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# Shabble's Irssi Scripts

This repository contains a collection of scripts I have written or adapted from
others to improve my (and your!) irssi using experience.

## What's In Here

I never thought I'd end up writing so many scripts, so rather than give them
each their own repository as might be sensible, they're all stuffed in here.

The following is a brief list of the interesting scripts, and why you might want
to use them.

* [`auto_server/`](tree/master/auto_server/) -- provides a `/join+` command
  which allows you to join channels on servers to which you're not currently
  connected, as long as you've got everything set up correctly in your
  `/channels` and `/networks` config.
  

* [`history_search/`](tree/master/history_search/) -- an improved version of
  [@coekie's](/coekie/irssi-scripts/blob/master/history_search.pl) original
  history_search, it behaves a lot more like the standard Readline incremental
  search over your recent command history.
                    
* [`ido_mode/`](tree/master/ido_mode/) -- A window switching mode best described
  as "The bastard lovechild of emacs ido-mode and window_switcher.pl".  It
  supports flexible matching of channel names, filtering by active windows,
  servers, and more. See the script comments for details.
  
* [`feature_tests/`](tree/master/feature_tests/) has a bunch of different little
  scripts written to test certain aspects of Irssi behaviour.  None of them are
  likely to be particularly useful unless you're looking for simple examples of
  various things on which to build.  Some of the ones which might actually be
  useful are:

 * [`key_test.pl`](tree/master/feature_tests/key_test.pl) - decodes and prints
   keyboard inputs from the `gui key pressed` signal.  Useful for checking what
   keycode a particular combo generates.

 * [`template.pl`](tree/master/feature_tests/template.pl) - A basic outline of a
   script to use as a starting point for others.

 * [`pipes.pl`](tree/master/feature_tests/pipes.pl) A barebones template for a
   script which uses forking and pipes to handle async tasks in the background
   without hanging Irssi.
  
* [`modules/`](tree/master/modules/) contains a few half-baked attempts at
  loadable modules for Irssi, none of which do very much at the moment.  They
  might be useful as templates for your own modules, however.
  
* [`no_key_modes/`](tree/master/no_key_modes/) provides an additional expando
  `$M_nopass` which you can add to your theme to provide channel modes, but
  without showing the channel key.  This is probably less useful since someone
  pointed me at `/set chanmode_expando_strip` which has much the same effect.
  
* [`patches/`](tree/master/patches/) contains a few patches for the irssi
  source, probably out of date by now, which do various things. The easiest way
  to figure out what is to read them, unless I get bored and document them
  sometime.
  
* [`prompt_info/`](tree/master/prompt_info/) was the original "How can I put
  dynamic status crap into my prompt string" script.  This has since been
  superceded by the far nicer `uberprompt.pl` which also lives in that dir.
  Many of my other scripts require uberprompt as a way to provide part of their
  user interface.
  
* [`sb_position/`](tree/master/sb_position/) gives you an additional status bar
  item which indicates approximately how far you are scrolled in a given window
  buffer, in terms of pages and percentage.  It is configurable as the comments
  in the script explain.
  
* [`scrolled_reminder/`](tree/master/scrolled_reminder/) is a script that tries
  to prevent one of the more common accidental IRC screwups -- replying to a
  conversation that happened hours ago because you didn't notice you were
  scrolled up in the history buffer.  If you try to send a message whilst
  scrolled, it'll warn you and check you really want to first.
 
* [`quit-notify/`](tree/master/quit-notify/) is based on a script by
  vague@#irssi/Freenode.  It is most useful when you are ignoring
  joins/parts/quits from a channel, and hence don't realise when the person you
  are responding to has left.  If they have (or if you prefix your message with
  a nonexistent nick), the script will ask you to confirm that you want to send
  the message, much like `scrolled_reminder`.
  
* [`undo/`](tree/master/undo/) contains 2 scripts, `undo.pl` and
  `kill-ring.pl`. See their header for further documentation.
  
