The major sections in this document have a ^ mark at the start of them. Clicking this mark will return you to the contents section.
If you so desire, you can copy the files to any directory you want, rather than the mIRC directory, as long as you put all the files in the same place. If you do this, you will need to replace "k9a.mrc" with the full path to the files. Ex. "c:\mirc\k9\k9a.mrc"
Once you load the script you will be taken to K9's setup dialog. This
will allow you to set the various features of K9. There is a "Help"
button in every dialog that you can click on to get help.
The channel guarding system has a safeguard that will prevent two AOPs with
K9 running from getting in an infinite loop deopping each other. If K9
sees Chanserv op someone, it will not take revenge against that person.
K-9 also has several other channel protection features that are not
DALnet-specific, that can be enabled from the Channel Guarding setup
menu. They are described below.
The Channel Guarding dialog following options:
This is a master toggle for all the channel protection features,
except for the Panic Button which is independantly controlled by the
option below.
The options in this section allow you to tune K9's sensitivity.
Basically, you tell K9 how many people someone can deop or kick in a
given time interval. For example, entering "3 deops, or 3 kicks in 10
seconds" will cause K9 to deop someone if they deop or kick 3 people
or more in a 10-second interval.
If "Only if they kick an op" is checked, K9 will only deop someone for
mass-kicking channel ops. It will not trigger if someone kicks a
bunch of unopped users.
The options in this section let you tune K9's sensitivity to channel
flooding. You can set the maximum number of lines someone can send to
the channel, and how fast they can send them. I.e. Setting "5 lines
in 10 seconds" will cause K9 to target someone if they send 5 lines of
text to the channel in 10 seconds or less.
Ops are not checked for flooding.
For more advanced users, the Flood Protection menu in K9's setup module
have several options that let you fine-tune the flood protection. The
flood protection system works in the following fashion: If a given number
of CTCP requests (determined by the flood threshold setting) are recieved
within a given time period (determined by the flood check time), flood
protection will be triggered, which will cause all CTCP requests to be
ignored for a given amount of time (determined by the flood ignore time)
Decreasing the flood threshold or increasing the flood check time will
make K9 more sensitive to flood. (I.E. Flood protection will be easier
to trigger)
On non-DALnet networks (or even on DALnet, if you're so inclined), K9
has an alternate method of dealing with ghosts: It can simply sit and
wait for a nickname to disappear from IRC, and automatically change to it
when it does. This feature is called "passive nickname recovery." This
is the only nick managemenet feature that is of any use on non-DALnet
networks (although it can be used on DALnet as well)
The Nick Management dialog has the following options:
You can also manually identify yourself by pressing F8.
You can also manually kill your ghost by pressing Shift-F8.
If both Auto-ghost and Auto-recover are on, K9 will use auto-ghost on
DALnet networks, and auto-recover otherwise. K9 will not
attempt to use auto-recover and auto-ghost at the same time. If
Nickserv is responding normally, this would be redundant. If Nickserv
is lagged, this would likely result in you getting killed by Nickserv
when it catches up.
If you have auto-away enabled, K9 will mark you away after you have been
idling for a set amount of time (configurable from the setup menu). If
you have auto-return enabled, K9 will mark you no longer away when you
type anything in at the keyboard. Auto-away and auto-return can be
toggled by pressing Shift-F5 and Shift-F6 respectively.
You can also mark yourself away manually. Pressing F5 will bring up a
dialog allowing you to select from a list of away reasons (which you
can define), or you can simply enter one by hand.
Note: If you only have one preset away message defined, then that
message will be immediately be selected when you hit F5. The logic is,
if you only have one away message set, there's no point in bringing up
a menu with one item on it. (This also lets you set up the away system
to instantly mark you away when you hit F5) To add more messages to
the list, you will need to edit the away messages from the away system
setup dialog.
To manually mark yourself no-longer-away, press F6.
K9 can also log messages while you are away. If this option is enabled,
then if you get any messages while you are away, a minimized window
will open up and all messages will be echoed to it. (Without K9
installed, each person sending you a message would open up a new
window.)
The Away System configuration dialog has the following options:
Ex. Entering the text "has returned" in here will cause everyone on
the channel to see:
* Yourname has returned
If you have auto-quit enabled, K9 will disconnect you from the server
after you have been idling for a set amount of time (configurable from the
setup menu). K9 will give you a one-minute warning before he disconnects
you. Auto-quit can be toggled by pressing Shift-F7.
