Mirc
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About
mIRC is, probably, the most commonly used IRC client on the internet today. It's a "standard" client for windows users and the client most of us used for the very first time on IRC. It was first created in 1994 by Khaled Mardam-Bey at the University of Westminister in London. mIRC has to date been downloaded over 150 million times, so it much be good ey?
Installation
1. Download mIRC here: [1]
2. Save the file somewhere on your harddrive and run the installation program. Follow the instructions given during installation until mIRC is runing.
3. If you want SSL, go to Step 4 or skip SSL and head for step 5.
4. Download SSL for windows here: [2]
- Save the file anywhere on your harddrive and run the installation. Install in the given folder by the installation program.
- open mIRC.exe and click OPTIONS (ALT+O) and then Options. Hit CONNECT and click the SSL button. In the dropdown menu, choose "Automatically accept invalid certificates" and save.
- To try it out, close the Options menu and type: /server irc.freenode.net:+6697. It's important that you use port +6697 and not standard 6667, or it won't work. The + indicates it's a SSL port and usually, most servers run SSL on port 6697.
- When connected, /whois yourself. If you see something like "Nick is using a secure conenction", then it worked!
5. Run mIRC and when options menu opens, just fill in the first side with your nickname and similar, leave the rest for later.
6. Choose a network in the server list, and just hit Select or in the status window, type: /server irc.freenode.net and when connected, /join #globalshellz and you are home!
Scripting
mIRC is a very dynamic client to script in, and scripting is very easy. I'm not going to TEACH you how to script, just paste some example code and short explanation to get you started:
All coding and scripting begins with HELLO WORLD! MSL (mIRC Scripting Language) is not different. Below is example code with short description:
echo -a Hello world!
- echo - Tells the script to echo the following command to you only, and not /say so everyone can see it.
- -a - echos the text in the ACTIVE window only.
OK, let's move on to something bigger.
alias helloworld {
echo -a Hello World!
}
- alias - when you add the line ALIAS with the ending {, the script will write "Hello World!" in the active window, if you type /helloworld
MSL is, like stated previously, a very dynamic language and there is pretty much nothing you can't do since DLL support was implemented some years ago. At the end of the article, there is a link to a good scripting site with scripts, addons, snippets and much more.
Links
mIRC homepage: [3] Globalshellz: [4] mIRC scripting: [5]
--Raven 11:48, 1 December 2011 (EST)
