/echo Command - mIRC

mIRC

The /echo command prints text to the specified window. This command does not send anything to the server; text is only shown in the window.

Note: If you use /echo to send text to a custom listbox window which has been opened by /window -s, the line will be added added at the bottom of the window rather than being inserted in the correct sort position.

Synopsis

/echo [colour-number] [-deghiNtsaqlbfnmr] [window] <text>
/echo -c[deghiNtsaqlbfnmr] <colour-name> [window] <text>

Switches

Target window swiches

-s - prints to the status window
-a - prints to the active window
-d - prints to the single message window

Settings Related:

-r - Applies the strip settings to the text (as defined in mIRC Options / IRC / Messages).
-l - Applies the highlight settings to the text (as defined in mIRC Address Book / Highlight).
-b - Applies the windows beep settings (to beep if mIRC is not the active application) as defined in mIRC Options / Sounds and any individual window override.
-f - Applies the flash settings to the window (to flash the mIRC System Tray icon) as defined in mIRC Options / IRC / Options and any individual window override.

Other switches

-c - Indicates that the <colour-name> parameter is provided.
-e - Encloses the text with a pair of line separators
-g - Prevents the text from being logged if the window has logging on.
-h - Applies a hard-wrap on the text so that the wrap point does not change when the window is resized. Text is not wrapped if it is echoed to a custom listbox window.
-i<N> - Indents wrapped lines by <N> characters. The standard mIRC indent is 2 spaces.
-t - Adds a timestamp to the text if the timestamp is enabled for that window. Without this, the line will not be timestamped even if the window has timestamping set. Note: Custom windows
-q - Honors the $show flag. (If the alias was called with the . prefix)
-n - Prevents switchbar button/treebar colour change
-m - Treats the line as an user message, colors the window button in the switchbar/treebar with the "Message" colour defined in the option alt+o>Display.

Parameters

[colour-number] - A numeric colour value (0 to 15)
<colour-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

Examples

Example 1: Hello world

/echo -a Hello World!

Example 2: A loop 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.

Example 3: Timestamps

echo    #test            This line never has a timestamp
echo -t #test            This line has a timestamp only if timestamping is enabled within #test
echo    #test $timestamp This line always has a timestamp

Example 4: Colours

//echo 4 -at                abc $chr(22) def $chr(15) The timestamp and this text following the Ctrl-O revert to colour 4 (red)
//echo -act ctcp            abc $chr(22) def $chr(15) The timestamp and this text following the Ctrl-O revert to "ctcp" colour ( $+ $color(ctcp) $+ )
//echo -at $chr(3) $+ 04 $+ abc $chr(22) def $chr(15) The timestamp and this text appear as "normal" colour ( $+ $color(normal) $+ )

Example 5: Switchbar/treebar colours

; See mirc-options/display
; The 1st line    causes the switchbar to change to the "event" colour.
; The 2nd line -m causes the switchbar to change to the "messages" colour, overriding the default EVENT colour.
; The 3rd line -n leaves the switchbar colour unchanged.
; Note that Chanserv giving the joined nick OP level is a separate event, and mIRC will change the -m override, and that event will color the switchbar as the EVENT colour.
 
on ^*:JOIN:#:{
  echo $color(join) -t  # * $nick $+($chr(40),$gettok($fulladdress,2-,33),$chr(41)) has joined # $comchan($nick,0)
  echo $color(join) -tm # * $nick $+($chr(40),$gettok($fulladdress,2-,33),$chr(41)) has joined # $comchan($nick,0)
  echo $color(join) -tn # * $nick $+($chr(40),$gettok($fulladdress,2-,33),$chr(41)) has joined # $comchan($nick,0)
  haltdef
}

/echo -m @window test
/echo -m #channel test
  ;has the same effect as:
/echo @window test
/echo #channel test
/window -g1 @window
/window -g1 #channel

Compatibility

Added: mIRC v3.7
Added on: 12 Oct 1995
Note: Unless otherwise stated, this was the date of original functionality.
Further enhancements may have been made in later versions.