How does one deal with join/part clutter?
reddit / irc

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zobatch · 2014-06-14 22:39

I realize I can hide/show join/part messages. But, at least in
HexChat, it's an all-or-nothing deal. For a small channel, it's not a
real issue to see all of the joins and parts. But in larger channels
the number of join/part messages can greatly outnumber the actual
conversation messages.

Is there a middle-ground? Maybe something that hides joins/parts if
that user's last activity in the channel was more than X minutes ago?

I wouldn't want this to be just about helping me, so I encourage
responses not to limit themselves to HexChat and to post their own
solutions (assuming they exist).

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[deleted] · 2014-06-14 22:52

You could ask for help in [#hexchat](irc://irc.freenode.net/hexchat)
on freenode and see if somebody has a script, etc.

For my own solution, I personally use
[IRCCloud](https://www.irccloud.com), and one of the most favorite
thing about them is that their clients automatically collapse
join/part/quit messages, as well as certain mode changes (such as
someone being opped). Here's an example of a collapsed message from
IRCCloud:


```
6:16 PM  → skinkitten, sunwind, GrannyGoose, Myhorta, pmodern, easior
and Katiebeth28 joined  ← JoshTheEnder left  ⇐ kmg90, Somasis, Ward,
barjac and Tux[Qyou] quit  ↔ nurabsal, PurpleDog and Truman popped in
↔ chaosblade, JerryT, petris, Firebat|Off (was Firebat) and Biafra
nipped out  •  SBK[BORABORA] → ScumBagKing
```


^ That was from #hexchat on freenode, btw :P.

Not saying that other clients don't have message collapsing. If anyone
else knows about clients that offer message collapsing, put a mention
of it in the thread too :).

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tinfoil_hats · 2014-06-14 22:59

From http://wiki.xkcd.com/irc/hide_join_part_messages#HexChat

> For a single channel:

> left-hand window list → right-click the channel → Settings → Check
"Hide join/part messages"

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sentriz · 2014-06-15 01:34

Install Python for your HexChat and grab this script [here](https://gi
thub.com/TingPing/plugins/blob/master/HexChat/smartparts.py).


smartparts.py:
> "Intelligently hide parts, joins, autoop, and nick changes"

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zobatch · 2014-06-15 02:15

This I know. But I'd still like to know that I shouldn't waste my time
answering somebody who joined, asked a question, and then bailed
before I could answer.

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austindkelly · 2014-06-15 14:52

/window level -join -part -crap

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zobatch · 2014-06-15 15:55

What does this do? Where is it documented?

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austindkelly · 2014-06-15 16:14

Sorry didn't mean to troll. It's commands for IRSSI http://irssi.org/