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How do I make my Supybot connect to multiple servers?
Just use the `connect` command in the `Network` plugin.
Why does my bot not recognize me or tell me that I don't have the
'owner' capability?
Because you've not given it anything to recognize you from!
You'll need to identify with the bot (``help identify`` to see how
that works) or add your hostmask to your user record (``help hostmask
add`` to see how that works) for it to know that you're you.
You may wish to note that addhostmask can accept a password; rather
than identify, you can send the command::
hostmask add myOwnerUser [hostmask] myOwnerUserPassword
and the bot will add your current hostmask to your owner user (of
course, you should change myOwnerUser and myOwnerUserPassword
appropriately for your bot).
What is a hostmask?
Each user on IRC is uniquely identified by a string which we call a
`hostmask`. The IRC RFC refers to it as a prefix. Either way, it
consists of a nick, a user, and a host, in the form
``nick!user@host``. If your Supybot complains that something you've
given to it isn't a hostmask, make sure that you have those three
components and that they're joined in the appropriate manner.
My bot can't handle nicks with brackets in them!
It always complains about something not being a valid command, or
about spurious or missing right brackets, etc.
You should quote arguments (using double quotes, like this:
``"foo[bar]"``) that have brackets in them that you don't wish to be
evaluated as nested commands. Otherwise, you can turn off nested
commands by setting `supybot.commands.nested` to False, or change the
brackets that nest commands, by setting
`supybot.commands.nested.brackets` to some other value (like ``<>``,
which can't occur in IRC nicks).
I added an alias, but it doesn't work!
Take a look at ``help <alias you added>``. If the alias the bot has
listed doesn't match what you're giving it, chances are you need to
quote your alias in order for the brackets not to be evaluated. For
instance, if you're adding an alias to give you a link to your
homepage, you need to say::
alias add mylink "format concat http://my.host.com/ [urlquote $1]"
and not::
alias add mylink format concat http://my.host.com/ [urlquote $1]
The first version works; the second version will always return the
same url.
What does 'lobotomized' mean?
I see this word in commands and in my `channels.conf`, but I don't
know what it means. What does Supybot mean when it says "lobotomized"?
A lobotomy is an operation that removes the frontal lobe of the brain,
the part that does most of a person's thinking. To "lobotomize" a bot
is to tell it to stop thinking--thus, a lobotomized bot will not
respond to anything said by anyone other than its owner in whichever
channels it is lobotomized.
The term is certainly suboptimal, but remains in use because it was
historically used by certain other IRC bots, and we wanted to ease the
transition to Supybot from those bots by reusing as much terminology
as possible.
Is there a way to load all the plugins Supybot has?
No, there isn't. Even if there were, some plugins conflict with other
plugins, so it wouldn't make much sense to load them. For instance,
what would a bot do with `Factoids`, `MoobotFactoids`, and `Infobot`
all loaded? Probably just annoy people :)
If you want to know more about the plugins that are available, check
out our `plugin index`_ at our `website`_.
Is there a command that can tell me what capability another command
requires?
No, there isn't, and there probably never will be.
Commands have the flexibility to check any capabilities they wish to
check; while this flexibility is useful, it also makes it hard to
guess what capability a certain command requires. We could make a
solution that would work in a large majority of cases, but it wouldn't
(and couldn't!) be absolutely correct in all circumstances, and since
we're anal and we hate doing things halfway, we probably won't ever
add this partial solution.
Why doesn't `Karma` seem to work for me?
`Karma`, by default, doesn't acknowledge karma updates. If you check
the karma of whatever you increased/decreased, you'll note that your
increment or decrement still took place. If you'd rather `Karma`
acknowledge karma updates, change the `supybot.plugins.Karma.response`
configuration variable to "On".
Why won't Supybot respond to private messages?
The most likely cause is that you are running your bot on the Freenode
network. Around Sept. 2005, Freenode enabled a `default policy`_ that
disallows users from messaging other users unless they are registered
with NickServ. So, the reason you aren't seeing a response from your
Supybot is:
* Your Supybot is not registered with NickServ and
o you haven't registered with NickServ
* or you have registered with NickServ
o but you haven't allowed `unregistered users`_ to message you
Can users with the "admin" capability change configuration?
Currently, no. Feel free to make your case to us as to why a certain
configuration variable should only require the `admin` capability
instead of the `owner` capability, and if we agree with you, we'll
change it for the next release.
How can I make my Supybot log my IRC channel?
To log all the channels your Supybot is in, simply load the
`ChannelLogger` plugin, which is included in the main distribution.
How do I find out channel modes?
I want to know who's an op in a certain channel, or who's voiced, or
what the modes on the channel are. How do I do that?
Everything you need is kept in a `ChannelState` object in an
`IrcState` object in the `Irc` object your plugin is given. To see
the ops in a given channel, for instance, you would do this::
irc.state.channels['#channel'].ops
To see a dictionary mapping mode chars to values (if any), you would
do this::
irc.state.channels['#channel'].modes
From there, things should be self-evident.
Can Supybot connect through a proxy server?
Supybot is not designed to be allowed to connect to an IRC server via
a proxy server, however there are transparent proxy server helpers
like tsocks_ that are designed to proxy-enable all network
applications, and Supybot does work with these.
Why can't Supybot find the plugin I want to load?
Why does my bot say that 'No plugin "foo" exists.' when I try to load
the foo plugin?
First, make sure you are typing the plugin name correctly. ``@load
foo`` is not the same as ``@load Foo`` [#plugindir]_. If that is not
the problem,
.. [#plugindir] Yes, it used to be the same, but then we moved to using
directories for plugins instead of a single file. Apparently, that
makes a difference to Python.
I've found a bug, what do I do?
Submit your bug on `Sourceforge`_ through our `project page`_.
Is Python installed?
I run Windows, and I'm not sure if Python is installed on my computer.
How can I find out for sure?
Python isn't commonly installed by default on Windows computers. If
you don't see it in your start menu somewhere, it's probably not
installed.
The easiest way to find out if Python is installed is simply to
`download it`_ and try to install it. If the installer complains, you
probably already have it installed. If it doesn't, well, now you have
Python installed.
.. _plugin index: http://supybot.com/plugins.html
.. _website: http://supybot.com/
.. _default policy: http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#privmsg
.. _unregistered users: http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#fromunreg
.. _tsocks: http://tsocks.sourceforge.net
.. _Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/
.. _project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/supybot
.. _download it: http://python.org/download/