how do i configure a different "nick" per server?

[detainee treatment]

New question, for example I want to connect
to efnet as 'nick1' and to freenode as 'nick2'

how do i do that?

I've tried different things and I've only been
able to set my nick globally in the config file
in .irssi/

I want to avoid having to type "/nick nick1"
or "/nick nick2" (or is it "/name", I can't
remember right now) every time I log in.



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[Matthias Grobarek]

Hi Mr. Treatment :)

Post by detainee treatment
New question, for example I want to connect
to efnet as 'nick1' and to freenode as 'nick2'
how do i do that?

For cases like these, irssi brings a concept called networks. For each
network, you can define several things like nickname/username/realname,
auto-execute commands, servers etc. Use this concept to make your wish
come true:

1. Define your networks, along with your chosen names:

/network add -nick efnetnickname -user efnetusername -realname
efnetrealname EFnet
/network add -nick freenodenickname -user freenodeusername -realname
freenoderealname Freenode

2. Add some servers to the networks and assign them to the networks:

/server add -network EFnet efnet.xs4all.nl
/server add -network EFnet irc.dks.ca
[...]

/server add -network Freenode asimov.freenode.net
/server add -network Freenode lem.freenode.net
[...]

3. Save the settings:

/save

4. Connect to the networks by just typing:

/connect EFnet
/connect Freenode

irssi chooses one of the defined servers for each network and tries to
connect. If a server fails, it tries the next one of those you defined.

5. If you need further help or want more options, have a look at these:

/help network
/help server

Also, since you saved the settings, you can also take a look into the
newly written irssi config file (~/.irssi/config).


Yours,

Matthias Grobarek

[leonie herzberg]

Hi guys.
I know how to define a nick for a certain network, but I'm missing
some /network add -alternative_nick or whatever. So is there a way to
configure that? :/

Leonie

[Michael Tatge]

Post by leonie herzberg
I know how to define a nick for a certain network, but I'm missing
some /network add -alternative_nick or whatever. So is there a way to
configure that? :/

It is, but AFAIK you have to manually edit the config file.

somenetwork = {
type = "IRC";
nick = "nick";
alternate_nick = "nick_";
username = "user";
};

Michael

[Marcus Rueckert]

Post by leonie herzberg
I know how to define a nick for a certain network, but I'm missing
some /network add -alternative_nick or whatever. So is there a way to
configure that? :/

/help server

darix