Commands

Commands in Halloy are prefixed with /.

Example


/me says halloy!

Halloy will first try to run below commands, and lastly send it directly to the server. The argument(s) for a command are shown in tooltips, and those marked with a * will show an additional tooltip with argument-specific information on mouseover.

Command	Alias	Description
`away`		Mark yourself as away. If already away, the status is removed
`clear`		Clear the message history in the current buffer
`cleartopic`	`ct`	Clear the topic of a channel¹
`ctcp`		Client-To-Client requests²
`format`	`f`	Format text with markdown and colors
`hop`	`rejoin`	Part the current channel and join a new one
`join`	`j`	Join channel(s) with optional key(s)
`kick`		Kick a user from a channel¹
`me`	`describe`	Send an action message to the channel
`mode`	`m`	Set mode(s) on a channel or retrieve the current mode(s) set³
`monitor`		System to notify when users become online/offline
`motd`		Request the message of the day
`msg`	`query`	Open a query with a nickname and send an optional message
`nick`		Change your nickname on the current server
`notice`		Send a notice message to a target
`part`	`leave`	Leave and close channel(s)/quer(ies) with an optional reason ⁴
`quit`		Disconnect from the server with an optional reason
`raw`		Send data to the server without modifying it
`topic`	`t`	Retrieve the topic of a channel or set a new topic¹
`whois`		Retrieve information about user(s)

The channel argument can be skipped when used in a channel buffer to target the channel in the buffer. ↩ ↩2 ↩3
The nick argument can be skipped when used in a query buffer to target the other user in the buffer. ↩
The target argument can be skipped; in a channel buffer it will target the channel in the buffer, in a query buffer it will target the other user in the buffer, and in a server buffer it will target your user. ↩
The targets argument can be skipped; in a channel or query buffer it will target the current buffer. ↩

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