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mirc/commands/echo
The /echo command prints text to the specified window. This command does not send anything to the server. Text is only shown in your window buffer.
Note: If you use /window -s, line added to the window with /echo won't get sorted.
Synopsis
/echo [color] [-deghiNtsaqlbfnmr] [window] <text> /echo [color] -c[deghiNtsaqlbfnmr] <color_name> [window] <text>
Switches
- -c - Indicates the <color_name> parameter was provided.
- -e - Encloses the text with a pair of line separators
- -g - Prevents the text from being logged.
- -h - Applies a hard-wrap on the text.
- -i<N> - Wraps the text by <N> characters.
- -t - Adds a timestamp to the text if the timestamp is enabled (global or for that window)
- -s - prints to the status window
- -a - prints to the active window
- -d - prints to the single message window
- -q - Honors the $show flag. (If the alias was called with the . prefix)
- -n - Prevents switchbar/treebar status color change
- -m - Treats the line as user message instead of an event
- Settings Related:
- -r - Applies the strip settings to the text.
- -l - Applies the highlight settings to the text
- -b - Applies the beep settings to the window.
- -f - Applies the flash settings to the window.
Parameters
- [color] - A numeric color value (0 to 15)
- <color_name> - Used with the -c switch. One of the following: Action, ctcp, highlight, info, info2, invite, join, part, quit, kick, mode, topic, nick, normal, notice, notify, other, own, wallops, whois
- [window] - The target window/channel/query
- <text> - The text to be printed
Example
A Hello World example:
/echo -a Hello World!
A simple example of a loop that prints a few lines:
alias example { var %x = 5 while (%x) { echo -a This is example line $v1 $+ . dec %x } }
The above will print:
This is example line 5. This is example line 4. This is example line 3. This is example line 2. This is example line 1.
Compatibility
Added: mIRC v3.7
Added On: 12/10/95
Note: Individual switches were not taken into consideration.
See also
mIRC commands list