Identifiers

Identifiers are a set of reserved words that can be used in Aliases, Popup Menus, and directly as commands on the server or channel windows. They are always preceded by the $ symbol.

The Identifiers can be divided into several categories:

• Server-related information
• IceChat Setting information
• IceChat External information
• Environment information

You can use the Identifiers on the servers and channels window by typing the following in the input line:
//say <Identifier>

Example:
//say $version

Will return the program name and its currently installed version. At the time of writing, it returns:
IceChat 9.0

Server-related information

$me

Displays the current NickName set for the current server.

$cme

Displays the NickName.

$altnick

Displays the current Alt NickName set for the current server.

$ident

Displays the Ident Name set for the current server.

$fullhost

Displays the current NickName.

$fullname

Displays the FullName set for the current server.

$network

The network to which your current server belongs. For example, irc.quakenet.org server list.

$port

The port number through which you are connected to the current server.

$encoding

The encoding defined for the current server in the current server's settings.

$quitmessage

quit Message defined for the current server.

$serverid

The ordinal number of the current server in the Server Tree. In the provided link, the irc.freenode.net will get the number 2.

$server

The name of the currently connected server.

$serverip

The IP address of the currently connected server.

$randquit

The quit message that was set for the current server.

$chanlogdir

The current-channel log folder.

$totallines

The number of text lines on the current window.

IceChat Setting information

$theme

The currently used IceChat Theme.

$icechatver

The currently installed version.

$version

The client name (IceChat) followed by the currently installed version.

$icechat

The client name (IceChat), followed by the currently installed version, followed by IceChat web site address.

$icepath, $icechatexedir

The directory where IceChat 9 is installed.

$plugindir

The directory where IceChat 9 plugins are located.

$icechatdir

The location of the Data Folder.

$randcolor

A random number between 0 and 71. This number represents an ordinal number of a random color on the Colors palette.

$totalplugins

Displays the number of loaded plugins.

$plugins

Lists the currently loaded plugins.

IceChat External information

$colors

The filename of the currently used Theme.

$aliasfile

The location and name of the aliases file. The file is located in the Data Folder

$serverfile

The location and name of the server file. The file is located in the Data Folder.

$popupfile

The location and name of the Popup Menus file. The file is located in the Data Folder.

$logdir

The location of the log file. The file is located in a sub-folder under the Data Folder.

Environment information

$ip

Your system's external IP address

$localip

Same as $ip.

$online

The online time since the last boot.

$appdata

The Windows current-user's %LOCALAPPDATA% folder.

$os

The operating system's name.

$ossp

Windows servise pack.

$osbuild

Windows build number.

$osplatform

Platform information for the operating system.
NOTE: Win32NT is returned for both 32bit and 64bit.

$osbits

The processor architecture, 32 or 64 bit.

$time

The system's local time.

$date

The system's local date.

$icechathandle

The window handle of IceChat current instance.

$tickcount, $ticks

The number of milliseconds elapsed since the system started.

$totalwindows

The number of open tabs.

$totalscreens

The number of screens connected to this operating system.

$currentwindow, $active

The currently active tab.

$framework

The .NET major, minor, build, and revision numbers.

$uptime2

The number of miliseconds since the last boot converted into a human readable format.

$uptime

Similar to $uptime2 from another system resource.

$mono

Displays the Mono Framework version time if the system runs under Mono.