* [`testing/`](tree/master/testing/) is a Perl framework external to Irssi (ie:
  not a script) that will ultimately allow you to write unit tests for your
  scripts, and run them in a real irssi instance, and check that they behave
  correctly.  Still undergoing heavy development, and not really ready for
  public usage.
  
* [`throttled_autojoin/`](tree/master/throttled_autojoin/) doesn't work. It's
  meant to allow people with huuuuuuge numbers of autojoin channels and servers
  to connect slowly, so as not to time themselves out when reconnecting. Mostly
  dead.
  
* [`tinyurl_tabcomplete/`](tree/master/tinyurl_tabcomplete/) is a script which
  lets you hit tab following anything that looks like a URL to replace it with a
  tinyurl'd version.  Handy if you regularly paste Google-maps links or other
  massive horrible links.
  
* [`url_hilight/`](tree/master/url_hilight/) I can't remember what this one
  does. Suggestions welcome.

* [`vim_mode/`](tree/master/vim_mode/) The most exciting (and by far the
  largest) script here. Gives vim-addicted users a way to use most of their
  finger-memory in Irssi.  Still under active development, features and
  bug-requests welcome.  Also supported in #irssi_vim on Freenode.
                     
## Documentation

If you are here looking for my Irssi scripting documentation, please note that
it has been moved to
[https://github.com/shabble/irssi-docs/wiki](https://github.com/shabble/irssi-docs/wiki)

## Other Things

Many of my scripts require
[uberprompt](https://github.com/shabble/irssi-scripts/blob/master/prompt_info/uberprompt.pl)
as a dependency.  Those that do will say so in the comments at the top of the
file, and will probably refuse to load without it.

## Reminders for myself

*Not for public consumption. This section contains text known to the State of
California to cause madness, rabies, or other reproductive harm.*

### Todo Lists

I should really put these into the issue tracker instead. That can be a
reminder. I'll go create an issue for it Right Now!

#### Script ideas

* override `/set` to provide list manipulation options, something like `/set
{-append, -remove} $param $value`.

* Finish work on [`foreach-guard`](tree/master/foreach-guard/)

* Finish (Well, start) something in [`colour_popup`](tree/master/colour_popup/)
 to make an actual popup

* Revisit some of the cracked-out ideas for colour/format overlays

* Go back and clean up [`irssi_vim`](tree/master/irssi_vim/) like I promised to
  everyone ages and ages ago. Also do the features thing.
  
* Actually fix all the [issues](https://github.com/shabble/irssi-scripts/issues)
  people have dilligently reported.
  
#### Other things

* Go do something useful regarding the `IrssiX::` namespace and add some useful
general features.

 * Window and transient-split handling
 
 * Higher-level abstraction for key-interception
 
 * Overlays?
 
 * Format helper functions like the ones listed in the
 [Guide](https://github.com/shabble/irssi-docs/wiki/Guide).
   
* Refactor just about everything to use the above.

* Do something productive again on the 256colour fork/patches

* Ditto @leonerd's [fixterms](http://www.leonerd.org.uk/hacks/fixterms/) key
binding support

* Try to get someone to look at my patches & bug reports.

#### Documentation Wiki

You know, [that](https://github.com/shabble/irssi-docs/wiki) one.

* Fix the stupid ToC generator internal anchor names problem.

* Add more examples, always more examples.

### Deployment Process

* Commit messages should be prefixed with something approximating the name of
  the script or directory to make it obvious what thing is being worked on.
  
* `./readme_generator.pl <dir> [<dirs]` to generate README files for each script
  that has POD in it. Use `--overwrite` from time to time to clean things out.
  
* `./changed_update.pl <script_name>` changes the %IRSSI{changed} timestamp to
  the current time, which is something I always forget to do.
  
* Think about bumping the internal version number if it's a big change.

* Commit!