You can also quit manually, and be able to choose from a list of logout
messages to use. To prevent accidental action on this, it is only
available from the menu. It will bring up a list of preset quit
messages. You can pick one by double-clicking it, or by selecting it
and pressing Enter.
Note: If you only have one preset quit message defined, then that
message will be immediately be selected when you use the menu. To add
more messages to the list, you will need to select the "Edit quit
messages" option from the K9 setup window.
The Quit System dialog has the following options:
You can add autokick entries in any of the following forms:
If enabled, the pervert checker will check everyone that enters a room you
have ops on for certain words in the channels they are on. (Such as
"sex") It will then give you the option of quickly booting someone off
the channel (by pressing F10) if you so desire. When you boot a pervert,
it will ban them from any other channels you have ops on, and put them
on ignore, so they can't come back and harass you. K9 will play an alert
.WAV when it detects a pervert.
By default, the pervert checker will look for the words "sex",
"porn", and "warez" in channel names. This can be changed from the
setup dialog
The pager can be activated with one of the following commands:
If someone is also running K9, they can page you by simply using the
command:
When someone pages you, a .WAV file will play continuously for 30 seconds
(the time interval can be changed), and a message will show up in your
status window. A minimized window will also be opened containing the
name of the person who paged you and the reason the gave (if they gave
one). Double-clicking their name will open a query window to them
and close the window. If you happen to get more than one page while
you are away, the pages will collect in this window.
You can toggle the pager on and off by pressing the F7 key. If the pager
is currently sounding, pressing F7 will silence it instead.
The "IRC Pager" dialog has the following options:
Note that you may not get exactly what you ask for when you enter the
page time and interval. The number of times the pager chimes is
determined by dividing the page time by the page interval. If this
value is not a whole number, the pager may not sound for the exact amount
of time you specified.
Ex. If you enter a page time of 30 seconds and an interval of 5 seconds:
30/5 is exactly 6, so the pager will sound 6 times, with 5 seconds between
chimes. In this case you get the 30 seconds you asked for. If instead
you enter a page time of 15 seconds and an interval of 4 seconds: 15/4
is 3.75, which is truncated to just 3. The pager will sound 3 times,
with 4 seconds between chimes, so the pager will only sound for 12
seconds.
If you've read all that and are now asking, "What's the big deal, why
the need to explain it in such excruciating detail?" that's a good
question which I don't have a good answer for...
If you so desire, K9 can automagically grab any WAV played that you don't
already have. If you would prefer not to have it happen automatically,
you can disable auto-grabbing and grab WAVs semi-automatically by
pressing the F4 key. Pressing F4 will cause K9 to grab the last
sound played, in any channel.
If you're not familiar with mIRC's ability to accept sound requests and
don't know what I'm talking about, search the help file for "Sound
requests" for more information. (Go to the Help menu from mIRC, and
select search) Be aware that not all people appreciate this feature.
Make sure the channel you're in allows it before using it.
The sound harvester configuration dialog has the following options:
Most of the events are self-explanatory. Here is the list of events
available from the setup menu:
In the setup dialog, you can test an event sound by clicking on the
Test button; yYou can also click the None button to cause the given
event to not generate any sound.
The Ping Response System configuration dialog has the following options:
To initiate a partyline connection to a user, either highlight their
name in a channel nickname window and select Partyline from the K9
menu, or type "/PARTY nick". A user can be brought into the partyline
whether or not a DCC chat connection to them exists. If a connection
does not exist, a DCC Chat request will be sent to them.
When in a partyline connection, anything any user types will be seen
by all partyline users. The person that initiated the partyline
connection is the host. The host will have a DCC chat window open to
each partyline user. The host can type into any partyline window, and
the text will be seen by all parties.
The following commands can be typed by any partyline users, or by the
host:
Channel guarding system
^
K-9 can take several measures to protect channels from hostile
takeovers. Its main feature is the op-protection mechanism, which
works in conjunction with DALnet's Chanserv service. It will protect
DALnet users from being kicked, banned, or deopped in channels that
they have AOP powers in. K9 will re-op you (if you are deopped), or
re-enter the channel (if you are kicked), and deop the person that
deopped/kicked you. (If you like, you can then press F10 to boot them
out of the room.) If you are banned, or if the room is invite-only (+i),
limited (+l), or keyed (+k) due to a channel mode, K9 will use
Chanserv's invite command to override it. This is intended to stop
a channel takeover before it starts.Channel guarding enabled
Enables or disables channel guarding. If enabled, then when you are
deopped or kicked from a protected channel, you will automatically
reenter the channel and deop the person that deopped or kicked you.Channel list
The channels list shows the protected channels. K9 will only perform
channel guarding functions on channels listed here.
