Forums General Discussion Keeping nicks seperate fron chan text

Is there a way to have mIRC seperate the nicks from the channel messages i.e. a vertical line with nicks on 1 side and what they are saying on the other side of the line.

This is the only thing that keeps me from going soley with mIRC

Sure, this can be done. It would require a script that modifies the text received. Currently, by default, the nick of the person sending a message, along with a message looks something like


It sounds like you want it to look like

Please confirm, or give an example of what you would like it to look like, so that we can help you with a script.

I think the OP means having two columns... one for nicks, one for text. I'm sure a DLL could probably accomplish this, and I'm sure you could even do a custom channel window that will do it. I'm not sure of any that do it, though.

If you just want to change the nick format to have a | after it, that's easy. Also, you can increase the indent so that it "appears" as though there are 2 columns, though it won't match the nick length exactly.

You are on the right track but would like the vertical line to be a continuous on top to bottom, similar to 2 colums. I have included a link to the competitions site that shows the format I am wanting. My apologies for posting a competitors link but seemed the best way to show what I am looking for.

http://www.xchat.org/files/screenshots/xchat_screen_1.png

Thanks

I think what you're wanting would require the usage of a DLL, as Riamus already stated. This is an area in which I have no knowledge, and, sadly, I must hand this over to others that do have this knowledge.

That won't require the use of a DLL.
You can use a background picture with two colors, or three, and have it seperate the nicks and text, then use on ^:text:, etc events and an custom identifier than cuts the nickname/adds spaces before it to give the same effect.