The following XChat script is free to use as you see fit, as long as you don't claim it as your own.*

• Show Highlight
  • Version: 3.2
  • Date: 2010-07-30
  • Description: Show highlighted messages in a seperate tab. Messages will be displayed as if sent from the user, however will be appended with "/#channelname".
  • Starting in version 1.2, XChat 2.8.2 or newer is required (plays better with some other scripts)
  • New in 3.2:
    • Allow tab of highlight to change to some other color
  • New in 3.1:
    • The highlight tab may now be the actual server tab
  • New in 3.0:
    • The highlight tab wil never take the focus away from you
    • New nick_format and msg_format variables which allow for more control of channel formating, as well as the addition of the connected network for when shared_tab is used. The channel and network can now be added to both the appearance of the nick, as well as before or after the message body.
  • Example: A tab named "highlight" will be created (can be renamed in config) that will either catch all highlights from all networks, or may be set to seperate the networks. In this tab, it will be filled with lines:
    • <someuser/#channel> Hey yournick, how are you?
    • * +voiceduser/#channel violently slaps yournick
  • Usage: /sh_set [-q] [-e] <variable> [<value>] set a variable, or view current value. -q is for quiet, -e sets to default or erases

  • Variable	Accepted	Description
    highlight_tab	any string	The string to use as a highlight tab, no double quotes (") (default is "highlight")
    shared_tab	0, 1, 2	0: no sharing of tabs; 1: networks share highlight tab; 2: shared with the server tab
    color_tab	-1 — 3	What color to change the tab to: -1) old behavior (default); 0) always none; 1) always new data; 2) always new message; 3) always highlight
    quiet_manage	1 or 0	if 1, the options in the right click won't announce changes
    gui_manage	1 or 0	if 0, the normal right click menu won't have options
    nick_format	any string	What should be used for nick formating, for additional details
    msg_format	any string	What should be used for message formating, similar to above
    	Both nick_format and msg_format can use: %channel% name of the channel %network% name of the network based on resolve_type %network_list% network as specified in network list %network_server% actual server name %network_reported% network as returned by server on connect (sometimes) Additionally, nick_format may use %nick% and msg_format may use %message%
    resolve_type	int	How should %network% be resolved in order: As specified in network list, as reported by server, server address As specified in network list, server address As reported by server, as specified in network list, server address As reported by server, server address

  • Usage: /sh_ignore [-q] <nick> add nick to the Show Highlight ignore list
  • Usage: /sh_allow [-q] <nick> remove nick from the Show Highlight ignore list
  • Download: showhighlight-3.2.pl

* Scripts are (unless otherwise stated) licensed under the zlib license, which is summarized up top.

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