Limnoria/plugins/Herald

Documentation for the Herald plugin for Supybot

Purpose

Greets users who join the channel with a recognized hostmask with a nice little greeting.

Usage

This plugin allows you to set welcome messages (heralds) to people who are recognized by the bot when they join a channel.

Commands

add [<channel>] <userhostmask> is currently identified or recognized as) to <msg>. <channel> is only necessary if the message isn't sent in the channel itself.

change [<channel>] [<userhostmask> is currently identified or recognized as, according to <regexp>. If <user> is not given, defaults to the calling user. <channel> is only necessary if the message isn't sent in the channel itself.

default [<channel>] [--remove|<msg>]

If <msg> is given, sets the default herald to <msg>. A <msg> of "" will remove the default herald. If <msg> is not given, returns the current default herald. <channel> is only necessary if the message isn't sent in the channel itself.

get [<channel>] [<userhostmask> is currently identified or recognized as). If <user> is not given, defaults to the user giving the command. <channel> is only necessary if the message isn't sent in the channel itself.

remove [<channel>] [<userhostmask> is currently identified or recognized as. If <user> is not given, defaults to the user giving the command. <channel> is only necessary if the message isn't sent in the channel itself.

Configuration

supybot.plugins.Herald.default

This config variable defaults to "", is network-specific, and is channel-specific.

Sets the default herald to use. If a user has a personal herald specified, that will be used instead. If set to the empty string, the default herald will be disabled.

supybot.plugins.Herald.default.notice

This config variable defaults to "True", is network-specific, and is channel-specific.

Determines whether the default herald will be sent as a NOTICE instead of a PRIVMSG.

supybot.plugins.Herald.default.public

This config variable defaults to "False", is network-specific, and is channel-specific.

Determines whether the default herald will be sent publicly.

supybot.plugins.Herald.heralding

This config variable defaults to "True", is network-specific, and is channel-specific.

Determines whether messages will be sent to the channel when a recognized user joins; basically enables or disables the plugin.

supybot.plugins.Herald.public

This config variable defaults to "True", is not network-specific, and is not channel-specific.

Determines whether this plugin is publicly visible.

supybot.plugins.Herald.requireCapability

This config variable defaults to "", is not network-specific, and is not channel-specific.

Determines what capability (if any) is required to add/change/remove the herald of another user.

supybot.plugins.Herald.throttle

This config variable defaults to "600", is network-specific, and is channel-specific.

Determines the minimum number of seconds between heralds.

supybot.plugins.Herald.throttle.afterPart

This config variable defaults to "0", is network-specific, and is channel-specific.

Determines the minimum number of seconds after parting that the bot will not herald the person when they rejoin.

supybot.plugins.Herald.throttle.afterSplit

This config variable defaults to "60", is network-specific, and is channel-specific.

Determines the minimum number of seconds after a netsplit that the bot will not herald the users that split.