1 ::wwwtitle Blight (chiark IRC bot) help
2 ::wwwaddress chiark IRC operators <ircop@chiark>
5 See http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ijackson/blight-help
6 or /msg me with `help !overview'.
9 General commands: Registration and user settings:
10 !help [<cmd>|<opt>|<topic>] !register [insecure|delete]
11 !seen <nick> !set [<opt> [<value>]] who [<nick>]
12 !summon <username> (See `help !identify', `help !blight-id')
13 !invite [<chan>] <nick>... Channel settings (see `help channel'):
14 !op [<chan>] !channel [<chan>] <setting> [....]
15 !leave [<chan>] Additional help topics:
16 !identify !identpass !invite !blight-id
17 Send commands to me by /msg, or say them in channel with \! in front.
18 To get me on a channel, invite me. To become channel manager, op me.
21 help gives an overview and lists the topics &c
22 help <command> gives help on a command
23 help <opt> gives help on an option
24 help <topic> gives help on an additional topic
28 Tells you or the channel when I last saw that nick in
29 use. When the nick is next used, I'll tell them you asked.
33 Invites a logged-on user onto IRC. If the user is not logged on
34 you'll be told. Target users can change this (eg, to disable it)
35 by reconfiguring the userv service `irc-summon'. See ~ian/.userv.
39 Gives information about who I think the nick is (or who I think you
40 are), including whether the nick is registered, whether it is
41 associated with a username and if so who, and whether the current
42 user of the nick has identified themselves to me.
46 #convert <number> <unit>
47 # Converts the specified quantity into SI units. Units that are
48 # understood are any understood by units(1) and also
49 # kelvin celsius fahrenheit (convert to celsius or kelvin)
50 #(Not yet implemented.)
53 op [<channel>] on channel
54 op <channel> (privately)
55 I'll give you channel operator privilege, if you're a manager.
59 leave [<channel>] on channel
60 leave <channel> (privately)
61 I'll leave the channel, if you're a manager. For an unmanaged
62 channel, I'll leave when I'm the last one on the channel.
65 channel [<chan>] [show] show settings
66 channel [<chan>] !manager +|-|= <nick> ... set manager list
67 channel [<chan>] !autojoin yes|no join at bot start ?
68 channel [<chan>] !userinvite pub|here|all|none who can !invite ?
69 channel [<chan>] !mode *|+...-... set modes when alone
70 channel [<chan>] !topic leave | set <topic> set topic when alone?
71 channel [<chan>] !topic see|tell +|-|= <chan>|* ...
72 See `help <setting>' (eg, `help manager') for more info.
75 channel [<chan>] topic set <topic> set topic when alone
76 channel [<chan>] topic leave don't (default)
77 If set to `topic set <topic>' then whenever I'm alone in the channel
78 I'll reset the topic; if se to `topic leave' I'll leave it alone.
79 channel [<chan>] topic see|tell +|-|= <chan>|* ...
80 I can inform one channel about topic changes in another. Each
81 channel has a `see list' and a `tell list' which may be empty or
82 contain some channel names and/or a `*'. I'll tell channel #spy
83 whenever I see the topic change in #showoff if: #showoff or * is
84 mentioned in #spy's see list, and #spy or * is mentioned in
85 #showoff's tell list, and at least one those mentions is not a `*'.
86 + adds items to the relevant list, - removes them, and = sets the
87 list to exactly those items specified. Both lists are empty by
88 default, but a good permissive value is just `*' for both lists.
91 !channel [<chan>] autojoin yes|no (`yes' is the default.)
92 Controls whether I'll join the channel when I'm (re)started.
95 channel [<chan>] userinvite pub users on chan can \!invite
96 channel [<chan>] userinvite here users on chan can \!invite and /msg
97 channel [<chan>] userinvite all anyone can \!invite and /msg
98 channel [<chan>] userinvite none \!invite and /msg are disabled
99 Controls whether the `invite' command works for this channel, and
100 who can use it (`help !invite'). `userinvite pub' is the default.
