Textfile Substitutions Last revised: March 08, 2002
Textfile Substitutions¶
These %-variables can be inserted into help files, the banner, the MOTD, and other text files. There are four variables that can be used to format text:
| %b | display bold |
| %v | display inverse |
| %_ | display underline |
| %f | display flashing via telnet; bold underline via IRC |
These variables will be interpreted by Eggdrop and replaced by their respective values:
| %B | bot’s nickname (i.e. “LamestBot”) |
| %V | current Eggdrop version (i.e. “eggdrop v1.9.2”) |
| %E | long form of %V (i.e. “Eggdrop v1.9.2 (C) 1997 Robey Pointer (C) 2010 Eggheads Development Team”) |
| %C | channels the bot is on (i.e. “#lamest, #botnetcentral”) |
| %A | whatever is set in the config file by ‘set admin’ |
| %n | whatever is set in the config file by ‘set network’ |
| %T | the current time (i.e. “15:00”) |
| %N | the current user’s nickname (i.e. “Robey”) |
| %U | the current operating system the bot is running on |
| %% | a percent sign (“%”) |
You can also encode messages which can only be read by people with certain flags:
%{+m} Only masters would see this. %{-}
%{+A} Only people with the user flag A see this. %{-}
%{+b} This is only displayed to users doing a remote ‘.motd’ from another bot. %{-}
%{+|m} Only channel masters would see this. %{-}
Other variables:
| %{cols=N} | start splitting output into N columns |
| %{cols=N/W} | same as above, but use a screen width of W |
| %{end} | end columnated or restricted (i.e. %{+m}) block |
| %{center} | center the following text (70 columns) |
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