gist/irc/hexchat/configs.md

HexChat configs

• Timestamp format: [%Y-%j %H.%M.%S] or [%G-W%V-%u %H:%M:%S]
  • Example: 2021-173 19.40.50 or 2021-W34-5 13:44:50
• Nickname length: /set text_max_indent 640
  • so huge nicknames (especially with RELAYMSG) won’t overlap timestamps
  • source: https://hexchat.readthedocs.io/en/latest/faq.html#why-does-the-timestamp-overlap-some-nicknames
• Auto-reconnect: /set net_ping_timeout 90
  • https://hexchat.readthedocs.io/en/latest/faq.html#how-do-i-auto-reconnect-after-my-computer-wakes-up-from-being-in-sleep-hibernate-mode

Settings changes

• When using playback script (might be undesirable due to Ergo with @clientid behaving better)
• Disable logging?
• Disable scrollback
• Realname (or /set irc_real_name Mikaela <email@example.net>

Settings → Text events

• Channel messages to show prefix
  • original: %C18%H<%H$4$1%H>%H%O$t$2
  • new: %C18%H<%H$4$3$1%H>%H%O$t$2
  • source: https://hexchat.readthedocs.io/en/latest/faq.html#how-do-i-show-and-in-front-of-nicknames-that-are-op-and-voice-when-they-talk