103 !channel [<chan>] mode *|+...-... (`mode *' is default.)
104 If not set to `*' then whenever I'm alone in the channel I'll set
105 and unset the channel modes specified. Only the modes imnpst are
106 supported. Precede one or more mode letters with + to set, - to
107 unset; any letters not mentioned will be left alone.
110 !channel [<chan>] manager + <nick> <nick> ... add managers
111 !channel [<chan>] manager - <nick> <nick> ... remove managers
112 !channel [<chan>] manager = <nick> <nick> ... set new manager list
113 Managers are those who can use the `channel' command to change
114 channel settings. Manager status is only effective for secure
115 nicks, after the manager has identified themselves.
116 If you op me on an unmanaged channel you become the only manager,
117 but you must use `!channel' to change a channel setting to make this
118 permanent. To make a channel unmanaged, make it have no managers.
121 You must identify yourself to change your settings if your nick is
122 secure, and to use channel management commands. In ircII on chiark,
123 just say `/!blight-id'. For other clients, see `help !identpass'.
124 Once you are identified you can then register new nicks, change
125 settings, etc. - so long as you remain on a channel that I'm on too
126 (see `help !invite'). See also `help !register'.
129 /blight-id is a command available in ircII (and possibly other
130 clients) on chiark. It sets up a password if you don't already have
131 one, and then uses it to identify you to Blight. If you want to
132 change your password, delete the file ~/.userv/irc-pass-md5.
133 See `help !register' and `help !identpass'.
136 identpass <username> <password>
137 Identifies you to Blight. To set up your password, or be reminded
138 of it, run the shell command `irc-blight-id' on chiark.
139 (On ircII on chiark `/!blight-id' is easier, see `help !blight-id'.)
140 See `help !identpass-internals' for technical details.
143 Identification, for example with /!blight-id, is actually done with
144 `!identpass', which feeds the md5sum of the password to `userv
145 <username> irc-identpass <nick>'. That must exit 0 if all is well.
146 By default this checks the md5sum against ~/.userv/irc-pass-md5.
149 invite <nick> ... on channel
150 invite <channel> <nick> ... privately
151 This command gets me to invite the specified people to the channel.
152 This can be disabled for managed channels - see `help !userinvite'.
153 To get me to join a channel, just invite me to it.
156 register register your nick (or make it secure)
157 register delete delete your nick registration
158 register insecure register your nick insecurely
159 I only store settings for registered nicks. For `insecure' nicks
160 anyone who currently holds that nick can change its settings (see
161 `help !set', including securing it to their username. `secure'
162 nicks can only have their settings changed by the user to which they
163 are registered, after identifying themselves (see `help !identify').
166 set show your current settings
167 set <option> show the current setting of <option>
168 set <option> <value> set <option> to <value>
169 Options: !timeformat ks|hms !marktime off|once|<n>[k]s|<n>m|<n>h
170 See also `help <option>', `help !register' and `help !identify'
173 !set timeformat ks show times in seconds, kiloseconds, etc.
174 set timeformat hms use days, hours, minutes, seconds
178 Replies with hopefully-useful information, including:
179 * Current time, number of users on the system, and load average.
180 * Most recent traffic on a relevant channel (if sent privately, any
181 channel we're both on, otherwise the channel in question.) Only
182 actual message traffic counts, and \!-commands don't count either.
183 * The specified string, if any.
184 I can tell you this automatically if you like - see `help !marktime'.
187 !set marktime off Only an explicit `!ping' command sends you info.
188 set marktime once Send ping info shortly after I first see you.
189 set marktime <n>s Also send info every <n> seconds (min 300s).
190 set marktime <n>ks Also send info every <n> kiloseconds (min 1ks).
191 set marktime <n>m Also send info every <n> minutes (min 5m).
192 set marktime <n>h Also send info every <n> hours (min 1h).
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