====== Weechat ======
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===== Settings =====

==== Aliases ====
You can do lots of really cool things with aliases! I just use them for insert text though!!

''/alias add [alias] /input insert [text]'' will setup an alias that will be insert into text input box when typing ''/[alias]''

  /alias add shrug /input insert ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

=== See Also ===
  * [[github>weechat/weechat/wiki/Alias-examples|Alias examples]] on Weechat's Github wiki.
  * [[https://weechat.org/files/doc/stable/weechat_user.en.html#alias_plugin|Alias]] section in the Weechat User's Guide.

==== Appearance ====
Some character changes:

  /set weechat.look.prefix_error "⚠"
  /set weechat.look.prefix_network ""
  /set weechat.look.prefix_same_nick "” "
  /set weechat.look.prefix_join "--→"
  /set weechat.look.prefix_quit "←--"

Bars:

  /set weechat.bar.title.color_bg [number or name]
  /set weechat.bar.title.color_fg [number or name]
  
  /set weechat.bar.status.color_bg
  /set weechat.bar.status.color_fg
  
(add column to the left that features buffers. In place of bufferlist.pl plugin below.

  /bar add buffers window 22 1 [things to add to bar]

===== Plug-ins =====

==== Slack ====
There was actually a built-in way to connect to Slack via IRC, but there's also a Python plug-in which is more full-featured called wee-slack. And since Slack's IRC bridge has now been closed this is one of the few ways to use Slack in another client.

TBH I stopped using it though. Get's annoying 'cause people use Slack differently that a purely text-based chat, and I only use it for one little group.

  * [[github>wee-slack/wee-slack]]
  * [[archw>WeeChat#Native_client]]
      * (needs [[aur>python2-websocket-client-pebble]])

==== XMPP ====
Might be better-off using [[Bitlbee]]?

Hven't had any luck getting [[github>sleduc/weechat-xmpp]] to work. There's a newer fork---[[github>Psycojoker/weechat-xmpp]]--- but that changes don't seem significant.

Doesn't seem to be maintained. No PRs accepted, no issues getting attention.

Suspicion is that I need to update it from Python 2 to 3.

Additionally I had to also install [[aur>xmpppy]], but still no luck. At time of installation the AUR package was marked as 'unmaintained'.

===== Tunnel / Relay =====

===== Tips =====
Use a [[terminal_emulator|terminal emulator]] that lets you select text in columns, so you can easily copy stuff without grabbing all the ''|''s and bits of the 'user' and 'buffer' lists! In [[URXVT]] you can do this by holding ''Alt'' and ''Shift''.

===== See Also =====
  * [[https://weechat.org/files/doc/stable/weechat_user.en.html|WeeChat user’s guide]] (English, lots of languages available though).
  * [[https://guides.fixato.org/setting_up_weechat.html|FiXato's guide to WeeChat]].
  * [[archw>WeeChat]] on the Arch wiki.
  * [[http://lug.oregonstate.edu/blog/weechat-advanced/|Advanced Weechat]] on the Oregan State University Linux User Group website.
  * [[http://mewbies.com/how_to_install_and_use_irssi_and_weechat.htm#weechat|WEECHAT]] guide on Mewbies.
  * [[znc]]

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