Cycle channel to regain ops
If enabled, K9 will automatically leave and rejoin a protected
channel (causing you to gain op status) if you are the last person
left in the room. This will reestablish an chanop presence in the room
if services are offline, or on networks that do not have channel services.
Deop server ops
If enabled, K9 will automatically deop someone that is opped by a server
after a netsplit. This will help prevent channel hackers from
jumping on the other side of a netsplit to gain ops. A side effect of
this is that it may deop someone that legitimately should have
op status
Enable Panic Button
The panic button will, if enabled, allow you to deop everyone on the
channel you're currently on by pressing Ctrl-F12 key. This is meant
for emergencies when you discover that someone that shouldn't be opped
has ops on the channel, and you need to deop them in a hurry. The Panic
Button will activate whether channel guarding is on or not, and whether
or not you are on a protected channel. The only thing that determines
whether the panic button activates is this option.
Auto-Deop
K9 has the ability to automatically deop someone for mass-deopping or
mass-kicking. This can help prevent would-be channel takeovers,
althogh it can also be a security hazard. (It may deop a legitimate
op for deopping several people that shouldn't have ops)Flood targeting
K9 has the ability to target someone for flooding a channel,
I.E. sending large amounts of text to it. If this feature is enabled,
and someone floods the channel, K9 will target them; you can kick them
by pressing F10.Flood protection system
^
The flood protection system will keep people from flooding you off the
network with a CTCP attack. If you do not know what a CTCP attack is,
don't worry about the settings in this section; the default settings
should be sufficient.Nick management system
^
The nick management system will automatically deal with certain nickname
problems on IRC. On DALnet networks, K9 can automatically identify you to
Nickserv, and kill your ghosts. (Nickserv is a service that allows you
to "own" a nickname on DALnet networks. If you don't know about it,
type "/msg nickserv help" from IRC for more information. A ghost is
an "undead" user that gets left behind when you get disconnected from
IRC, but the network hasn't figured out that you've disconnected yet.
The result is that you are unable to use the nick until the IRC server
figures out it's a ghost and kills it, or you explicitely tell NickServ
to kill it.)Auto-identify
If this is on, K-9 will automatically identifiy you if you get a message
from NickServ asking you to identify yourself. Since K9 can currently
only handle one nick, K9 will only identify the nick you have set as
your primary nick. (See below)Identify on connect
This will identify your primary nick whenever you log on, whether you are
using that nick or not (yes, it is possible to identify a nick you're
not using). The primary reason for doing this is if you are an AOP
on a channel, and listed under a nick with an empty access list (for
security purposes). Under these circumstances, Chanserv won't recognise
you until you've identified yourself under that nick. (Chanserv uses the
Nickserv access list to identify you when you're not using the nick
you're AOPed under) (Note: If auto-identify is also set, and you
connect using your primary nick, this will cause you to be identified
twice when you connect. This should not cause any problems.)
Identify on nick change
This will identify your primary nick whenever you change nicknames.
This is helpful since the latest version of Chanserv seems to have a
tendancy to forget that you're identified when you change nicks.
Auto-ghost
If this is on, K-9 will automatically msg NickServ to kill your ghost if
you come online using something other than your primary nickAuto-recover
If this is on, K-9 will passively recover a nick (wait for the nick to
disappear and then switch to it) if you come online using something
other than your primary nickPrimary Nick
The nick that K-9 acts on when using the auto-identify, auto-ghost,
and auto-recover commands. This is the nick that K-9 automatically
identifies, and the nick that K-9 automatically ghosts. Set this to
the nick that you use regularly.
Nickserv Password
Set this to the password NickServ uses for your primary nick. Note that
this password will be visible on-screen.
Away System
^
K9 has an away system that can automatically mark you away after being
idle for a long period of time, and provides you with a simple way of
marking yourself away and notifying everyone on the channels you are on
that you are away at the same time.Auto-away
Turns the auto-away system on and off.
Auto-return
If this is on, your away status will be cleared when you enter any text.
Log messages when away
If this is on, K-9 will open a window displaying any /msgs you get when you
are away (as opposed to each message opening a separate window). If this is
off, messages will be IGNORED.
Message list
The list of messages you can choose from when you mark yourself away.
