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h1. Tips

h2. Unicode

If you ever experience an issue with displaying unicode characters (which is not just an encoding issue), try type:

<pre>/setoption Messages UseDrawText True</pre>

This will enable a different method for drawing messages.

To disable, type:

<pre>/setoption Messages UseDrawText False</pre>

h2. Auth before joining a channel

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:

<pre>
/msg nickserv identify <password>
/sleep 3 /join #channel1,#channel2
</pre>

/sleep 3, means wait 3 seconds before running the following command.

_The new serverlist has this feature built-in as well as "SASL":http://ircv3.net/specs/extensions/sasl-3.1.html support which makes this a non issue._

h2. Copy text from message buffer

When you select text from the message buffer, AdiIRC will automatically copy the text to the clipboard when you release the left mouse button.

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]].

_These options might be merged into one soon as well as a feature to ask which method to use._

h2. Problem connecting to TLS servers

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. 

h2. Disable or changing CTCP VERSION reply

You can disable or change the CTCP VERSION reply using the [[CTCP event]] in a small script.

This can be used for any CTCP request.

<pre>
; Disable CTCP version reply.
CTCP *:VERSION:*:halt

; Reply with a custom version.
CTCP *:VERSION:*:ctcpreply $nick IRC Version 42 | halt
</pre>

h2. Disable notification popups/tips

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".

h2. Disable highlight sound/beep

Go to [[Options_Dialog|Options]] -> [[Options_Highlights|Highlights]], in the listbox area select "$me", then click the "Edit" button, set the sound dropdown to "No sound" and click "Save".

h2. Client certificates

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:

<pre>
openssl pkcs12 -export -out mynick.pfx -in mynick.pem
</pre>

For creating a new certificate, have a look "here":http://help.globalscape.com/help/secureserver3/Generating_a_PKCS_12_private_key_public_certificate.htm

h2. Speed up bnc buffer

Things you can try:

* Make sure you are using latest beta.
* Reduce Options -> Messages -> Max buffer.
* Disable Options -> Monitor -> Monitor Channels/Servers.
* Type "/setoption Links CaptureLinks False" to disable capturing links.
* Disable Options -> Windows -> Focus newly opened windows.
* Disable/reduce channel backgrounds.
* Disable/reduce emoticons.
* Disable/reduce [[on TEXT]] scripts.
* Disable Options -> Logging-> Log channels.
* Make sure UseDrawText is set to false: type "/setoption Messages UseDrawText False"