Difference between revisions of "Modifying mIRCs own Away system"

Latest revision as of 13:43, 3 July 2007

This is an example of silent but a modified away script, including autoaway, away timer in titlebar and channel menus ($iif). Script checks if you away or not and sets you away/back. Applys to multiple networks you in (scid, $scon). We also get familar with our own made functions.

; this is an example of a silent but modified away script, including autoaway, away timer in titlebar and channel menus.
; script checks if you away or not and sets you away/back. Applys to multiple networks you in.
; we also get familar with our own made functions.

; halt default raws to that shows whenever you back/away in status window
raw 305:*:{ halt }
raw 306:*:{ halt }

; $iif(this is true,do this,else do this)
; $away returns $true whetner you've set away or $false
menu channel {
 $iif($away,Set Back,Set Away):{ $iif($away,away,away $?="Away Reason") }
}

alias away {
 ; if $away is $false (we are not away)
 if (!$away) {
   ;if $1 (word after function exists) we set variable %away.reason to value $1- (all words after alias)
   if ($1) { set %away.reason $1- }
   ; else if there's no words after alias, se default reason to "Away"
   else { set %away.reason Away }
   ; we need this variable later on in this alias in our self made function
   set %since_away $date $time
   ; $scon(0) returns total number of open server windows.
   var %x = $scon(0)
   ; while-loop to go through every open connections
   while (%x) {
     ; this changes the active connection for a script to connection id %x
     ; so we can perform commands to other networks you're in too
     scid $scon(%x)
     ; we need this variable later to calculate how long we were away
     set %awaytime $ctime
     ; this is where happens the actual happening, setting us away
     away %away.reason $since
     ; $chan(0) returns to total number of channels open in active network
     %awaychan = $chan(0)
     ; we use while-loop to go though every channel
     while (%awaychan) {
       ; echo means that only you can see the text we "echo"
       ; option -t includes timestamp, $chan(%awaychan) returns to channel id %awaychan
       ; $marked_away is our own made function.
       echo -t $chan(%awaychan) $marked_away
       dec %awaychan
     }
     ; start timer what calls alias to create away timer in titlebar display it every second
     .timerawaytime 0 1 titleawaytime
     ; echo -s echoes our awaymsg to statuswindow
     echo -st $marked_away
     dec %x
   }
 }
 ; else, if we are in away mode
 elseif ($away) {
   ; %x - again, is number of open status windows
   var %x = $scon(0)
   ; loop through every status open connection with while-loop
   while (%x) {
     scid $scon(%x)
     ; now because we are set away, we just use command "away" to set us back
     away
     %awaychan = $chan(0)
     while (%awaychan) {
       echo -t $chan(%awaychan) $marked_back
       dec %awaychan
     }
     ; close timer we set to refresh away timer in titlebar every second
     .timerawaytime off
     scid $scon(%x)
     echo -st $marked_back
     ; resets text in titlebar
     titlebar
     dec %x
   }
 }
}

; when we connect to any irc network, we start timer what does the trick with alias auto_away every 45's second
on *:connect:{
 .timer 0 45 auto_away
}

; switch -l in alias means that alias can only be called via another alias
alias -l auto_away {
 ; set %t how many secs we have to idle before setting away
 var %t = 2700
 ; we check if have have idled %t seconds in every networks we are in
 var %c = $scon(0)
 while (%c) {
   scid $scon(%c)
   ; if we are not set away and we have idled over %t secs
   if (!$away) && ($idle > %t) {
     ; if variable %i doesnt exist, create one with value 1
     if (!%i) { var %i = 1 }
     ; else just increase it with one
     else { inc %i }
   }
   dec %c
 }
 ; if %i has same valua as $scon(0) (number of networks)
 if (%i == $scon(0)) {
   set %since_away $date $time
   var %x = $scon(0)
   while (%x) {
     scid $scon(%x)
     set %awaytime $calc($ctime)
     set %away.reason Away after $duration(%t)
     !away %away.reason $since
     %awaychan = $chan(0)
     while (%awaychan) {
       echo -t $chan(%awaychan) $marked_away
       dec %awaychan
     }
     .timerawaytime 0 1 titleawaytime
     scid $scon(%x)
     echo -st $marked_away
     dec %x
   }
 }
}

; our own functions
; $b(some text here) returns to bold text inside of function
alias -l b return $+($chr(2),$$1-,$chr(2))
; calculates how many secs we have been away, called in titlebar included in /away -command
alias -l titleawaytime titlebar AwayTime[ $+ $duration($calc($ctime - %awaytime)) $+ ]
; sets time when we set away, gettok get only 2 first parametres from time, chr(58) is ":"
; $remove get only day and month from $date and leaves year behind;)
alias -l since return $+($b([),$gettok($time,1-2,58),´,$remove($date,$right($date,5)),$b(]))
; next two aliases are lines what tells us how long we were away etc..
alias -l marked_away return $+($chr(22),$b($str($chr(155),2))) You have been marked as being away. Reason $b([) $+ %away.reason $since $+ $b(]) $+ $chr(22)
alias -l marked_back return $+($chr(22),$b($str($chr(155),2))) You are no longer marked as being away. You was gone for $b([) $+  $duration($calc($ctime - %awaytime)) $+ $b(]) - Since $b([) $+ %since_away $+ $b(]) - Reason - $b([) $+ %away.reason $+ $b(]) $+ chr(22)