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<!DOCTYPE article SYSTEM "supybot.dtd">
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<article class="faq">
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<articleinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<firstname>Jeremiah</firstname>
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<surname>Fincher</surname>
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</author>
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<editor>
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<firstname>Daniel</firstname>
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<surname>DiPaolo</surname>
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<contrib>DocBook translator</contrib>
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</editor>
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</authorgroup>
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<title>Supybot Frequently Asked Questions</title>
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<revhistory>
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<revision>
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<revnumber>0.1</revnumber>
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<date>18 Feb 2004</date>
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<revremark>Initial Docbook translation</revremark>
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</revision>
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<revision>
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<revnumber>0.2</revnumber>
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<date>26 Feb 2004</date>
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<revremark>Changed to Supybot DTD</revremark>
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</revision>
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</revhistory>
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</articleinfo>
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<qandaset defaultlabel="qanda">
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>
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Why does my bot not recognize me or tell me that I don't
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have the <capability>owner</capability> capability?
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</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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Because you've not given it anything to recognize you
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from! You'll need to identify with the bot
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(<botcommand>help identify</botcommand> to see how that
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works) or add your hostmask to your user record
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(<botcommand>help addhostmask</botcommand> to see how that
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works) for it to know that you're you. You may wish to
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note that <botcommand>addhostmask</botcommand> can accept
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a password; rather than identify, you can send the command
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<botcommand>addhostmask myOwnerUser [hostmask]
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myOwnerUserPassword</botcommand> and the bot will add your
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current hostmask to your owner user (of course, you should
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change <literal>myOwnerUser</literal> and
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<literal>myOwnerUserPassword</literal> appropriately for
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your bot).
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>
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How do I make Supybot op my users?
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</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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First, you'll have to make sure that your users register
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with the bot. They can do this with the
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<botcommand>register</botcommand> command. After they do
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so, you'll want to add the
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<capability>#channel,op</capability> capability to their
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user. Use the <botcommand>channel
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addcapability</botcommand> command to do this. After
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that, your users should be able to use the
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<botcommand>op</botcommand> command to get ops.
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</para>
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<para>
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If you want your users to be auto-opped when they join the
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channel, you'll need to load the <plugin>Enforcer</plugin>
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plugin and turn its <registrygroup>autoOp</registrygroup>
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configuration variable on. Use the
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<botcommand>config</botcommand> command to do so. Here's
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an example of how to do these steps:
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</para>
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<ircsession>
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<jemfinch|lambda> I'm going to make an example session for giving
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you auto-ops, for our FAQ.
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<dunk1> ah ok ;]
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<jemfinch|lambda> First, I need you to register with supybot, using
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the "register" command (remember to send it in private).
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<dunk1> done
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<jemfinch|lambda> what name are you registered under?
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<dunk1> dunk1
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<jemfinch|lambda> ok, cool.
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<jemfinch|lambda> @channel addcapability dunk1 op
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<supybot> jemfinch|lambda: The operation succeeded.
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<jemfinch|lambda> now use the "op" command to get ops.
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<dunk1> @op
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— supybot gives channel operator status to dunk1
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<dunk1> works!
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<dunk1> ;]
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<jemfinch|lambda> @load Enforcer
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<supybot> jemfinch|lambda: The operation succeeded.
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<jemfinch|lambda> @config channel supybot.plugins.Enforcer.autoOp On
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<supybot> jemfinch|lambda: The operation succeeded.
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<jemfinch|lambda> ok, now cycle the channel (part and then rejoin)
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<– dunk1 (dunker@freebsd.nl) has left #supybot
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–> dunk1 (dunker@freebsd.nl) has joined #supybot
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— supybot gives channel operator status to dunk1
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<jemfinch|lambda> cool, thanks :)
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</ircsession>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>
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Can users with the <capability>admin</capability>
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capability change configuration variables?
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</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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Currently, no. Since this is the first release of Supybot
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that uses the registry, we wanted to stay on the
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conservative side and require the
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<capability>owner</capability> capability for changing all
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non-channel-related configuration variables. Feel free to
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make your case to us as to why a certain configuration
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variable should only require the
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<capability>admin</capability> capability instead of the
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<capability>owner</capability> capability, and if we agree
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with you, we'll change it for the next release.
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>
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Can Supybot do factoids?
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</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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Supybot most certainly can! In fact, we offer three
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full-fledged factoids-related plugins!
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</para>
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<para>
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<plugin>Factoids</plugin> (written by
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<nick>jemfinch</nick>) is Supybot's original
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factoids-related plugin. It offers full integration with
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Supybot's nested commands as well as a complete 1:n key to
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factoid ratio, with lookup by individual number. Factoids
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also uses a channel-specific database instead of a global
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database though that's configurable with the
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<registrygroup>supybot.databases.plugins.channelSpecific</registrygroup>
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configuration variable.
