ircII help - alias/width

ALIAS MODIFIER: This modifier is a width specifier for any of the forms of alias. This is done by placing [<width>] after the $ (and after and ^c expressions). For example:

    $[10]C

This expand to your current channel, but it will truncate any characters beyond 10 in the channel name. If the channel is less than 10 characters, it will be padded on the right with blanks. Specifying a negative width will justify the field on the right and pad on the left with blanks. A width of 0 is treated as though no width specifier was used. If you get real tricky, you can do things like this:

    $([$CHANNEL_NAME_WIDTH]C)

The value of the IRCII variable CHANNEL_NAME_WIDTH will be expanded in the $() expression. If CHANNEL_NAME_WIDTH is 10, this will result in $[10]C which will then expand as described above. Remember, you can use both forms of modifiers, but they must be in the correct order. All ^ modifiers must be first, followed by any [] modifier. For example:

    $^.[-10]S

This will right justify your server name and quote any . in the server name with \.