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The General Tab

Global Options

Dock in system tray

This allows KSirc to be docked in the system tray. By default this is not enabled. When KSirc is docked in the system tray, you are able to access several options by clicking on the KSirc icon. When you close KSirc window, the icon stays in the systray until you quit KSirc.

Color picker popup

If selected, a popup window from which to select the color of your text is presented when you press Ctrl+K. If not, you have to type the color codes manually. See also Chapter 4, KSirc Colors. This option is selected by default.

Auto create window

If selected, KSirc will automatically create a new window for each user who sends a /msg command to you. If not selected, any text sent to you with /msg is displayed in the current window and you can use /query username to create a window to chat to that user. It is selected by default.

Auto-rejoin

Rejoins channels automatically if you are disconnected.

Auto create on notice

If someone sends you a /notice then if this option is checked it will create a new window.

Announce away messages

If this is checked, you will see the messages when a user selects the away option. By default this option is not checked. It is checked by default.

Nick completion

If selected, switches nickname completion on. Nickname completion works as follows:

  1. Type the first letters of a user's nickname.

  2. Press TAB. The text you typed will be completed to match the username, including changes in capitalization if necessary. for example, phi<TAB> becomes PhilRod if there is a user called “PhilRod” on the channel.

  3. If more than one user's nickname on the channel matches the text you have typed, the first name in the list is chosen. Pressing TAB subsequent times displays the next nickname in the list. For example, if there are users “PhilA” and “PhilRod” on a channel, and you type phi<TAB>, the text will first be completed to PhilA, and if you press TAB again, it will change to PhilRod.

Use color nick list

If selected, it will use the colors set in the Colors tab of the Configure KSirc dialog for coloring the nicknames.

Display topic in caption

Displays the topic of the current channel in the window caption. If not selected, the topic is only displayed inside the window.

Dock passive popups

This option is only available if Dock in system tray is checked. If it checked, the passive popups will be displayed docked to the system tray.

One line text entry box

If this is not selected, the entry box where you write your text in each channel will expand on several lines depending of the text length. If this is selected, only one line will be used and that means you will not see the beginning of the text you are writing if it is longer than the line.

History Length

Stores up to this many lines of chat from each window, allowing you to scroll upwards and see what has already been said.

Auto save history

If this is selected, private message history is saved. When you open a private window the second time with the same user, you will see a log (the history) of your previous chat with him.

Per Channel Options

Override existing channels options

If this is selected, the settings in this tab will override each channel options so these settings will be applied in each channel, independently of your channel settings in the Channel menu. This setting will only work until next time you open the configuration dialog and it will be reset unchecked then. This is because you probably don't want to override the existing channels options all the time.

Time Stamp

Prepends each thing said in the channel with the time it was said, in the form [HH:MM:SS].

Show topic

Displays the channel topic on top of each channel window.

Beep on change

If selected, a system beep will be generated whenever a user on your /notify list signs onto the IRC server you are on.

Enable logging

Creates log files for each channel per day. These log files are stored in $TDEHOME/share/apps/ksirc/logs/ and the files look like: /$TDEHOME/share/apps/ksirc/logs/#channelname_year_month_day_servername.log

Hide part/join messages

Don't show part/join messages. This is useful in a channel with many people.

Default encoding

Fixes the default encoding for all channels. Choose the encoding in the drop-down list.

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