ResIRCh & Development is a new Mac IRC script for the world’s best IRC client, Ircle 3.0.
It provides many useful features, some being simply aliases for other commands, others being far more useful. This script has been compared with the Macintosh version of 7th Sphere,* but with twice the number of features and without åLl-†hîs-tr¥hår∂-håçk3r-çråp.
Some parts of this Read Me file have pointers such as * and † after them. There is important information regarding these points at the end of the commands section. Be sure to take a look at it. And do us a favour, please? If you use this script, change your username, at least some time to “resIRCh.” We want to spread the word!
System Requirements:
A Mac with an Internet connection, Ircle 3.0 and AppleScript support.
221k required for the ResIRCh & Development script.
Display Dialog and Pause scripting additions.
Ircle 3.0 can be downloaded from:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ircle
Instructions:
To load the script, put it in your Ircle scripts folder. Once you have launched Ircle, you can choose to have it as your default script, which will be loaded every time Ircle is loaded, or you can load it manually by typing /load resIRCh. Once the login screen has passed, you can use all of ResIRCh & Development’s many commands.
Commands:
/a (message)
Alias for /away, you can include an away message, example: /a be back soon, or you can simply type /a and the standard away dialogue box will be displayed.
/q (nickname)
Alias for /query, example: /q Joe.
/n (nickname, password)
Typing /n with your nickname and password will change your nickname and then automatically identify to NickServ, if the network you are on supports it. If you do not provide a password then your nickname will change and you will identify to NickServ using the password you have specified using /setPASSWORD. If you have not specified a password using /setPASSWORD then your nickname will change, but you will not identify to NickServ.
/identify (password)
Typing /identify with your password will identify to NickServ. If you do not provide a password then you will identify to NickServ using the password you have specified using /setPASSWORD.
/jump (message)
Leaves and then rejoins the current channel. If you include a message it will be displayed in the normal way as if you had used the /part command.
/opflood (nickname, number)
Ops the specified user on the current channel, then de-ops them. This is repeated the number of times you specify. If you specify no number, this is repeated ten times.
/jointime (nickname)
Displays the time that a user joined the current channel.
Note: Does not work all the time, sometimes a false date, usually in the 1970s is displayed.
/info (nickname or channel)
Gets info for a registered channel or nickname, example: /info #arcadeus. This will /MSG ChanServ requesting info for #arcadeus.
/setPASSWORD (password)
Sets your default password which can be used to save time when using other commands such as /n, /identify and identify mode.
/setLOOKING (on or off)
Sets link looking on or off. When link looking is set on and there is a server split, the details will be displayed privately in the current channel. To use this feature, you must be mode +s, (receive server messages) so this command automatically changes your mode if you are not.
/setQUERY (on or off)
Sets query mode on or off. If query mode is on, whenever you receive a private message, a query window will automatically be opened.
Note: You should not say extremely personal things while query mode is on, because it is possible for somebody to /MSG you just before you send this extremely personal message. If this happens, I query window will open and that person will receive the message. It doesn’t happen often, but be aware that it can!
/setIDENTIFY (on or off)
Sets identify mode on or off. If identify mode is on, every time NickServ requests that you identify yourself as the owner of your nickname, you will automatically do so using the password which can be set using /setPASSWORD. There is no danger that somebody could be impersonating NickServ in order to get your password, as this is impossible on most servers and it is difficult to fool ResIRCh & Development.
/massMSG (message)
/MSG everybody on the current channel with your message. †
/massNOTICE (message)
/NOTICE everybody on the current channel with your message. †
/massINVITE (channel)
/INVITE everybody on the current channel to the channel you specify. †
/setPING (message)
Sets a custom ping reply which is sent via a /NOTICE to whoever CTCP PINGs you.
/setTIME (message)
Sets a custom time reply which is sent via a /NOTICE to whoever CTCP TIMEs you.
