* special commands: `/say`, `/me`, `/msg`, `/code`, etc
* advanced `$variable` interpolation (`$var:lc` to lowercase contents, `$var:ucfirst` to uppercase first letter, etc)
* factoid-based variable lists (e.g., add a factoid `$colors` containing "red green blue" and then `!echo $colors` will randomly pick one)
* changelog history
* undo/redo history
* and much, much more!
## Code Factoids
Code factoids are a special type of factoid that begin with the `/code` command.
/code <language><code>
That's right! Anybody can create a factoid that can execute arbitrary code in
any language! This is one of PBot's most powerful features.
How is this safe? Because the code is executed within a virtual machine that
has been configured to fall-back to a previously saved state whenever it times out.
## Modules
PBot can execute any command-line program or script as an internal command. We call
these modules.
These are just some of the more notable modules; there are several more:
Module | Description
--- | ---
[C-to-English translator](modules/c2english) | Translates C code to natural English sentences.
[C precedence analyzer](modules/paren) | Adds parentheses to C code to demonstrate precedence.
[C Jeopardy! game](modules/cjeopardy) | C programming trivia game based on the Jeopardy! TV game show.
[Virtual machine](modules/compiler_vm) | Executes arbitrary code and commands within a virtual machine.
[C Standard citations](modules/c11std.pl) | Cite specified sections/paragraphs from the C standard.
[dict.org Dictionary](modules/dict.org.pl) | Interface to dict.org for definitions, translations, acronyms, etc.
[Urban Dictionary](modules/urban) | Search Urban Dictionary for definitions.
[Manpages](modules/man.pl) | Display a concise formatting of manual pages (designed for C functions)
## Plugins
PBot can dynamically load and unload Perl modules to alter its behavior.
These are some of the plugins that PBot has, there are many more:
Plugin | Description
--- | ---
[GoogleSearch](Plugins/GoogleSearch.pm) | Performs Internet searches using the Google search engine.
[UrlTitles](Plugins/UrlTitles.pm) | When a URL is seen in a channel, intelligently display its title. It will not display titles that are textually similiar to the URL, in order to maintain the channel signal-noise ratio.
[Quotegrabs](Plugins/Quotegrabs.pm) | Grabs channel messages as quotes for posterity. Can grab messages from anywhere in the channel history. Can grab multiple messages at once!
[RemindMe](Plugins/RemindMe.pm) | Lets people set up reminders. Lots of options.
[ActionTrigger](Plugins/ActionTrigger.pm) | Lets admins set regular expression triggers to execute PBot commands or factoids.
[AntiAway](Plugins/AntiAway.pm) | Detects when a person uses annoying in-channel away messages and warns them.
[AutoRejoin](Plugins/AutoRejoin.pm) | Automatically rejoin channels if kicked or removed.
[AntiNickSpam](Plugins/AntiNickSpam.pm) | Detects when a person is spamming an excessive number of nicks in the channel and removes them.
[AntiRepeat](Plugins/AntiRepeat.pm) | Warn people about excessively repeating messages. Kicks if they fail to heed warnings.
[AntiTwitter](Plugins/AntiTwitter.pm) | Warn people about addressing others with `@<nick>`. Kicks if they fail to heed warnings.
There are even a few games!
Plugin | Description
--- | ---
[Spinach](Plugins/Spinach.pm) | An advanced multiplayer Trivia game engine with a twist! A question is shown, everybody privately submits a false answer, all false answers and the true answer is shown, everybody tries to guess the true answer, points are gained when people pick your false answer!
[Battleship](Plugins/Battleship.pm) | The classic Battleship board game, simplified for IRC
[Connect4](Plugins/Connect4.pm) | The classic Connect-4 game.
## Channel management
PBot can perform the expected channel management tasks.
* opping/deopping, etc
* channel-mode tracking
* user hostmask/alias tracking
* ban-evasion detection
* flood detection
* whitelisting, blacklisting, etc
* spam/advertisement detection
* and much, much more
## Admin management
PBot has easy admin management via simple built-in commands.
* admins can be global admins or channel-specific admins
* admins can be required to login with a password
* admins can be set to be permanently logged-in
* admin abilities configured by admin-levels
## Useful IRC command improvements
*`mode` command can take wildcards, e.g. `mode +ov foo* bar*` to op nicks beginning with `foo` and voice nicks beginning with `bar`
*`unban <nick>` and `unmute <nick>` can remove all bans/mutes matching `<nick>`'s hostmask or account
*`ban` and `mute` will intelligently set banmasks; also supports timeouts
*`ban` and `mute` can take a comma-separate list of nicks. Will intelligently group them into multiple `MODE +bbbb` commands
*`kick` can take a comma-separated list of nicks
*`kick` can also accept wildcards
* and much, much, more
## Easy configuration
PBot's settings are contained in a central registry of key/value pairs grouped by sections.
These settings can easily be configured via several methods:
