There are two things I can think of to reduce the spam of messages:
#trigger {pattern} {#gag}
This gags an entire line containing the pattern. So avoid doing this if there are other patterns preceding or trailing it. It is best to add ^ and $ to ensure that the pattern rests by itself on one line.
#trigger {pattern} {#sub {replacement}}
This replaces the specified pattern with shorter messages or anything you want including color sequences that you can insert using the %ansi() funciton.#sub {%ansi(blink,bold,high,red,gray)%lower(%trigger)}
Regarding the window arrangement here are 2 tips:
1) If you create seperate character entries in the character menu each with its own ".lay" layout file, you can choose which layout you want by picking a character entry.
2) You can reset each window to its default from the menu bar. You can also do this from your script.#menu {Layout|Reset Windows|Settings Editor}.