Re: X-chat: odds and ends questions

[Richard Fuchs <dfx@gmx.at>]

Ok, here we go...

On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 05:51:33AM -0600, contactbox@softhome.net wrote:

> (1) I am active on three different networks/channels. On each, I use 
> different "ident-names" and "real-names" information. On WIndows/mIRC its 
> easy - I installed mIRC 3 times with different defaults for each. Can anyone 
> suggest a solution I could use for Xchat? (I'd do the same only I cant 
> figure out where in the code it defines the settings file. So each would 
> overwrite the others settings. Perhaps theres a more elegant solution?) 

As you've probably figured out yourself already, Xchat stores all its
settings and stuff in the directory .xchat/ in your home directory. When you
run Xchat with the --help argument, you'll see that Xchat offers the option
to let you specify the config dir you want to use (--cfgdir), like this:

$ xchat --cfgdir ~/.xchat-blah

> (2) Likewise on each I save my logs to a different place, have different 
> words to highlight - again, do I have 3 different settings files for 3 
> different versions, and where might I specify the location of each? 

Logs are saved in the logs/ dir under your config dir, if I'm not mistaken,
so that dir is also changed with the --cfgdir option.

> I guess the requested feature would be - in the panel where you enter your 
> nick and names and choose a server, to have an option "Get these from my 
> settings file" - and a list of "recently used settings files". 

At the time the connect dialog pops up, the settings are loaded already. But
I think specifying the config dir on the command line should be a good
enough solution?

> (3) How does one add "my current nick" to the "words to highlight" box? On 
> mIRC one tells it to highlight $me, on X-Chat this doesnt seem to be how to 
> do it. 

It does that automatically.

[snipped suggestions/questions about colors]

> (8) The lag-meter... is that to a channel, to other users, to my server, 
> or...? (Theres a difference between how lagged I am to *my* server, and how 
> lagged I am to the other servers or users on a channel, for netsplit and 
> should-I-change-servers detection) 

It's the lag to your server. The lag-meter shows the same value for all
channel tabs of a certain server.

> (9) When X-chat isn't connecting to a server, it takes a long long time to 
> say so. It cant accept multiple ports for a server (though I dont know if 
> thats a problem). You need to manually enter the various servers you might 
> want as alternatives, rather than having them there. or maybe I'm mistaken. 
> Comments from anyone more used to using X-chat? 

Specifying different ports for each server wouldn't be of much help with
connection problems (if you can't connect to one port, there's a 99.99%
chance that you can't connect to the others either). But a multiple-server
round-robin thing could certainly be useful. Wasn't there a discussion
about such a feature on the list a while ago? There might even have been a
patch, I don't remember exactly. Anyway, I personally have my favorite
server per network which I always use if possible. That way I don't need
such a feature. But that's just me.

HTH
Richard
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