I think reactions would have been an appropriate name for this; because your event lines determine how your pirch (and your computer) will react to channel events. The events you set up will automatically handle everything you tell them to, that way you are free to chat, play popups, or whatever. The reasons for setting up events are varied and, like Prefs, are set up to your liking and needs.

First let's look at the Events window:

It has 3 sections:

LEVELS

(on the upper left)

• The easiest way to explain the levels is to compare them to a high security skyscrapper.
• See the first level (000-Unknowns)? This is the lobby and everyone is allowed in the lobby. This is where you set up events that pertain to everyone you meet (i.e. auto greets, sound events, etc.).
• As with all high security buildings you need a pass (or something) to go any higher. You set these passes up to determine who is allowed more access to your events.

LEVEL USER LIST

(on the upper right)

• This is where you tell pirch who can access this level.
• If you click on level 000-Unknowns you will see *!*@* in this area, that is a pirch variable that means everyone is allowed here.
• If you have just downloaded Pirch or haven't added any events the other levels will be blank when you click on them, these are for you to set up as you please.

EVENTS

(on the bottom)

• This is where the actual event lines go.

Ok, now that you know what to look for and where to put it let's work with some events. We'll work with level 000-Unknowns first. So click on the events button, click on the 000 level, then left click in the bottom part (Events) to place the cursor. If you are typing these they must be entered exactally to work right, if you are cutting and pasting- right click and choose paste then click save on the bottom of the events window.

Auto Greeting

To all that enter the channel you are in. I am going to use a notice here because auto greets get on peoples nerves and as a notice only you and the person entering will see it.

• ON JOIN:#:/notice $nick $me welcomes you to #. I hope you enjoy your stay.

Now, let's break the event down to simpler terms.

That way you will be able to understand what we are telling pirch to do and it will make it easier later if you want to make your own events.

• ON JOIN - when someone comes in the channel
• # - the channel you are in, no don't put a channel name here instead, it is a variable that represents any channels you are in.
• /notice - sends a notice to the person entering the channel.
• $nick - an event variable which will automatically put in the nick of the person entering the channel
• $me - another variable which will insert your nick
• The stuff in pink you can change to your own greeting.

Auto Goodbye

This will appear in whatever window the user is in (i.e. the server, another channel)

• ON PART:#:/notice $nick $me hopes to see you soon.
• Here the ON PART is telling pirch to send your goodbye message when they leave the channel.
• Change the text in pink to your own message.

Auto Greeting when you enter a channel to all there.

• ON JOINED:#:\-3 12 Hi Everyone! Great to see you all again!

An ON TEXT event

This will automatically put up a reply or statement when the text that we add to the event is used in the channel. I'm going to use BRB as the text in the event.

• ON TEXT:*brb*:#:\-2 Sure you will !
• Change the text in pink to your own message.

Adding sound to an event

You can add sound to any of these events by placing this at the end of it, remember to enable events by clicking the box in the lower right corner, then click save on the bottom of the events window.

• |/playmedia sound.wav
• The stuff in pink is where you would put the name of the sound you want to play, it must be in your pirch sounds to do this.

Adding Text Attributes to an event
Remember, the first time you use an attribute it is enabled, the second time you use it it is disabled. (example: \-22 $nick \-22) This will put the nick in italics, if you are adding more after the nick and do not want it to be italisized you place the second \-22 to turn the italic feature off.
If you are using more than one attribute you must leave a space in between them
You must also have a space between any attributes and the variables (i.e. $nick, $time, $day, $date)

• For bold text in an event add \-2 in front of the text
• To add color to an event place \-3 then a space then the color number (example: \-3 4Hello Everyone would give you red text)
• For italic text in an event add \-22 in front of the text
• To underline your text in an event place \-31 in front of the text
• To use the Fixed System Font in an event add \-17 in front of the text
• To use the Symbol Font add \-18 in front of the text

CTCP-(Client To Client Protocol)

This is when another user is trying to find out info about you by sending a probe. Such as:

• PING : You PING somone to find out how long it takes for a message to get from them to the server. To do this you can type /PING nick or by using the popup menu.
• VERSION : Tells what irc client you are using and the version (i.e. pirch16,pirch32)

CTCP Replies

While events are useful, they can also be alot of fun. Let's set up some responses for a PING and a VERSION in the level 000-Unknowns.

• PING:/notice $nick Hey watch it ! That tickles ! :-)
• VERSION:/notice $nick I'm using Perch, Oh no, that's a fish isn't it? Oh well, it's something like that.

This section is far from done; I will be adding to it in the next week. So check back and find out how to create a Friends level in events.

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