Keyboard bindings

The keyboard interface is rebindable via the configuration file. To see the current settings use the /keymap command.

Note that these keybindings are using Emacs syntax. C-a means "hold control and press A". M-a means "hold meta key and press A". On most modern keyboards the Meta key is labeled Alt or Option.

Window navigation

• C-n next channel
• C-p previous channel
• M-# jump to window - 1234567890qwertyuiop!@#$%^&*()QWERTYUIOP
• M-a jump to activity
• M-s jump to previous window
• ESC return to messages view (from userlist, masklist, help, etc)

Editing

• C-a beginning of line

• C-e end of line

• C-k delete to end

• C-u delete to beginning

• C-d delete at cursor

• C-w delete word backwards

• C-y paste from yank buffer

• C-t swap characters at cursor

• M-f forward word

• M-b backward word

• M-Right forward word

• M-Left backward word

• M-Backspace delete word backwards

• M-d delete word forwards

• M-Enter insert newline

• Tab nickname completion

Client settings

• F2 toggle detailed view
• F3 toggle detailed activity bar
• F4 toggle metadata visibility
• F5 toggle split window layout

Scrolling

• Page Up scroll up
• Page Down scroll down

Formatting

• C-b bold
• C-c color
• C-v reverse video
• C-_ underline
• C-] italic
• C-o reset formatting

Digraphs

• M-k insert digraph

See the /digraphs command for a full list of available digraphs. This allows you to insert many glyphs that aren't on a standard keyboard into your chat messages. For example, to type a greek lambda λ you can type l* followed by M-k.