Re: how do i configure a different "nick" per server?

Hi Mr. Treatment :)


> New question, for example I want to connect
> to efnet as 'nick1' and to freenode as 'nick2'
>
> how do i do that?

For cases like these, irssi brings a concept called networks. For each  
network, you can define several things like nickname/username/realname,  
auto-execute commands, servers etc. Use this concept to make your wish  
come true:

1. Define your networks, along with your chosen names:

/network add -nick efnetnickname -user efnetusername -realname  
efnetrealname EFnet
/network add -nick freenodenickname -user freenodeusername -realname  
freenoderealname Freenode

2. Add some servers to the networks and assign them to the networks:

/server add -network EFnet efnet.xs4all.nl
/server add -network EFnet irc.dks.ca
  [...]

/server add -network Freenode asimov.freenode.net
/server add -network Freenode lem.freenode.net
  [...]

3. Save the settings:

/save

4. Connect to the networks by just typing:

/connect EFnet
/connect Freenode

irssi chooses one of the defined servers for each network and tries to  
connect. If a server fails, it tries the next one of those you defined.

5. If you need further help or want more options, have a look at these:

/help network
/help server

Also, since you saved the settings, you can also take a look into the  
newly written irssi config file (~/.irssi/config).


Yours,

Matthias Grobarek