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If ever you wish to start a message with a forward slash (/), use two.  The first one escapes the slash so that the client sends a message instead of a command.  This goes for the Twitter tab, since the Mibbit client will not let you send a message starting with a slash unless it is escaped.
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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:
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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:
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<Twitter>: Message not sent. Use // if you really mean it. -->
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{{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:

Command:Escape

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