The chat client also supprts some extra IRC-like commands:

/date or /time - Tells you the time on the server you use.
/clear - Clears all text in the chat window.
/who - Gives you a list of all users on the system and what rooms they are in.
/me {action text} - Create your own custom emotion.
/whois {nickname} - Shows details about someone.
/msg {nickname} {message} - Send a private message to this user without opening a private window.
/join {room} or /goto {room} - Join specified room.
/ping - pings the server and prints out the roundtrip.

Font and Color Codes

You can create multi colored messages by using special codes. Typing these codes into the chat room will change the color and style of any text that follows them. The Following codes can be used.

`0 - Plain text no italics, non bold
`1 - Bold text, no italics
`2 - Italic text, non bold
`3 - Bold text, Italic

`a - Black
`b - Red
`c - Orange
`d - Light Orange
`e - Yellow
`f - Light Green
`g - Green
`h - Dark Green
`i - Light Gray
`j - Purple
`k - Pink
`l - Light Pink
`m - Cyan
`n - Light Blue
`o - Blue
`p - Dark Blue

(The ` character used in these codes is usually obtained by pressing the key underneath "ESC" and to the left of "1".)

For example, typing the following text into the chat room
`1`4Hello `fmy `3`bname `0`cis `3`gJ`do`kh`nn. `o`0How are you today?