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| − | [[Category:Commands]] | + | In [[IRC]], commands start with a forward slash ("/"), so when you want to use a forward slash as the first character of a non-command Message, you have to escape the forward slash. In the Mibbit client, this is done via the escape command: |
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| + | {{:Command:Escape}} | ||
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| + | For example, if you wanted to send the message "/cs aop #chan add nick is the command to add somebody to the auto-op list", you would type in the input line the following: | ||
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| + | //cs aop #chan add nick is the command to add somebody to the auto-op list | ||
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| + | <!-- In the Twitter tab, you may not send messages starting with a forward slash without escaping it. If you do not escape the forward slash, you get the following message: | ||
| + | <Twitter>: Message not sent. Use // if you really mean it. --> | ||
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| + | [[Category:Commands]][[Category:Input type]] | ||
| + | {{DEFAULTSORT:Escape Command}} | ||
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In IRC, commands start with a forward slash ("/"), so when you want to use a forward slash as the first character of a non-command Message, you have to escape the forward slash. In the Mibbit client, this is done via the escape command:
For example, if you wanted to send the message "/cs aop #chan add nick is the command to add somebody to the auto-op list", you would type in the input line the following:
//cs aop #chan add nick is the command to add somebody to the auto-op list
