tilde.town's `chat` local IRC is nice enough, but the weechat client is a little cramped and awkward if you're used to a big GUI. After some Whately-like study of the [WeeChat User's Guide](https://weechat.org/files/doc/stable/weechat_user.en.html) and [blogs](https://ruleoftech.com/2016/starting-with-weechat), I have these commands: ``` /bar hide buflist /bar hide nicklist /bar hide title /set weechat.look.buffer_time_format %H:%M /set weechat.look.prefix_align_max 12 /bar set input items [input_prompt]+(away),[input_search],[input_paste],input_text /bar set status items [buffer_last_number],[buffer_plugin],buffer_number+:+buffer_name+(buffer_modes)+{buffer_nicklist_count}+buffer_zoom+buffer_filter,scroll,[lag],[hotlist],completion /save /layout store ``` I haven't found an equivalent of Limechat's "set marker" and "jump to marker" for catching up when away, so I just hit sh-pgup and then new text accumulates below it, and when I come back I can sh-pgdn to catch up. I would like to move the buffer list into a horizontal display at the top of the screen, rather than vertical on the side, but I haven't figured that out yet, so I just hide it, and scroll over with opt-right when I need to see server command results. If I ever need to see nicklist, I can just `/bar show nicklist`, but I rarely look at that even in Limechat where it's easy.