Dear Khaled,

I would like to request the restriction on /rline (and other /*line) commands be lifted from channel, query and other windows that their use is disallowed.

The main thing I wish to use /rline for is to remove Join/Part/Quit/Nick/Mode messages from channel buffers several minutes after their occurrence. This would make it a lot easier to follow conversations in both especially large and especially quiet channels... both which are plagued by a distractingly high signal to noise ratio of these events.

I know I could choose to hide these event types, but then they wouldn't be logged. I could arbitrary write these events to the log files, but I'd also never see them on my screen -- eg, a user having connection issues while I'm trying to talk to them.

I would really really love the ability to /rline these events from channel windows after 10~60 minutes passed, it would absolutely improve my enjoyment of IRC.


Well. At least I won lunch.
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