window @code{rcirc} considers is controlled by the
@code{rcirc-omit-threshold} variable.
+@vindex rcirc-omit-responses-after-join
+Right after connecting to a server, rcirc will also hide all messages
+in @code{rcirc-omit-responses-after-join}, next to
+@code{rcirc-omit-responses}. For example,
+
+@example
+(setq rcirc-omit-responses-after-join '("TOPIC" "NICK"))
+@end example
+
+would hide the topic message and the list of users in the current
+channel right after joining a new channel.
+
@node Hacking and Tweaking
@chapter Hacking and Tweaking
@cindex hacking and tweaking