version.
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CTCP *:VERSION:*:ctcpreply $nick IRC Version 42 | halt
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</pre>
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h2. Disable notification popups/tips
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Tips for various events can be disabled in [[Options_Dialog|Options]] -> [[Options_Tips|Tips]], to disable highlight tips, go to [[Options_Dialog|Options]] -> [[Options_Highlights|Highlights]], in the listbox area select "$me", then click the "Edit" button, uncheck "Tip message" and click "Save".
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h2. Client certificates
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AdiIRC supports only "PFX":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PKCS_12 certificates, you can convert a "PEM":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy-enhanced_Electronic_Mail certificate to "PFX":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PKCSusing using this "openssl":https://www.openssl.org/ format:
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openssl pkcs12 -export -out mynick.pfx -in mynick.pem
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For creating a new certificate, have a look "here":http://help.globalscape.com/help/secureserver3/Generating_a_PKCS_12_private_key_public_certificate.htm