$/ can be used when you have a custom alias that already exist in mIRC, exemple :

Code:
alias time return Ga!


$time will return the current time
$/time will return Ga!

I never see $~ before, i wonder what is it's utility.
$. seems to not works in mirc 6.3, not tested in previous version.

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