When you hit the F5 key, you will be presented with this list, which you can
select an away message from. (Note: If this list only contains one item,
that item will be automatically selected when you press F5. This way you
can select a "generic" away message that will be immediately displayed when
you hit F5, if you so desire).
Return message
The action that will be issued by K-9 when you are marked as returned.
This text will be used in a /ME message to all the channels you are on.Auto-away message
The message you want to be displayed when K-9 automatically marks you away
Auto-Away time
The time you want K-9 to wait before automatically marking you away.
Add _Away to nick
Adds _Away to your nick when you're marked away. If you're on a network
other than DALnet that doesn't allow long nicks, you should leave this off.
Note: This causes some side-effects with Auto-Return. If you enter a line
of text meant to be sent to a channel, it will be sent before your nick
is changed back and the "* Nick is back" message is sent. If you type a
command, it may be lost totally, and you'll have to type it again.
Quit System
^
K9 has a quit system that can automatically disconnect you from the server
after being idle for a long period of time, useful mainly for those that
have continuous connection to the internet and forget to log out on a
regular basis.Auto-quit
Turns the auto-quit system on and off.
Auto-quit message
The message you want to be displayed when K-9 automatically disconnects you
from the server.
Auto-Quit time
The time you want K-9 to wait before automatically disconnecting you from
the server.
Message list
The list of messages you can choose from when you manually select quit
from the menu.
The Autokick System
^
The Autokick system allows you to ban a person from ever entering a room
that you have ops in. The script will search anyone that joins a room
for a matching nick or mask (or both).
You can access the autokick list, or turn the autokick system on or off
from the "Autokick system" dialog.
Pervert Checker
^
The pervert checker helps keep unwanted people out of your channels. It
searches people that join to see if they are in undesirable rooms.
(Primarily sex rooms, but it can be programmed to check for anything you
like)Bad Word Checker
^
If enabled, the bad word checker will listen for someone swearing on
channels you have chanop status on. It works similar to the
Pervert Checker; once it detects a bad word, you
can press the F10 key to boot them. The bad word checker does not check
ops for swearing. (The logic being, if you trust someone enough to
give them ops, you probably trust them enough to obey any profanity
rules pertaining to the channel)
IRC Pager
^
The IRC Pager allows people to get your attention when you are away from
the keyboard or not paying attention to IRC.
Replace "yournick" with the nick you are currently using. Both methods
work exactly the same.
You can use the /PAGE command to page another K9 user, or anyone else
using a script with a similar pager system. (I.E. one that accepts the
CTCP PAGE request)Pager
Turn the pager on or off
Pager .WAV File
Lets you select the sound file to play when you are paged
Page time
The amount of time the pager will sound (Enter 0 to make it sound until
you willfully silence it)
Page interval
The amount of time between pager chimesSound Harvester
^
The Sound Harvester allows you to easily grab .WAV files from people
without manually having to enter the "!nick filename.wav" command.Auto grab WAVs
If enabled, K9 will automatically grab every WAV and Midi file that
someone plays that you don't have. If this is disabled, you can still
grab WAVs semi-automatically. Pressing the F4 key will grab the last
WAV that someone played.
Auto play grabbed WAVs
If enabled, K9 will play WAV/Midi files after you have finished recieving them.
You can also play the last WAV received by pressing Ctrl-F2.
Auto-accept WAV DCCs
If enabled, K9 will automatically accept WAV and Midi files that are
sent to you, without popping up the DCC get dialog. It works by
temporarily turning on auto-accept all DCCs long enough to grab the
WAV, and then sets it back to what it was before.
Show sound names when played
If enabled, then whenever someone plays a WAV file, the name of the file
will be displayed in the channel window. (mIRC normally only displays the
name if you don't have the WAV)
Event Sounds
^
The Event Sound System plays WAV files to notify you of certain events,
such as people joining or leaving a channel, or quitting IRC, or
showing up on (or leaving) your notify list, and more.
* These are included only for completeness; you can also set sounds
for these events in mIRC's options dialog under "Event Beeps".Ping Responses
^
The Ping Response System responds with a random response when ever anyone
sends a PING to you.Ping responses
Turns the ping response system on and off.
Response file
Selects the text file which contains a listing of the responses to be
randomly sent, one response to a line.
