[HexChat] How do I automatically execute a command in a specific
channel?
reddit / irc

----------------------------------------------------------------------
WoodpeckerNo1 · 2017-08-13 13:57

I've set HexChat to automatically join a server, and automatically
join two channels in that server. But in one of those channels I have
to login through a command. How can I make HexChat automatically
execute the command in that channel?

----------------------------------------------------------------------
muesli · 2017-08-13 17:10

There seems to be a bit of a misconception of how IRC works. You don't
send commands in channels, you can only send a message to a channel.
How do you login? I assume it's authenticating with NickServ. In that
case:

```
/msg NickServ identify your_password
```

----------------------------------------------------------------------
WoodpeckerNo1 · 2017-08-13 17:56

Well, this one works a little different from usual. Let's say the bot
that handles the login is called Ruben, and the channel the bot is in
is called #home. I set HexChat to automatically join #home, and
another channel. When I join #home, I want HexChat to automatically
execute this command:

/msg Ruben LOGIN username password title

But, if I can't send commands in channels, is there another way to do
this?

----------------------------------------------------------------------
TingPing · 2017-08-13 18:10

You can use *Ctrl+S > Edit > Connect commands*.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
WoodpeckerNo1 · 2017-08-13 18:12

That only executes a command when connecting to the server, not in a
channel, afaik.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
TingPing · 2017-08-13 18:13

Correct, but that should be sufficient. The only way to hook when you
join directly would be with a custom script.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
muesli · 2017-08-13 18:16

What's stopping you from doing it exactly like that? Do you need to
post that to `Ruben` as a normal channel message?

----------------------------------------------------------------------
WoodpeckerNo1 · 2017-08-13 18:23

Ah, right. It worked, thanks!