From 1064900f003de9af050980a2ee0d770cb549c9f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pragmatic Software <pragma78@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 01:03:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Factoids/Interpreter: remove confusing nick-as-argument
 syntax

---
 doc/Commands.md                       | 12 ++++++++++++
 lib/PBot/Core/Factoids/Interpreter.pm | 12 ------------
 lib/PBot/VERSION.pm                   |  4 ++--
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/Commands.md b/doc/Commands.md
index 388c1f2b..31a8b75e 100644
--- a/doc/Commands.md
+++ b/doc/Commands.md
@@ -221,6 +221,18 @@ Examples:
     <pragma-> !give mike time
        <PBot> mike: It's Sun 31 May 2020 06:03:08 PM PDT in Los Angeles.
 
+You can use redirection with `>`:
+
+    <command> > <nick>
+
+Examples:
+
+    <pragma-> !echo Testing > dave
+       <PBot> dave: Testing
+
+    <pragma-> !time > mike
+       <PBot> mike: It's Sun 31 May 2020 06:03:08 PM PDT in Los Angeles.
+
 You can use [inline invocation](#inline-invocation), as well -- see the next section.
 
 ### Inline invocation
diff --git a/lib/PBot/Core/Factoids/Interpreter.pm b/lib/PBot/Core/Factoids/Interpreter.pm
index cfda7577..7153930d 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/Core/Factoids/Interpreter.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/Core/Factoids/Interpreter.pm
@@ -340,18 +340,6 @@ sub handle_action($self, $context, $action) {
 
             $context->{arguments_processed} = 1;
             $context->{nickprefix_disabled} = 1;
-        } else {
-            # set nickprefix if args is a present nick and factoid action doesn't have $nick or $args
-            if (!$context->{nickprefix_disabled} && $self->{pbot}->{factoids}->{data}->{storage}->get_data($channel, $keyword, 'type') eq 'text') {
-                my $target = $self->{pbot}->{nicklist}->is_present_similar($context->{from}, $context->{arguments});
-
-                if ($target and $action !~ /\$\{?(?:nick|args)\b/) {
-                    my $add_nick = $self->{pbot}->{factoids}->{data}->{storage}->get_data($channel, $keyword, 'add_nick');
-                    unless (defined $add_nick && $add_nick == 0) {
-                        $context->{nickprefix} = $target unless $context->{nickprefix_forced};
-                    }
-                }
-            }
         }
     } else {
         # no arguments supplied
diff --git a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
index 81a890f4..93db57ba 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ use PBot::Imports;
 # These are set by the /misc/update_version script
 use constant {
     BUILD_NAME     => "PBot",
-    BUILD_REVISION => 4939,
-    BUILD_DATE     => "2026-02-27",
+    BUILD_REVISION => 4940,
+    BUILD_DATE     => "2026-03-11",
 };
 
 sub initialize {}