In-chat commands

There are numerous commands available for use on Peak Oil Chat. All commands are prefixed with an exclamation point (exampe: !commands). There are many more commands available, this is a basic list of the most popular ones. Type !commands in the chat for an exhaustive list.

Chat Interface

Peak Oil Chat has an easy to use interface. It is designed to resembe standard Internet Relay Chat software.

At the top of the window is a list of tabs, each tab will represent a channel or private message session that is open. Windows can be closed by clicking on the "x" button to the far right.

A list of nicknames of everyone in the channel is shown to the right. You can double click on a nickname to open up a window for sending private messages between you and that user.

Along the bottom of the screen is a text box. This is where you type anything you want to say to the channel, and then press enter. This is also where you would enter any commands. Clicking on the arrows << at the far left of the screen will bring up a formatting toolbar that allows for changing the text colour and adding bold or an underline.

Basic IRC Commands

The following Commands begin with a forward slash /

Options

There is an options window that lets you change some settings for the interface.

actsound -- Have a sound effect play whenever something directed at you occurs

font -- Change the font that the chat is shown in

joinsound -- Have a sound play whenever somebody joins the chat

scrollback -- Allows you to scroll up in the chat to view previous chatter

shownick -- Shows your current nickname to the left of the text entry box

smilies -- Changes smilies entered into pictures. (Ex. :) becomes
)

timestamp -- Prefixes each message with a timestamp