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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're 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 supybot.plugins.Enforcer.autoOp.#supybot 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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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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You'll need to use the <plugin>Relay</plugin> plugin. As
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long as you don't call the <botcommand>relay
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join</botcommand> command, it won't actually do any
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relaying between channels (even if the bot is on the same
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channel on different networks). In order to use the Relay
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plugin, you'll want to first call the <botcommand>relay
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start</botcommand> command, followed by the
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<botcommand>relay connect</botcommand> command. These
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commands are (unfortunately) not persistent at this time,
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so you'll need to give them to the bot anytime you start
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it up. We'll probably have this lack of persistence
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rectified before 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 two
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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.
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<plugin>Factoids</plugin> also uses a channel-specific
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database instead of a global database, although in the
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future it will likely be a configuration option whether to
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use channel-specific or global databases for such plugins.
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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>, "see", and alternations
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(defining a factoid "test" as "<reply>(foo|bar|baz)"
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will make the bot send "foo" or "bar" or "baz" to the
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channel (without the normal "test is " at the beginning)).
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If you're accustomed to Moobot's factoids or Blootbot's
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factoids, then this is the Factoids plugin for you.
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Unfortunately, due to the more natural definition syntax
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(required to be compatible with Moobot) you can't define
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Factoids with nested commands; you'll have to evaluate the
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command first and then copy the result into your factoid
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definition. <plugin>MoobotFactoids</plugin> uses a global
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database, so the factoids are the same for all channels.
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</para>
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<para>
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In the future, we plan to have a compatibility plugin for
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Infobot, but as of present we've not yet written one.
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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
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<plugin>MoobotFactoids</plugin>, however, so you'll want
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to talk to him about helping you with that. We're
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certainly happy to help you convert such databases; if you
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can provide us with such a database exported to a flat
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file, we can probably do the rest of the work to write a
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script that imports it into a database for one of our
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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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I found a bug, what do I do?
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</para>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<para>
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Submit it on Sourceforge through our Sourceforge project
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page:
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<ulink
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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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<ulink url="http://forums.supybot.org">
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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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</para>
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<para>
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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 much
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information in a bug report than too little.
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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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</qandaset>
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</article>
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