How do I highlight my own messages?

Question

I would like to highlight the whole line of messages I write in a public channel.

Thought /hilight -mask {mynick}!*@* would make it work. I've tried a number of switches.

I wonder if the default behavior of just highlighting my nick (as opposed to the whole line) is overriding my hilight. I've tried altering the priority to no avail. Is there a place where I could edit this default behavior?

Answer 1

to use a specific color for all your lines in irssi, you can use the following:

/format own_msg {ownmsgnick $2 {ownnick $0}}%g$1

the last part %g is the color, here it's green. so all my lines will be green. don't forget to /save to make the setting permanent.

i know it's a bit late to reply to this, but i was searching for that info too and maybe it can help others later on, who might want the same setting.