Partyline
^
The Partyline allows several users to share a private, lag-free DCC chat
connection, which bypasses the IRC server. Anyone can be brought into
a partyline conversation; only one person need be using the K9 script.
| .help | Give a list of commands |
| .whom | Show the users on the partyline |
| .msg nick message | Sends a prive message to the given user through the partyline. Note that the host can see this message, but other partyline users can't |
| .quit | Exit the partyline |
A user can exit the partyline with either the .quit command, or by closing the DCC chat window. The .quit command will leave the DCC chat open. If the host types .quit, the partyline will be completely shut down.
To send a private message to the host, a user must use "host" as the
nickname to send to. Using the actual nick of the host will not work.
With the AOP, SOP, AKick, and Access lists, you can add entries by
clicking on the Add button, and remove entries by highlighting them
and clicking the Delete button. A message will be sent to Chanserv
(or Nickserv, if an access list) to add or remove the entry.
Currently, the list isn't fully updated when you add or delete an
entry. (The total count listed in the title bar isn't updated, and
when an entry is added, the mask of the person (if an AOP or SOP) and
the entry number aren't updated.)
Note that you must be an SOP or Founder to add AOP or AKick entries, and
you must be the founder to add SOPs.
There are also some shortcut commands to access these commands. The
/AOP command will get the AOP list for the channel. The /SOP and
/AKick commands work similarly. /ACCESS will bring up the access list for
your nick. Finally, /INFO will get the Nickserv/Chanserv info for
a channel or nick. (If the name you give it starts with a #, it gets the
info for a channel; else it gets the info for a nick.) You don't need
to use these commands for the output window to pop up; it works just the
same whether you use a shortcut command or send the entire command to
nickserv/chanserv manually.
To read your memos, right-click on a channel or status window,
select the Memos submenu, and select Read Memos. A dialog will
pop up showing you the memos in your box.
To send a memo, right-click on a channel or status window,
select the Memos submenu, and select Send Memo. A dialog will
pop up asking you for the name of the reciepient (Nickname or
channel) of the memo. If you are sending to a channel, selecting
the "Send to SOPs" checkbox will send the memo to the SOPs and Founder
of the channel only. (The default is to send to the AOPs as well).
Enter your messase and click the Send button. If the memo is
successfully sent the dialog will close. If Memoserv reports an
error, the dialog will remain open so you can edit and resend your
message, if desired.
Note that only AOPs of a channel can send memos to a channel, and
the founder may have configured the channel so that only SOPs
or the founder himself/herself can send to a channel.
You can also send a memo by typing the "/sendmemo" command.
You can include a recipient in the command (I.e. "/sendmemo NathanR")
to send a memo to that person/channel.
Service Popups
^
K9 will automatically capture the output of several Chanserv and Nickserv
command outputs, and open up a window to display them in (rather than
having it be dumped to the status window.) It captures AOP and SOP lists,
AKick lists, access lists, and registered channel and nickname info.Options
The Options setup dialog lets you set several miscellaneous options:
Splash screen on startup
Enables/disables the K9 information window that pops up whenever you
start mIRC
Put info in title bar
If enabled, K9 places your current nick and the server you're on in the mIRC
title bar.
Command shortcut
If enabled, you can type commands into the status window without prefixing
them with a /
Action shortcut
If enabled, you can type an action with ";action..." instead of "/me
action...".
Show status window on startup
If enabled, automatically opens the K-9 status window when you start mIRC
K-9 audio feedback
If this is enabled, K-9 will make a sound whenever he performs an action
or alerts you to an error. You can have K9 say either "Master" or
"Mistress".
Description Tag
Put in your own comments on this script in this box, and it will be
displayed to the channel when you select the << K-9 Mk. II >> menu
item, and will be returned in a CTCP Version request. The comment
will appear after the script name.
Memoserv Frontend
^
K9 has a frontend for DALnet's memoserv, which lets you easily
read and send memos.
