Documentation for the Praise plugin for Supybot
Purpose
Hand out praise to IRC denizens with this plugin.
Usage
Praise is a plugin for ... well, praising things. Feel free to add your own flavor to it by customizing what praises it gives. Use "praise add <text>" to add new ones, making sure to include "$who" in <text> where you want to insert the thing being praised.
Example:
- If you add 
hugs $who - Someone says 
@praise ChanServ. * bot hugs ChanServ
Commands
- add [<channel>] <text>
 - 
Adds <text> to the praise database for <channel>. <channel> is only necessary if the message isn't sent in the channel itself.
 
- change [<channel>] <id> <regexp>
 - 
Changes the praise with id <id> according to the regular expression <regexp>. <channel> is only necessary if the message isn't sent in the channel itself.
 
- get [<channel>] <id>
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Gets the praise with id <id> from the praise database for <channel>. <channel> is only necessary if the message isn't sent in the channel itself.
 
praise [<channel>] [<id>] <whowhat> (for <reason>, if given). If <id> is given, uses that specific praise. <channel> is only necessary if the message isn't sent in the channel itself.
- remove [<channel>] <id>
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Removes the praise with id <id> from the praise database for <channel>. <channel> is only necessary if the message isn't sent in the channel itself.
 
- search [<channel>] [--{regexp,by} <value>] [<glob>]
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Searches for praises matching the criteria given.
 
- stats [<channel>]
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Returns the number of praises in the database for <channel>. <channel> is only necessary if the message isn't sent in the channel itself.
 
Configuration
- supybot.plugins.Praise.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.Praise.showIds
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This config variable defaults to "False", is network-specific, and is channel-specific.
Determines whether the bot will show the ids of a praise when the praise is given.