PyLink Relay provides a few configuration options not documented in the example configuration, either because they have limited use or are too complicated to be described briefly.
**This guide assumes that you are relatively familiar with the way YAML syntax works (lists, named arrays/dicts, etc.).** In this document, configuration options will be referred to in the format `a::b::c`, which represents the "`c`" option inside a "`b`" config block, all within an "`a`" config block.
Custom Clientbot styles can be applied for any of Clientbot's supported events, by defining keys in the format `relay::clientbot_styles::<event name>`. As of PyLink 2.1, you can also override options per network by defining them in the form `servers::<network name>::relay_clientbot_styles::<event names>`
These options take template strings as documented here: https://docs.python.org/3/library/string.html#template-strings. Supported substitution values differ by event, but usually include the [hook values for each](technical/hooks-reference.md#irc-command-hooks), *plus* the following:
- Note: the `PM` and `PNOTICE` events represent private messages and private notices respectively, when they're relayed to users behind a Clientbot link.
- Note 2: as of 1.1.x, all public channel events are sent to channels as PRIVMSG, while `PM` and `PNOTICE` are relayed privately as NOTICE.
#### Disabling Colors/Control Codes
If you don't want the messages PyLink sends for clientbot messages to be emboldened or colored,
remove all escape sequences (e.g. `\x02`) from the format template and replace the colored variants
of applicable substitutions with their non-colored versions.
This is a example clientbot_styles config block, which you can copy *into* your `relay` configuration block.
(*Do not* make multiple `relay` config blocks, or duplicate any config blocks with the same name!)
```yaml
clientbot_styles:
ACTION: "[$netname] * $sender $text"
JOIN: "[$netname] - $sender$sender_identhost has joined $channel"
KICK: "[$netname] - $sender$sender_identhost has kicked $target_nick from $channel ($text)"
-`relay::clientbot_startup_delay`: Defines the amount of seconds Clientbot should wait after startup, before relaying any non-PRIVMSG events. This is used to prevent excess floods when the bot connects. Defaults to 5 seconds.
-`servers::NETNAME::relay_force_slashes`: This network specific option forces Relay to use `/` in nickname separators. You should only use this option on TS6 or P10 variants that are less strict with nickname validation, as **it will cause protocol violations** on most IRCds. UnrealIRCd and InspIRCd users do not need to set this either, as `/` in nicks is automatically enabled.
-`servers::NETNAME::relay_endburst_delay`: InspIRCd networks only: sets the endburst delay for relay subservers. If relay server bursts are causing +j (join flood) protection to trigger, raising this value can work around the issue.
