Life in a terminal can be hard. There are times when a GUI really is useful. “My kingdom for an Alt+Tab!” IRC can be one of those things. The best coping mechanism I’ve found is to google the hell out of any given problem I have until it’s thoroughly solved. Example: Managing a ton of windows in IRC- specifically irssi. There are terminal clients that do this right off the bat, but irssi is old and trusted. Without further ado, “100 Windows in irssi”, blatantly ripped off from this guy.

/bind meta-q key win1
/bind meta-w key win2
/bind meta-e key win3
/bind meta-r key win4
/bind meta-t key win5
/bind meta-y key win6
/bind meta-u key win7
/bind meta-i key win8
/bind meta-o key win9
/bind meta-p key win0

/bind win0-win0 change_window 00
/bind win0-win1 change_window 01
/bind win0-win2 change_window 02
/bind win0-win3 change_window 03
/bind win0-win4 change_window 04
/bind win0-win5 change_window 05
/bind win0-win6 change_window 06
/bind win0-win7 change_window 07
/bind win0-win8 change_window 08
/bind win0-win9 change_window 09
/bind win1-win0 change_window 10
/bind win1-win1 change_window 11
/bind win1-win2 change_window 12
/bind win1-win3 change_window 13
/bind win1-win4 change_window 14
/bind win1-win5 change_window 15
/bind win1-win6 change_window 16
/bind win1-win7 change_window 17
/bind win1-win8 change_window 18
/bind win1-win9 change_window 19
/bind win2-win0 change_window 20
/bind win2-win1 change_window 21
/bind win2-win2 change_window 22
/bind win2-win3 change_window 23
/bind win2-win4 change_window 24
/bind win2-win5 change_window 25
/bind win2-win6 change_window 26
/bind win2-win7 change_window 27
/bind win2-win8 change_window 28
/bind win2-win9 change_window 29
/bind win3-win0 change_window 30
/bind win3-win1 change_window 31
/bind win3-win2 change_window 32
/bind win3-win3 change_window 33
/bind win3-win4 change_window 34
/bind win3-win5 change_window 35
/bind win3-win6 change_window 36
/bind win3-win7 change_window 37
/bind win3-win8 change_window 38
/bind win3-win9 change_window 39
/bind win4-win0 change_window 40
/bind win4-win1 change_window 41
/bind win4-win2 change_window 42
/bind win4-win3 change_window 43
/bind win4-win4 change_window 44
/bind win4-win5 change_window 45
/bind win4-win6 change_window 46
/bind win4-win7 change_window 47
/bind win4-win8 change_window 48
/bind win4-win9 change_window 49
/bind win5-win0 change_window 50
/bind win5-win1 change_window 51
/bind win5-win2 change_window 52
/bind win5-win3 change_window 53
/bind win5-win4 change_window 54
/bind win5-win5 change_window 55
/bind win5-win6 change_window 56
/bind win5-win7 change_window 57
/bind win5-win8 change_window 58
/bind win5-win9 change_window 59
/bind win6-win0 change_window 60
/bind win6-win1 change_window 61
/bind win6-win2 change_window 62
/bind win6-win3 change_window 63
/bind win6-win4 change_window 64
/bind win6-win5 change_window 65
/bind win6-win6 change_window 66
/bind win6-win7 change_window 67
/bind win6-win8 change_window 68
/bind win6-win9 change_window 69
/bind win7-win0 change_window 70
/bind win7-win1 change_window 71
/bind win7-win2 change_window 72
/bind win7-win3 change_window 73
/bind win7-win4 change_window 74
/bind win7-win5 change_window 75
/bind win7-win6 change_window 76
/bind win7-win7 change_window 77
/bind win7-win8 change_window 78
/bind win7-win9 change_window 79
/bind win8-win0 change_window 80
/bind win8-win1 change_window 81
/bind win8-win2 change_window 82
/bind win8-win3 change_window 83
/bind win8-win4 change_window 84
/bind win8-win5 change_window 85
/bind win8-win6 change_window 86
/bind win8-win7 change_window 87
/bind win8-win8 change_window 88
/bind win8-win9 change_window 89
/bind win9-win0 change_window 90
/bind win9-win1 change_window 91
/bind win9-win2 change_window 92
/bind win9-win3 change_window 93
/bind win9-win4 change_window 94
/bind win9-win5 change_window 95
/bind win9-win6 change_window 96
/bind win9-win7 change_window 97
/bind win9-win8 change_window 98
/bind win9-win9 change_window 99