/setGESTALT (message)
Sets a custom gestalt reply which is sent via a /NOTICE to whoever CTCP GESTALTs you.
Note: The CTCP GESTALT command is intended as a profile of your computer. It is not available to some users.
/finger (nickname)
Alias for sending a CTCP FINGER request.
Sosumi Feature:
Named after one of the original System 7 alert sounds, this allows you to impersonate a user. This is OK to use as a practical joke, but it should not be used to harass users. IRCops may choose to /kill your connection or even ban you from the server (which usually results in your internet account being terminated, as ISPs will sooner lose one account than not offer access to large IRC networks.) And remember that it should not be over-used, and when people are in a bad mood they can take it the wrong way. We were banned from a friend’s channel for using this feature because we hit a raw nerve. The script works by typing a message into the channel, as if it was said by you, and then typing in another message as if it was said by the user you are tying to impersonate.
/setSOSUMIMSG (message)
Sets what you will say when you use the /sosumi command.
/setSOSUMINICK (nickname)
Sets which user you will impersonate when using the /sosumi command.
/sosumi (message)
Types the message you set using /setSOSUMIMSG into the channel as if it was said by you, and then types this message into the channel as if it was said by the user who you set using /setSOSUMINICK.
Note: This will only work for people who are running programs such as mIRC (on PC) and Homer (on Mac.) There are two other programs we know of, MacIRC and Snak, which we will experiment with soon. The reason why people running Ircle will not be fooled is because of the way the /sosumi command draws the message. The majority of IRC programs draw messages like this:
<Joe> Hello, how are you?
<Betty> Good thanks.
Ircle draws the message using colons after the nickname, so Ircle users will not be fooled.
/status
Displays ResIRCh & Development’s status.
/url
Types the Arcadeus URL into the current channel.
/aboutRND
Displays information about ResIRCh & Development.
* 7th Sphere for Macintosh available from http://www.7thsphere.com. 7th Sphere is a trademark of 7th Sphere enterprises, and is owned by precursor.
† On large channels these commands will take a long time and can be considered flooding. Use them at your own risk. Also note that on some networks you will be required to wait until sending a new /MSG, /NOTICE or /INVITE if you have sent too many too quickly. If this happens the commands will not work. If you do not want a screen full of replies, it is advisable that you leave the channel and change nicknames immediately. To avoid people using the /who command, these three commands automatically set your mode +i (invisible.) These commands must not be used where they are not allowed, such as on DalNet and Austnet.
Future Versions:
Teleport feature (simulates allowing users back into channels they have been banned from),
Autogreet feature,
Topic protection,
Superior away command,
Savable preferences,
Wallops command (may be abused, we’re still deciding if it should be included).
Arcadeus ResIRCh & Development 1.0 Released 28/3/98.
Version 2.0 Coming Soon.
Developers:
Concept by Andrew Prowse & B Noodles. Programming by Andrew Prowse, with assistance from B Noodles. Ideas, support and interface by The Black Leopard. Extra thanks goes to B Noodles for doing such a great job at debugging while Andrew was away for two weeks.
Distribution:
This program is e-mail ware. If you like it, please e-mail us at:
info@arcadeus.hypermart.net
And visit our Web Page at:
http://arcadeus.home.ml.org.
This program may be placed on Magazine Cover disks and CD-ROMs, ftp sites, Hotline Sites, BBSs etc and may be distributed freely, but the following files (and no additional files) must be completely unmodified and in the program’s folder:
Arcadeus Hotline Server,
Arcadeus IRC Channel.chat,
Arcadeus Web Page,
Read Me,
ResIRCh.
Disclaimer:
This program has been extensively tested and we are satisfied that it will not do any damage to your computer, computer files or otherwise, but if in the unlikely event that it does, we take no responsibility. When this program was released by Arcadeus, it was not infected by Viruses and was not a Trojan Horse.
Misuse of this program is not condoned by Arcadeus and we accept no responsibility for it, nor for any consequences as a result of misuse of this program.
