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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