You can also read your memos by typing the "/memolist" command.Using K-9:
^
There are several ways to control the various functions of K9:
Function Keys
^
| F3 | Show the K-9 Help window |
| Shift-F3 | Enter K-9 setup |
| Ctrl-F3 | Opens the K-9 Status window. |
| Ctrl-F1 | Join a channel you have been invited to |
| F2 | Bring up a list of sounds to play |
| F4 | Grab the last WAV played |
| F5 | Mark yourself away, with a list of messages to choose from |
| F6 | Mark yourself returned |
| Ctrl-F5 | Mark yourself away, allowing you to enter an away message that's not on the list. |
| Shift-F5 | Toggle auto-away |
| Shift-F6 | Toggle auto-return |
| F7 | Toggle the pager on or off, or silence it if it is sounding. |
| Shift-F7 | Toggle auto-quit |
| F8 | Identify yourself to Nickserv (Regardless of your current nick) |
| Shift-F8 | Kill the ghost of your primary nick |
| F9 | Toggle event sounds |
| F10 | Kick a detected pervert (or /TARGETed user) from the channel |
| F11 | Message ChanServ to op you in the current channel |
| Ctrl-F12 | Panic button: Deops everyone but you in the current channel |
| /IDENTIFY | Identify your current nick (Same as pressing F8) |
| /GHOST | Kills your ghost. If the ghost command isn't available (because either you're not on a DALnet network, or you haven't set a nick password), will passively recover the nick instead (see /recover below) (Same as pressing Shift-F8) |
| /OPME [channel] | /MSGs ChanServ to op you on a channel. If no channel is specified, ops you on the current channel. (F11) |
| /MKICK channel | Makes ChanServ mass-kick a channel |
| /MDEOP channel | Makes ChanServ mass-deop a channel |
| /INVITEME channel | Makes ChanServ invite you to a channel |
| /UNBAN channel | Makes ChanServ unban you from a channel |
| /AOP [channel] | Show the AOP list for a channel (DALnet, must be an AOP or above) |
| /SOP [channel] | Show the SOP list for a channel (DALnet, must be an AOP or above) |
| /AKICK [channel] | Show the AKICK list for a channel (DALnet, must be an AOP or above) |
| /PUNT nick [reason] | Kicks a user from a channel and bans them for 5 seconds. Used to defeat auto-rejoin scripts. |
| /BOOT nick [reason] | Kicks a user from and channel and bans them. |
| /TERMINATE nick [reason] | Kicks and bans a user from ALL channels you are an op on, and puts them on ignore. Keeps them from coming back and harassing you. This command can be shortened to just /TERM |
| /TARGET nick [reason] | Targets a user for kicking, but doesn't kick them until you hit the F10 key. When you hit the key, it will /TERMINATE that person. |
| /SLAM nick [reason] | Terminates a user, and adds them to K9's autokick list |
| /UMODE modes | Changes your user modes |
| /LS scriptname | Shortcut to load a script. |
| /COUNT [-c] | Shows the number of people on the current channel, and the number of opped, voiced, and regular users. If the -C switch is used, displays the count to the entire channel. |
| /URL | Displays the URL currently in your browser to the entire channel. |
| /NICKCYCLE delay nick [nick ...] | Cycles through each nick you provide, waiting DELAY seconds in between each. Helpful for refreshing your nicks with Nickserv so they don't expire. |
| /RECOVER nick | Passively recovers a nick; that is, it waits for the nick to leave IRC and automatically changes to it when it does |
| /PAGE nick | Actives another user's pager. This only works on someone using K9, or a script with a similar pager feature |
| /PARTY nick | Brings a user into the Partyline |
| /MEMOLIST | Read your memos (DALnet only) |
| /SENDMEMO [recipient] | Send a memo (DALnet only) |
| /AUTOKICK [-r [address]] | Adds [or removes, if the -r switch is included] someone to K9's autokick list. (Not related to the Chanserv AKick list on DALnet) If no address is given, brings up the list of Autokick entries. |
The following standard IRC commands have also been redefined:
| /MODE [#channel] modes | Changes a channel or user mode. The channel name can now be left out. |
| /KICK [#channel] nick | Kicks someone off a channel. No longer requires the channel name. |
| /TOPIC [#channel] [topic] | Shows or changes the channel topic. No longer requires the channel name. |
| /INVITE nick [channel] | Invites someone to a channel. No longer requires the channel name. |
| /PART [channel] | Leaves a channel. No longer requires the channel name. |
| /NICK nickname | Changes your nickname. Now checks to see if the nick you give is too long. |
Some functions can also be accessed by right-clicking the nickname list in a channel.
Note that commands that can't be performed (such as killing your ghost when you're already using your primary nick, or using DALnet services when you're not on DALnet) don't show up on the menu.
The previous revision of this documentation stated that the original author is now using Linux and has no capability to maintain the script. This is no longer true. Nathan now has a Windows box running alongside his Linux box, and even has them networked and sharing an internet connectoin, so he can update K9 regularly.
Ironically, the person that had been chosen to be the new maintainer is an Amiga programmer usually, but has access to the systems required to maintain the K9 script.