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Weechat and IRC channel setup

WeeChat Configuration

• Disable logging: /set logger.file.auto_log off

• Logging off only in one channel: /logger disable

• Arrange buffer under server (autosort.py required): /set irc.look.server_buffer independent

• Enable smart filter to not see join/leave messages, without including users who spoke recently: /filter add irc_smart * irc_smart_filter *

• Ignore all join/leave messages: /filter add joinquit * irc_join,irc_part,irc_quit *

• Stop sending various metadata:

  /set irc.ctcp.clientinfo ""
  /set irc.ctcp.finger ""
  /set irc.ctcp.source ""
  /set irc.ctcp.time ""
  /set irc.ctcp.userinfo ""
  /set irc.ctcp.version ""
  /set irc.ctcp.ping ""

• Install useful scripts:

  /script install autosort.py
  /script install highmon.pl
  /script install autojoin.py
  /script install colorize_nicks.py
  /script install anti_password.py
  /script install apply_corrections.py

• Enable nick colors in nick list: /set irc.look.color_nicks_in_nicklist on

• Use a different color for offline nicks: /set weechat.look.color_nick_offline yes

• Add server with TLS: /server add name irc.server.net/6697 -ssl

• SASL configuration:

  /set irc.server.name.sasl_mechanism PLAIN
  /set irc.server.name.sasl_username <nickname>
  /set irc.server.name.sasl_password <password>

• Disable file transfers:

  /plugin unload xfer
  /set weechat.plugin.autoload "*,!xfer"

• Disable leave message: /set irc.server_default.msg_part = ""

• Disable quit message: /set irc.server_default.msg_quit = ""

• Remove seconds from the timestamp: /set weechat.look.buffer_time_format "%H:%M"

• Remove nick from repeated messages: /set weechat.look.prefix_same_nick ""

• Unload unneeded plugins (customize to your needs!): /set weechat.plugin.autoload "*,!xfer,!fifo,!logger,!ruby,!lua,!tcl,!guile,!javascript,!php,!spell"

• Save settings: /save

IRC channel setup

The following steps will help you make a private IRC channel, forbidding anyone to join.

• Make channel invite only: /mode #channel +i

• Whitelist nick: /mode #channel +I nick

• Set channel password: /mode #channel +k password

• Set how many people can join: /mode #channel +l N

• Make channel secret: /mode #channel +s

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