# not a complete script, just a useful snippet Irssi::signal_register({'complete command set' => ["glistptr_char*", "Irssi::UI::Window", "string", "string", "intptr"]}); my @res = (); my $num; Irssi::signal_emit('complete command set', \@res, Irssi::active_win(), '', '', \$num); print "results: @res"; # will return all the possible completions for the /set command. you can filter # it by changing the 2 empty strings (word-fragment, and line context)