[HexChat] Just started using it; how do you get incoming msgs to
automatically open a new query window like in mIRC?
reddit / irc

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evilyou · 2015-06-07 19:59

I was able to accomplish this by going to Settings -> Preferences ->
Interface -> Channel switcher, and [checking the box 'Open a new tab
when you receive a private message' and making sure that the 'Open
dialogs in:' option was set to
Windows.](http://i.imgur.com/aBgzegv.png)

Hope this helps you out, HexChat is insanely configurable, just keep
messing with it until you get everything how you like it.

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Cronyx · 2015-06-07 20:59

ah sweet, thanks

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TingPing · 2015-06-07 23:08

Also this is enabled by default... so somebody disabled it.

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Cronyx · 2015-06-08 05:35

Fresh install, on a fresh install of Windows.

I noticed the problem when Nickserv wasn't opening a query window, but
was showing up inline in whatever channel I was in.

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TingPing · 2015-06-08 06:44

Ah nickserv replies with Notices not Messages. You can change that
behavior in *Prefs > Chan Switcher > Placement of notices*.

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Cronyx · 2015-06-08 13:38

Not on every server. Because once I manually opened a query window,
*then* they showed up in there. But it still wouldn't automatically
open one.

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TingPing · 2015-06-09 01:20

Those are still notices, the default setting of "Automatic" placement
will put notices in a query if it exists already:
http://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/tips.html#notice-placement

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Cronyx · 2015-06-09 02:30

Ah. I'm so used to mIRC it's freakish. I've only ever used it, and
ircII back in my dialup shell days.

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TingPing · 2015-06-09 02:56

How notices are handled is a common complaint.