Every IRC Client Needs This Join/Part Feature
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ThatDev · 2014-06-25 01:33

Lingo is MacOS only, but I haven't seen this feature built into any
other client.  When you're on a channel like freenode's ##javascript
there's at least one join or part per actual message (sometimes 100 or
200 join/parts between messages).

Should I turn off join/part messages to save my eyes?  No!

Should I keep them on because I care about 1% of them: the ones from
active users? No!

I should only see the ones from active users, and since today's update
I don't have to worry about it :-)  I hope other clients start doing
this, or someone can fill me in on which ones do for when I'm on
Linux.

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TempSpastic · 2014-06-25 02:27

This is the first time I'm hearing about this client; how does it
compare to the likes of Linkinus, Limechat, Textual, and Colloquy?

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ThatDev · 2014-06-25 02:37

It's overall the best IRC client I've used.  I haven't tried to do
scripting with it, so I'm not sure how well that works... but I also
haven't really felt the need.

It's free, and looks very much like textual.  I didn't like Colloquy,
and I haven't tried the others you mentioned.

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goggimoggi · 2014-06-25 02:47

Oooh, I haven't heard of Lingo. I currently use Limechat because I
like the simplicity and flexible styling/scripting options. I'll have
to check this one out and see how it compares.

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cypher5001 · 2014-06-25 03:54

Linux clients (like irssi and weechat) have been doing this for ages..

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TingPing · 2014-06-25 04:38

Here is a script for HexChat for similar behavior: [smartparts.py](htt
ps://github.com/TingPing/plugins/blob/master/HexChat/smartparts.py)

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TingPing · 2014-06-25 04:51

It seems like a very unfinished clone of Textual and it's not open
source afaict. I'd almost question if they 'borrowed' some code.

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rgzzo · 2014-06-25 08:14

I don't know about other clients, but in [*irssi*](http://irssi.org/)
(not GUI) you can just ignore these messages. Proper "friends" scripts
should work.

    /ignore -network freenode ##javascript JOINS PARTS QUITS NICKS
Also:

    /ignore JOINS PARTS QUITS
    /ignore -regexp -pattern "is (away|gone|back)" * ACTIONS

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andersbergh · 2014-06-25 12:34

this client looks a lot like Textual... is it based on it?

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[deleted] · 2014-06-25 13:51

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RonDiaz · 2014-06-26 01:15

The similarities to Textual are striking

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damiankw · 2014-06-26 09:32

I think that feature would annoy me more than anything, I like seeing
people join/part/quit, it brings IRC to life! :P

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[deleted] · 2014-06-29 23:26

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