IRC tool question

[Rick Stevens]

Kevin Kempter wrote:
> Hi all;
> 
> most of my clients use IM to communicate realtime, however I have one who uses 
> their own IRC server. Is there a way I can setup KDE or a specific IRC chat 
> tool to alert me with a desktop popup message whenever my name is used in an 
> irc room?
> 
> Currently I'm using Konversation and I have it set to "watch" for my username 
> but I'm not getting any alerts

I don't know of one, but Pidgin has a plugin, "nicksaid," that will 
highlight your name in an IRC window and let you jump to it:

	http://plugins.guifications.org/trac/wiki/nicksaid
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