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.
Command
Function
!rtcom
Displays commodity prices, including oil, gold, silver, platinum, and palladium
!agcom
Displays agricultural commodity prices
!rtc
Displays oil prices from a number of oil markets
!stocks
Displays U.S. inventories on a variety of energy sources
!usd
Displays current market data on the United States Dollar.
!spr
Displays the current total of the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve, along with the volume of change from last week
!rte
Displays spot prices for a variety of energy sources
!rtm
Displays spot prices for various industrial metals
!g search terms
Displays results from google for search terms
!wiki article name
Displays exerpt from Wikipedia for article name
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 /
/me
This turns what you type after /me into an action, eg: /me says hello
/quit
Quits the discussion (same as clicking X). eg: /quit See-ya later!
/msg
Send a private message to someone. eg: /msg nickname Hello there
/whois
Gets some information about a user. eg: /whois nickname
Options
There is an options window that lets you change some settings for the interface.
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