iGOR includes an
Internet Relay Chat client program, enabling you to chat with your
racing
buddies without the need for a separate program such as mIRC. It
has the same
basic functionality as most other IRC programs available, but it does
not have some of the more advanced features. If you need those
features you can always connect with a separate IRC program at the same
time as with iGOR.
Interface Overview
Main Chat Window (click for a larger image)
As with the RaceList window, the buttons for joining a race/hosting a
race/etc. are still available.
(1) Topic Bar - displays current channel name
and topic
(2) Channel Modes - indicates which modes are
active
(3) Open Channel Buttons - for switching between
open chat channels
(4) Channel Buttons - close, audio notification,
chat log saving, channel options
(5) Chat Window - where all chat messages are
displayed
(6) User List - shows a list of all users in the
current channel
(7) Text Edit - where you type your messages
(8) Text Formatting pop out - click the
arrow to open/close the formatting bar
Joining
Chat
In IRC Options, there is an option for automatically joining the Chat
when iGOR is launched.
The topic bar displaying which chat
channel is currently
visible, and what the topic is. In this case, #clark is open, the
topic is 'iGOR development'.
If you are a channel operator, or the channel does not have mode +t
(topic protection), you can double-click on the topic bar to
change the topic (or use the /topic command).
Just above the userlist are a set of
icons displaying the current channel modes. These can only be
changed by the IRC server or a Channel Operator.
The listed modes (some IRC networks have other modes available, but
those shown are the most common) are:
+c - colour codes not permitted, -c - colour codes permitted
+i - channel is by invite only, -i - channel is open for all
+k - channel is key (password) protected, -k - channel is not
+l - there is a limit on the number of users, -l - no limit
+m - the channel is moderated (voice required to talk), -m - the
channel is not moderated
+n - no external messages permitted, -n - external messages are
permitted
+p - the channel is private, -p - not private
+r - the channel is registered, -r - the channel is not registered
+s - the channel is secret, -s - not secret
+t - only operators can change the topic, -t - anyone can change the
topic
Next are the buttons for changing the
currently displayed channel:
When a channel that is not visible has a
new message, the
colour of the button will change to red. If the new message
contains
your nickname, the button will be blue. To change which channel
is
displayed simply click on the appropriate button, or use Ctrl-F1 /
Ctrl-Shift-F1 to cycle through the channels.
-network-
This is a special channel that is always open - it is there to show you
important messages/errors relating to the IRC network. A channel
with a '#' (or in some special cases a '&' ) as the first character
is a normal IRC channel. A channel
without the #/& is a private chat channel with a single other user
- the
name of the channel will be the name of the user you are chatting
with.
Disabled
Channels
It is possible that a channel will be visible, but disabled. If
this is so, the background will be dark gray and you will be unable to
send or receive messages. This can be due to a number of reasons,
but usually occurs when your connection to the IRC server is
lost.
Closing the
channel
 Click this
to
close the current channel. Not available for the -network-
channel.
Audio Message
Notification
 - any
messages
sent to this channel will play a .wav file chanbeep.wav (for ordinary
channels) or userbeep.wav (for private chat channels).
Auto Chat
Logging
Turning auto logging on/off  -
this feature
automatically saves all messages to a text file in iGOR/chatlogs.
Saving the
current chat buffer
 -
click to
save the current channel chat log as a text file. Currently not
available for the -network- channel.
Channel Options
 - Add a
channel/join a channel/channel options popup
Joining
Remembered Channels
To join a channel that you have
previously joined/setup, just click on
the name of the channel - here, #clark and #gpl are disabled because
they are already open.
Adding a New
Channel
To add a new channel, click Add Channel, which brings up the following
window:
Type in the name of the channel, the key
(password) if one is required,
and select whether or not you wish this channel to be opened as soon as
you join the chat.
The new channel will then be added to the available channels list, and
opened for chat.
Channel Options
By selecting Channel Options (or going
via the Options button), you can change the channel settings as
needed. See Options for more
detail.
Macros
 Click this button to open
the Macros popup:
Any macros you have created will be listed, along with 'Edit macros...'
- click this to open the macros dialog for editing your macros:
The main list shows your macros. A macro in iGOR consists of a
short description (for showing in the popup menu), the full text of the
macro, and a shortcut key of your choosing.
To create a macro, type in the short description, full text, choose a
shortcut key and a combination of Ctrl and/or Alt, then click
Add/Replace (replaces based on shortcut key).
Some shortcut keys (Ctrl-F1, Alt-F4, Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-D, Ctrl-F,
Ctrl-S, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-W, Ctrl-Z) are reserved- you will be asked to
choose a different combination.
To delete a macro, select it in the list and click Delete.
To use a macro in chat, either select it from the popup menu, or press
the shortcut key combination you chose.
The main part of the window displays the
chat messages. URLs can
be clicked on and should open in the appropriate program (i.e. http
-> web browser, mailto -> email program). file:// is
ignored.
To the right of the screen is the
userlist:
Here are displayed all of the users in the current channel, and their
status. In the example above, Guru is a normal user, Guru_ is
being ignored, Guuruu has a voice and ridcully is a channel operator.
User Popup
Right-click on a user and the following menu appears:
Private Chat
This option will open a private chat channel with the selected
user.
Whois
Selecting this will perform the command /whois user, the result of which
will appear in the -network- window.
Ignore/Unignore
Use this feature to ignore or unignore the selected user.
Messages from them will be displayed as "user had something important
to say", so you know the feature is working.
Kick, KickBan,
Ban
Only for channel
operators. Kick will eject the user from the channel, Ban will
ban them, KickBan will Ban and Kick them at the same time.
Op+, Deop-
Only for channel operators. Op+
gives the selected user operator status, Deop will remove it.
Voice+, Voice-
Only for channel operators, and only
useful in a moderated channel (mode +m). Voice+ gives the
selected user a voice (able to send messages), Voice- removes the voice.
UserAction 1,
2, 3
This is equivalent to sending the
following message: /me
<part1> selected_user <part2>, where <part1>
and <part2> are set by you in the IRC Options. Typically
they will be something like 'slaps' 'with a large trout'.
Send Setup
Click this to send the selected person a GPL setup file.
To send a message to the current
channel, type in the edit box that runs along the bottom of the chat
window.
Any message that begins with a '/' is treated as an IRC command and
will not be visible to other users (unless it is e.g. /me is hungry).
Multi-line
messages
To
send a multi-line message from the clipboard, right-click on the
text-edit box and select the Paste multi-line option:
Note that many channels will
automatically kick you off for flooding the channel - sending more than
n messages within a certain time limit. Generally speaking you
can send 4 or 9 lines at once without being kicked, but it is very bad
form to flood a channel without good reason.
(8)
- Formatting
Bar
Some (not all!) IRC servers/channels
support text formatting codes. To include them in your messages,
use the codes as added by these buttons.
B - (code %b) bold text
I - (code %i) italicized text
O - (code %o) ordinary text (clears all codes)
U - (code %u) underline text
Cnn (code %cnn) - colour, where nn is between 0 and 15.
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