Irssi nick list script

This irssi plugin displays a nicklist in irssi which updates as you change the active channel.
The nicklist resides in a irssi window, which is split off of the main view.

Additionally it lets you highlight certain users in the nicklist window

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Configuration options:

nicklist_nick_width

display width of nicks, default value is 9. increase to have less columns with longer nicks

nicklist_max_lines

maximum numbers of lines to display to leave space for the chat window even in crowded channels.

nicklist_nick_hilights

space separated list of nicks to highlight

nicklist_window_num

window number of the nicklist. increase only if you have more than 99 regular windows (queries, channels, etc)

Commands

nicklist

restart the nicklist if you accidentally close the window