Filters

(for registered main client users only at the moment)

Filters are a simple yet useful system to replace text. They can be applied to incoming or outgoing IRC chat.

Just go to Prefs -> Filters and setup your own.

• REGEXP - This is a javascript regular expression to match against
• Replacement - The text you want to replace with
• In - If checked, it'll be applied to any incoming IRC chat
• Out - If checked, it'll be applied to any outgoing IRC chat

Note that the filters are applied from first to last, only once.

For the regular expression syntax, see https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Guide/Regular_Expressions

You could use this to:

• Replace irritating abbreviations:
  • BRB -> Be right back
  • i18n -> internationalization
• Filter out offensive words:
  • Damn -> by the beard of Zeus!
• Store commonly used responses:
  • tellWidget -> "The widget is a fantastic thing that you can find more info about here....."
• default:
  • \bmibbiturl\b -> http://www.mibbit.com/chat/ (\b = word boundary)
• Use a matched text within the replaced string
  • \b([^ ]+)url\b -> http://www.$1.com -> mozillaurl -> http://www.mozilla.com