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</para>
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<para>
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<plugin>MoobotFactoids</plugin> (written by
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<nick>Strike</nick>) is much more full-featured, offering
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users the ability to define factoids in a slightly more
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user-friendly way, as well as parsing factoids to handle
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<reply>, <action>, and alternations (defining
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a factoid “test” as
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“<reply>(foo|bar|baz)” will make the bot
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send “foo” or “bar” or
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“baz” to the channel (without the normal
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“test is ” at the beginning)). If you're
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accustomed to Moobot's factoids or Blootbot's factoids,
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then this is the Factoids plugin for you. Unfortunately,
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due to the more natural definition syntax (required to be
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comaptible with Moobot) you can't define Factoids with
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nested commands; you'll have to evaluate the command first
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and then copy the result into your factoid definition.
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</para>
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<para>
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<plugin>Infobot</plugin> (written by
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<nick>jamessan</nick>) is used for Infobot compatibility;
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if you still want the basic functionality of Infobot, this
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is the plugin to use.
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>
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Can I import my Infobot/Blootbot/Moobot factoids into
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Supybot?
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</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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As of present, we have no automated way to do so.
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<nick>Strike</nick> has written a few scripts for
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importing a Moobot database into MoobotFactoids, however,
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so you'll want to talk to him about helping you with that.
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We're certainly happy to help you convert such databases;
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if you can provide us with such a database exported to a
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flat file, we can probably do the rest of the work to
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write a script that imports it into a database for one of
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our factoids-related plugins.
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>
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Do I really have to use separate databases for each
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channel?
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</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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Of course not! We default to separate databases for each
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channel because, well, that's what <nick>jemfinch</nick>
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always thought was reasonable. Anyway, if you change the
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configuration variable
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<registrygroup>supybot.databases.plugins.channelSpecific</registrygroup>
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to <literal>False</literal> instead of
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<literal>True</literal>, for <emphasis>most</emphasis>
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databases, each channel will share the same database (the
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exceptions are <plugin>ChannelStats</plugin>,
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<plugin>Herald</plugin>, <plugin>Seen</plugin>, and
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<plugin>WordStats</plugin>, which are inherently rather
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channel-based).
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>
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Karma doesn't seem to work for me.
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</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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<plugin>Karma</plugin> by default doesn't acknowledge
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karma updates. If you check the karma of whatever you
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increased/decreased, you'll note that your increment or
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decrement still took place. If you'd rather
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<plugin>Karma</plugin> acknowledge karma updates, change
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the
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<registrygroup>supybot.plugins.Karma.response</registrygroup>
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configuration variable to <literal>On</literal>.
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>
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I added an alias, but it doesn't work!
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</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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Take a look at <botcommand>help <alias you
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added></botcommand>. If the alias the bot has listed
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doesn't match what you're giving it, chances re you need
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to quote your alias in order for the brackets not to be
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evaluated. For instance, if you're adding an alias to
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give you a link to your homepage, you need to say:
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<para>
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<ircsession>
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alias add mylink "format concat http://myhost.com/
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[urlquote $1]"
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</ircsession>
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<para>
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and not:
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</para>
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<ircsession>
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alias add mylink format concat http://myhost.com/
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[urlquote $1]
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</ircsession>
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<para>
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The first version works; the second version will always
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return the same url.
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>
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Is there a command that can tell me what capability
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another command requires?
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</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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No, there isn't, and there probably never will be.
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Commands have the flexibility to check any capabilities
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they wish to check; while this flexibility is useful, it
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also makes it hard to guess what capability a certain
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command requires. We could make a solution that would
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work in a large majority of cases, but it wouldn't (and
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couldn't!) be absolutely correct in all circumstances, and
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since we're anal and we hate doing things halfway, we
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probably won't ever add this partial solution.
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</para>
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<para>
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Besides, is the error message so bad? If we did have such
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a command, many users would call the command, see that
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they could perform it, and then run the command, thus
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doubling the activity in the channel. Is that something
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you want?
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</para>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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<question>
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<para>
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How do I make my Supybot connect to multiple servers?
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</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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Just use the <botcommand>connect</botcommand> command in
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the <plugin>Owner</plugin> plugin. Easy as pie!
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</para>
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</answer>
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I found a bug, what do I do?
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Submit it on Sourceforge through our Sourceforge project
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page:
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url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=58965&atid=489447">
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http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=58965&atid=489447
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</ulink>. If Sourceforge happens to be down when you try
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to submit your bug, then post it in the "Supybot Developer
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Discussion" forum at our forums at
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http://forums.supybot.org/
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</ulink>. If that doesn't work, email
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<email>supybot-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net</email>. If
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that doesn't work, email
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<email>jemfinch@supybot.org</email>. If that doesn't
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work, find yourself some carrier pigeons and … hah!
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You thought I was serious!
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Anyway, when you submit your bug, we'll need several
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things. If the bug involved an uncaught exception, we
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need the traceback (basically the stuff from
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“Uncaught exception in …” to the next
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log entry). We'd also like to see the commands that
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caused the bug, or happened around the time you saw the
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bug. If the bug involved a database, we'd love to see the
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database. Remember, it's always worse to send us too
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little information in a bug report than too much.
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