sometimes i found it quite useful to have a much more quiet irssi :)

"/alias hideadd eval set activity_hide_targets $activity_hide_targets $-"
"/alias hideclear set -c activity_hide_targets"
"/alias hidelevels.clear set -c activity_hide_level"
"/alias hidelevels.set set activity_hide_level parts joins quits nicks modes"
"/alias hidelist set activity_hide_targets"
"/alias hideset set activity_hide_targets $-"

i have replaced the aliases with a simple script. see hide.pl (source)

irssi

"/set beep_when_window_active ON"
"/set beep_when_away ON"
"/set beep_msg_level MSGS NOTICES DCC DCCMSGS HILIGHT"
"/set bell_beeps ON"

screen

Audible bell (switch Ctrl+a Ctrl+g)

putty

- no bell and steady on bell

"/format own_msg {ownmsgnick $2 {ownnick $[-9]0}}$1"
"/format own_msg_channel {ownmsgnick $3 {ownnick $[-9]0}{msgchannel $1}}$2"
"/format pubmsg_me {pubmsgmenick $2 {menick $[-9]0}}$1"
"/format pubmsg_me_channel {pubmsgmenick $3 {menick $[-9]0}{msgchannel $1}}$2"
"/format pubmsg_hilight {pubmsghinick $0 $3 $[-9]1}$2"
"/format pubmsg_hilight_channel {pubmsghinick $0 $4 $[-9]1{msgchannel $2}}$3"
"/format pubmsg {pubmsgnick $2 {pubnick $[-9]0}}$1"
"/format pubmsg_channel {pubmsgnick $3 {pubnick $[-9]0}{msgchannel $1}}$2"

http://irccrew.org/~cras/format.txt

replaces = (
    { text = ".)"; replace = ":)"; },
    { text = ":9"; replace = ":)"; }
);

These replaces would be replaced on pressing space or return. But you can add some bindings for it.

"/bind , multi check_replaces;insert_text ,"
"/bind . multi check_replaces;insert_text ."

Now pressing "." or "," will replace it too.

completions = (
      { short = "sid"; long = "http://scripts.irssi.de/"; },
      { short = "wid"; long = "http://www.irssi.de./"; },
      { short = "ios"; long = "http://irssi.org/scripts/"; }
);

Write "wid" press "tab key" and it will be replaced with "http://www.irssi.de./".

With latest irssi cvs the format changed a bit. cras merged replaces and completions

completions = {
  wid = { value = ""; };
  sid = { value = "http://scripts.irssi.de/"; };
  ios = { value = "http://irssi.org/scripts/"; };
  ":9" = { value = ":)"; auto = "yes"; };
};

And there is now a command to maintain the completions:

"/completion [-auto] <key> <value>"
"/completion -delete <key>"

To get the replaces like behavior add the completion with "-auto" to the commandline.

"/alias AME foreach channel /me $-; foreach query /me $T $-"
"/alias ASAY foreach channel /eval msg $$C $$-; foreach query /eval msg $$T $$-"

for latest CVS you could use (cvs from 2002-10-14.18:24 or later)

"/alias AME foreach channel ${k}me $-; foreach query ${k}me $-"
"/alias ASAY foreach channel ${k}msg * $-; foreach query ${k}msg * $-"

the alias is command char independed now.

<Geert> For editing Irssi scripts with vim auto-change timestamp on closing
<Geert> autocmd BufWrite *.pl %s/changed     => '.*/\="changed     => '" . strftime("%c") . "',"/e
<Geert> on the .vimrc

Disclaimer: of course you will miss some stuff with this ignores. but for me it makes it more readable.

Another way to get rid of some message levels is crapbuster.pl
i use: "/set crapbuster_levels JOINS PARTS QUITS NICKS CLIENTCRAP CRAP MODE TOPICS KICKS".

i use: "alias uis='rsync -avz main.irssi.org::irssiweb/scripts/scripts/\*.pl ~/.irssi/scripts/official'"
(note: this is a shell alias! not an irssi alias. to use it from irssi use:
"/alias uis exec - rsync -avz main.irssi.org::irssiweb/scripts/scripts/\*.pl ~/.irssi/scripts/official")
To update only the scripts you already have, use the --existing switch in rsync: "rsync -avz --existing main.irssi.org::irssiweb/scripts/scripts/ ~/.irssi/scripts/".

to set the scrollback format use:

"/format timestamp {timestamp %%H:%%M:%%S }"
(default: "/format timestamp {timestamp $Z}")

to set the statusbar clock format use:

"/set timestamp_format %H:%M:00"