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<title>Chatty Help - Whisper Feature</title>
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<div id="backlink"><a href="help.html">Back to main help page</a></div>
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<h1><a name="top">Whisper Feature</a></h1>
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<p>
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<a href="#start">Getting started</a> |
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<a href="#usage">Usage</a> |
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<a href="#troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a>
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</p>
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<p><em>It is recommended that you read and understand this whole section
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before enabling this feature.</em></p>
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<p>Chatty implements the new <code>/w</code> command that Twitch Chat
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provides, allowing you to send private messages in chat to other users.
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However, it is disabled by default, since it has a few problems:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Twitch is planning to move Whispering to a whole different system
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soon, which means in the current state it is not really encouraged
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to be used by third-party applications. It is unclear what the new
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system will be and whether it will be possible to implement it in
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Chatty. Also, due to these circumstances, not too much development
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time will be put into the Whisper feature in Chatty at this time.</li>
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<li>Whispering currently runs on the Group Chat servers, so Chatty can't
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just use <code>irc.twitch.tv</code> to connect as for regular chat.
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Since there is no easy official way to get the server data
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automatically, you have enter the IP and port yourself if you want
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to use this feature.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="start">Getting started</a></h2>
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<p>You have to change a few settings in order to use this feature
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(all under <code>Main - Settings - Advanced</code>):</p>
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<h3>Required settings</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><strong>Whisper Enabled</strong>: Connect to the given Group Chat
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server to send and receive whispers. Enable when you configured the
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server. Disable this it if you run into problems.</li>
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<li><strong>Server/Port</strong>: You can click on
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<code>Select server..</code> and select a server from the list (all
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listed <em>should</em> work). This is using an unsupported Twitch
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API which is not guaranteed to stay the same.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Once these settings are correctly configured, Chatty will connect to
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Whispers when you connect to regular chat. It will disconnect when you
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disconnect from regular chat via the Main-menu. If the Whisper Feature
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is properly connected and ready to use, <code>[W]</code> will be shown
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in the titlebar and the <code>/connection</code> command will show the
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Whisper connection in addition to the regular chat connection.</p>
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<p>If you were already connected when you changed these settings, either
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disconnect and connect again (via the Main menu) or restart Chatty.</p>
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<p>If <code>Select server..</code> is not working, configure the server manually:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><strong>Server</strong>: The Group Chat server IP to connect to. You can check:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://twitchstatus.com/">Twitchstatus.com</a> (unofficial site) at the bottom of the page,
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"Group Chat" tab, "irc" Protocol (not "ws_irc")</li>
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<li>Get an IP from the Twitch API using <a href="http://blog.bashtech.net/twitch-group-chat-irc/">this guide</a>
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(you will need a token and be member of a Group Chat, you won't need to get a channelname)</li>
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</ul></li>
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<li><strong>Port</strong>: The port for the Group Chat server you
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are using (you should get it along with the IP).</li>
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</ul>
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<h3>Optional settings</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><strong>Whitelist</strong>: If enabled, only users that have the
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<a href="help-addressbook.html">Addressbook</a> category
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<code>whisper</code> will be able to send whispers to you.
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Messages from other users are discarded. Alternatively you can
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also <strong>blacklist</strong> users by adding them to the
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<code>blockwhisper</code> category (which makes most sense with
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the Whitelist setting disabled).<br /><br >
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In addition, you can also add users to the Ignore List by
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right-clicking on them in chat to open the context menu and
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choosing <code>Miscellaneous - Ignore (whisper)</code>. Unlike
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the Blacklist or Whitelist using the Addressbook, this will not
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completely discard the messages, but instead add them to the
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Ignored Messages dialog and possibly output some other messages
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about it, depending on the Ignore settings.</li>
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<li><strong>Display</strong>: Changes where the whispers are
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displayed.
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<ul>
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<li><strong>Active Chat</strong> - Show in the chat window
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you are currently having active in Chatty.</li>
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<li><strong>One Window</strong> - Show all whispers in one
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separate window. In that window you will be able to
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respond to whispers by just typing <code><name>
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<message></code> instead of having to use the
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<code>/w</code> command. To be sure you actually provide
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the user to send it to you can only whisper to users
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that have already whispered to you (so e.g.
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<code>Hey how are you? :)</code> wont't be send to the
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user named <code>Hey</code>). The tab for collecting all
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whispers is named <code>$[whisper]</code>.</li>
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<li><strong>Per User</strong> - Open an extra tab for every
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user that whispers to you. You can respond to whispers
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by just typing the message in the tab for that user. The
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tab will be named <code>$<username></code>.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="usage">Usage</a></h2>
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<p>When the Whisper Feature is connected (<code>[W]</code> appears in the
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titlebar) you can receive and send whispers:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>When you receive a whisper, it will be displayed depending on the
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Display setting and will be indicated by the nickname being marked
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like this: <code>-[name]-</code></li>
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<li>When you send a whisper via
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<code>/w <name> <message></code>, then this will be
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indicated in chat by the nickname being marked like this:
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<code>>>[name]</code></li>
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<li>In both cases the name is the name of the person you are talking
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with, not your own name.</li>
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<li>When you click on the name, you will be able to see your
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conversation, with your own messages marked with a asterisk in front
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(*), which is usually used to mark action messages
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(<code>/me</code>).</li>
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="troubleshooting">Troubleshooting</a></h2>
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<p>If you get a lot of errors like <code>Whisper feature: Disconnected</code> this
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may be due to different reasons:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>A temporary problem with Twitch or your internet connection, in which
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case just wait a while.</li>
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<li>Wrong server/port entered, follow the <a href="#start">Getting Started</a>
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guide to check if the data you entered is still correct.</li>
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<li>Twitch changed the system and it is not working as implemented in Chatty
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anymore (in which case you should disable the feature).</li>
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</ul>
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<p>How to proceed:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Check <a href="http://twitchstatus.com">Twitchstatus.com</a> (mainly Group Chat Tab),
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<a href="https://twitter.com/chattyclient">@ChattyClient</a> and
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other usual places to find out if the problem lies with Twitch.
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Disable the Whisper Feature if necessary.</li>
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<li>If the <code>[W]</code> in the titlebar isn't there, but it also
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doesn't output errors anymore, it may have given up trying to connect,
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in which case you should connect to regular chat through the <code>Main</code>
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menu (disconnect first if necessary). Connecting to whispers is
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currently somewhat tied to connecting to regular chat. Disconnecting
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from regular chat from the <code>Main</code> menu will also disconnect
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from whispers.</li>
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</ul>
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