Textfile substitutions
There are some special variables that can be added to the motd, banner and help files that will be interpreted by eggdrop:
- %b
- display bold
- %v
- display inverse
- %_
- display underline
- %f
- display flashing via telnet, bold underline via irc
- %B
- bot's nickname ("LamestBot")
- %V
- current eggdrop version ("eggdrop v1.6.0")
- %E
- long form of %V ("Eggdrop v1.6.0 (c)1997 Robey Pointer (c)1999, 2000 Eggheads")
- %C
- channels the bot is on ("#lamest, #botnetcentral")
- %A
- whatever is set in 'admin' (see 'set admin')
- %T
- the current time ("15:00")
- %N
- the current user's nickname ("Robey")
- %U
- the current operating system the bot is on
- %%
- a literal percent sign ("%")
You can also encode messages which can only be read by people with certain flags:
- %{+m}some text%{-}
- Only masters would see this.
- %{+1}some text%{-}
- Only people with user flag #1 see this.
- %{+b}some text%{-}
- This is only displayed to users doing a remote '.motd' from another bot.
- %{+|m}some text%{-}
- Only channel masters would see this.
Other extended % commands are:
- %{cols=N}
- start splitting output into N columns
- %{cols=N/W}
- same, but use a screen width of W
- %{end}
- end columnated or restricted (%{+m}) block
- %{center}
- center the following text (70 columns)
© 1997 Robey Pointer
© 1999,2000 Eggheads