X-Chat scripts: AutoGreet

I provide separate versions for XChat 1.x and 2.0, because their behavior (API) differs somewhat. These seem to work for me, no guarantee of any kind. Please report bugs/successes/wishes to xchat@kato.iki.fi.

Download XChatPerl.tgz for XChat 1.x or XChatAutoGreet-0.03.tgz for XChat 2.x and unpack it into your XChat directory (~/.xchat2/ on unix).

Contents:

• AutoGreet provides
  • /AUTOGREET [#channel/]nick [+mode] [command; ...] to automatically
    • give permissions (auto-op, voice)
    • run commands (with variables embedded from the calling context)
    for people joining channels moderated by us
  • "*nick!*user@*.host" style nick matching
  • /LISTGREETINGS [#channel] [user] for listing matching greetings
  • Automatic saving and retrieval of greetings in an editable configuration file (through PerlEval)
  • Moderate scalability (hundreds of greetings)
  • Network separation is currently broken due to XChat 2.0.x API bug
  • Configuration file differs from version 0.01: every #channel name should be prefixed with an asterisk ('*') instead of a network name.
• PerlEval provides
  • /PERL command for running perl commands; for instance, /PERL $XChatAutoGreet::debug=1 makes autogreet module spurt debug messages.
  • save() and load() routines for easy data persistence.
• autogreet load hook script.

Wishlist

• bind actions to any events, not just others joining
• provide clear and helpful list of aforementioned actions
• grant rights for others to run commands on my client (wormcan)
• lots of typical bot operations: history, statistics, watching, learning, channelkeeping, ...