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bind pub - * doesn't work

2009-04-16T15:39:20-04:00

A suggestion when creating more complex patterns, use the % wildcard to match any channel instead of *.
The reason for this is that * matches 0 or more characters, including whitespaces, while % will match 1 word. The advantage of this usage becomes apparent when dealing with more complex patterns such as this:

Code:

#We try to catch anything that starts with !hello worldbind pub "* !hello world*" pubm:hello#Looks good eh? until we realize it will also trigger on "Blah !hello world", which we did not want!bind pub "% !hello world*" pubm:hello#Now, this works as intended. It'll only trigger when the text starts with "!hello world", not whenever it's anywhere in the text.

This could also be extended to only trigger in local channels (&channel) by using "&% !hello world*", and so on...

Statistics: Posted by nml375 — Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:39 pm

bind pub - * doesn't work

2009-04-13T18:10:20-04:00

Well I don't like using pub, so I'd suggest you to use pubm (public text matching)

If you want to bind all channels, you'd have this:

Code:

bind pubm "* *" proc1

If you only want to bind in a specific chan, you must do it like this:

Code:

bind pubm "#channel1 *" proc1

proc1 will hava to be called with the arguments nick uhost hand chan text

Statistics: Posted by Fill — Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:10 pm

bind pub - * doesn't work

2009-04-13T18:10:10-04:00

use pubm for that

(6) PUBM (stackable)
bind pubm
procname

Description: just like MSGM, except it's triggered by things said
on a channel instead of things /msg'd to the bot. The mask is
matched against the channel name followed by the text and can
contain wildcards. Also, if a line triggers a PUB bind, it will not
trigger a PUBM bind.
Module: irc

Statistics: Posted by raider2k — Mon Apr 13, 2009 6:10 pm

bind pub - * doesn't work

2009-04-13T17:10:17-04:00

I already have another problem

I want my bot to evaluate any string that is written to the channel with a procedure...
i used

Code:

bind pub - * procedureorbind pub - "*" procedure

but he binds the string "*" to procedure and not the wildcard *

What's my mistake?

Statistics: Posted by boehmi — Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:10 pm