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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.

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