Any HexChat users - spoiler text?
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pss0 · 2014-05-19 08:19

So I'm using HexChat and I really like the feel of it. But my friends
who use IRC like to use spoiler text; pretty much have the background
of text the same colour of the text. But it doesn't work on HexChat.
Same with the Channel Topic at the top.
Does anyone know how to remedy this?

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KindOne · 2014-05-19 08:48

Probably better off asking in #hexchat @ irc.freenode.net

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[deleted] · 2014-05-19 09:20

I don't use HexChat, but I once used XChat and if I'm not utterly
mistaken, it worked there the same way as in most other clients: type
Ctrl-K, then a (small – 0 to 15 I think) number, then a comma, then
the same number, then your text.

I think the problem is that in the channel topic, XChat/HexChat don't
*preserve* colors, but IIRC you can still add them.

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boo_ood · 2014-05-19 12:11

There's an option to show the topic in colour IIRC

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[deleted] · 2014-05-19 13:48

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sentriz · 2014-05-19 22:58

In HexChat.. Nope, unfortunately not. When you join a channel with a
coloured topic, it will show it correctly in the channel (in the
format "you have joined #chan. The topic is [coloured topic]), but in
the topic /bar/ there's no colour. Just the plain text and weird
characters (whatever the ctrl+K character looks like). However, as
/u/Not_A_Terrorist said, you can strip the topic bar.

I remember it working very nicely in xchat though.
Suppose we can't complain, FOSS FTW :)

EDIT: (2014/06/10) This feature is now back in HexChat 2.10.0 :)

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Fuck_Plebbit69 · 2014-05-20 04:37

Yep. They're very helpful over there. Gone there anytime there's a
problem

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boo_ood · 2014-05-20 05:09

The stripping feature was what I remembered. I didn't realize the
topic broke when it was disabled.

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pss0 · 2014-05-20 07:18

Thanks. This worked. I can (or more correctly, can't) see the spoiler
text. Much appreciated.

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[deleted] · 2014-05-20 07:19

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pss0 · 2014-05-20 07:20

Thanks. I'll definitely check this out.

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pss0 · 2014-05-20 07:20

That did it. Now I can discuss all the movie spoilers without pissing
people off. Thanks.