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* [Installation / Quick Start](#installation--quick-start)
* [Documentation](#documentation)
* [Features](#features)
* [Commands](#commands)
* [Plugins](#plugins)
* [Factoids](#factoids)
* [Code Factoids](#code-factoids)
* [Modules](#modules)
* [Useful IRC command improvements](#useful-irc-command-improvements)
* [Channel management](#channel-management)
* [Plugins](#plugins)
* [Modules](#modules)
* [Admin management](#admin-management)
* [Easy configuration](#easy-configuration)
* [Advanced Interpreter](#advanced-interpreter)
* [Advanced interpreter](#advanced-interpreter)
* [Support](#support)
* [License](#license)
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Features
--------
### Factoids
### Commands
PBot has factoids with advanced features.
* metadata (e.g. owner, times used, last used date, locked, etc)
* advanced argument processing (indexing, splicing, etc)
* 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 $colors` will randomly pick one)
* changelog history
* undo/redo history
* and much, much more!
### Code Factoids
Code factoids are a special type of factoid that begin with the `/code` command.
/code <language> <code>
That's right! Anybody can create a factoid that can execute arbitrary code in
any language! This is one of PBot's most powerful features.
How is this safe? Because the code is executed within a virtual machine that
has been configured to fall-back to a previously saved state whenever it times out.
### Useful IRC command improvements
* `mode` command can take wildcards, e.g. `mode +ov foo* bar*` to op nicks beginning with `foo` and voice nicks beginning with `bar`
* `unban <nick>` and `unmute <nick>` can remove all bans/mutes matching `<nick>`'s hostmask or account
* `ban` and `mute` will intelligently set banmasks; supports timeouts
* `ban` and `mute` can take a comma-separate list of nicks. Will intelligently group them into multiple `MODE +bbbb` commands
* `kick` can take a comma-separated list of nicks; accepts wildcards
* and much, much, more
### Channel management
PBot can perform the typical channel management tasks.
* opping/deopping, etc
* channel-mode tracking
* user hostmask/alias tracking
* ban-evasion detection
* flood detection
* whitelisting, blacklisting, etc
* spam/advertisement detection
* and much, much more
PBot has several useful core built-in commands. Additional commands can be added to PBot through
Plugins and Factoids.
### Plugins
@ -104,12 +63,77 @@ Plugin | Description
[Battleship](Plugins/Battleship.pm) | The classic Battleship board game, simplified for IRC
[Connect4](Plugins/Connect4.pm) | The classic Connect-4 game.
### Factoids
PBot supports factoids, with advanced features.
* metadata (e.g. owner, times used, last used date, locked, etc)
* advanced argument processing (indexing, splicing, etc)
* special commands: `/say`, `/me`, `/msg`, `/code`, etc
* advanced `$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!
Factoids are a very special type of command. Anybody interacting with PBot
can create, edit, delete and invoke factoids. Factoids can be locked by the
creator of the factoid to prevent them from being edited by others.
At its most simple, factoids merely output the text the creator sets.
<pragma-> !factadd hello /say Hello, $nick!
<PBot> hello added to global channel.
<pragma-> PBot, hello
<PBot> Hello, pragma-!
Significantly more complex factoids can be built by using `$variables`, command-substitution,
command-piping, `/code` invocation, and more!
For more information, see the [Factoids documentation](https://github.com/pragma-/pbot/blob/master/doc/Factoids.md).
### 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.
Modules are external command-line executable programs and scripts that can be
loaded via PBot Factoids.
These are just some of the more notable modules; there are several more:
Suppose you have the [Qalculate!](https://qalculate.github.io/) command-line
program and you want to provide a PBot command for it. You can create a _very_ simple
shell script containing:
#!/bin/sh
qalc "$*"
And let's call it `qalc.sh` and put it in PBot's `modules/` directory.
Then you can add the `qalc` factoid:
!factadd global qalc qalc.sh
And then set its `type` to `module`:
!factset global qalc type module
Now you have a `qalc` calculator in PBot!
<pragma-> !qalc 2 * 2
<PBot> 2 * 2 = 4
For more information, see the [Modules documentation](https://github.com/pragma-/pbot/blob/master/doc/Modules.md).
These are just some of the modules PBot comes with; there are several more:
Module | Description
--- | ---
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[Urban Dictionary](modules/urban) | Search Urban Dictionary for definitions.
[Manpages](modules/man.pl) | Display a concise formatting of manual pages (designed for C functions)
### Useful IRC command improvements
* `mode` command can take wildcards, e.g. `mode +ov foo* bar*` to op nicks beginning with `foo` and voice nicks beginning with `bar`
* `unban <nick>` and `unmute <nick>` can remove all bans/mutes matching `<nick>`'s hostmask or account
* `ban` and `mute` will intelligently set banmasks; supports timeouts
* `ban` and `mute` can take a comma-separate list of nicks. Will intelligently group them into multiple `MODE +bbbb` commands
* `kick` can take a comma-separated list of nicks; accepts wildcards
* and much, much, more
### Channel management
PBot can perform the typical channel management tasks.
* opping/deopping, etc
* channel-mode tracking
* user hostmask/alias tracking
* ban-evasion detection
* flood detection
* whitelisting, blacklisting, etc
* spam/advertisement detection
* and much, much more
### Admin management
PBot has easy admin management via simple built-in commands.
@ -141,7 +187,7 @@ These settings can easily be configured via several methods:
* simple built-in commands (`regset`, `regunset`, etc)
* editing the [`$data_dir/registry`](data/registry) plain-text JSON file
### Advanced Interpreter
### Advanced interpreter
PBot has an advanced command interpreter with useful functionality.