1 Tue Aug 02 16:27:36 BST 2005 Tom Gilbert <tom@linuxbrit.co.uk>
3 * Fixed the new http.proxy* settings, they work!
4 * Fixed a bug with auth-checking for the config module
7 Sun Jul 31 02:20:08 BST 2005 Tom Gilbert <tom@linuxbrit.co.uk>
9 * Updated docgen to generate rdoc again with the new repo structure
10 * added new restart command to the core bot, quits irc and reexecs the
11 bot, to pick up new code/libraries etc.
13 Sat Jul 30 22:33:36 BST 2005 Tom Gilbert <tom@linuxbrit.co.uk>
15 * Config items are now objects, various types are available.
16 * The config wizard will now use registered config items if :wizard is set
17 to true for those items. It will ask questions in the order they were
19 * The config module now works for doing runtime configuration.
22 Sat Jul 30 01:19:32 BST 2005 Tom Gilbert <tom@linuxbrit.co.uk>
24 * config module for configuring the running bot via IRC
25 * BotConfig.register method for various modules and any plugin to register
26 bot configuration which the new config module will expose for them.
27 * various other tweaks as I continue to refactor..
29 Fri Jul 29 13:07:56 BST 2005 Tom Gilbert <tom@linuxbrit.co.uk>
31 * Moved some stuff out of util.rb into the plugins that actually need
32 them. Those methods didn't belong in util as they were plugin-specific.
33 * moved a few more plugins to use map() where appropriate
34 * made the url plugin only store unique urls
36 Thu Jul 28 23:45:26 BST 2005 Tom Gilbert <tom@linuxbrit.co.uk>
38 * Reworked the Timer module. The Timer now has a smart thread manager to
39 start/stop the tick() thread. This means the timer isn't called every 0.1
40 seconds to see what needs doing, which is much more efficient
41 * reworked the ircsocket queue mechanism to use a Timer
42 * reworked the nickserv plugin to use maps
43 * made server.reconnect_wait configurable
44 * added Class tracing mechanism to bin/rbot, use --trace Classname for
47 Tue Jul 26 14:41:34 BST 2005 Tom Gilbert <tom@linuxbrit.co.uk>
49 * Prevent multiple plugin registrations of the same name
50 * reworking the config system to use yaml for persistence
51 * reworking the config system key names
52 * on first startup, the bot will prompt for the essential startup config
53 * new config module for configuring the bot at runtime
54 * new config module includes new configurables, for example changing the
55 bot's language at runtime.
57 * New way of mapping plugins to strings, using maps. These may be
58 familiar to rails users. This is to reduce the amount of regexps plugins
59 currently need to do to parse arguments. The old method (privmsg) is still
60 supported, of course. Example plugin now:
66 def complexfoo(m, params)
67 m.reply "qux! (#{params[:bar]} #{params[:baz]})"
74 # this will match "rbot: foo somestring otherstring" and pass the
75 # parameters as a hash using the names in the map.
76 plugin.map 'foo :bar :baz', :action => 'complexfoo'
77 # this means :foo is an optional parameter
78 plugin.map 'foo :foo', :defaults => {:foo => 'bar'}
79 # you can also gobble up into an array
80 plugin.map 'foo *bar' # params[:bar] will be an array of string elements
81 # and you can validate, here the first param must be a number
82 plugin.map 'foo :bar', :requirements => {:foo => /^\d+$/}
85 Sat Jul 23 01:39:08 BST 2005 Tom Gilbert <tom@linuxbrit.co.uk>
87 * Changed BotConfig to use yaml storage, method syntax instead of hash for
88 get/set, to allow more flexibility and encapsulation
89 * Added convenience method Message.okay (m.okay is the same as the
90 old-style @bot.okay m.replyto)
92 Wed Jul 20 23:30:01 BST 2005 Tom Gilbert <tom@linuxbrit.co.uk>
94 * Move some core plugins to use the new httputil
95 * fix wserver's redirection handling for relative (i.e. broken) redirects
96 * fix tube plugin's html parsing
98 Wed Jul 20 01:18:06 BST 2005 Tom Gilbert <tom@linuxbrit.co.uk>
100 * Add new httputil object to the bot object, to be used by plugins etc
101 that wish to make http requests. It sets up all the proxies etc for them
102 according to bot config.
104 Sat Jul 16 02:23:13 BST 2005 Tom Gilbert <tom@linuxbrit.co.uk>
106 * Apply most of Rene's patch and fix various plugins.
107 * New plugin: autoop (auto ops via hostmask)
108 * New feature: karmastats
110 Wed Oct 13 16:16:31 BST 2004 Tom Gilbert <tom@linuxbrit.co.uk>
112 * Fix bug with quotes plugin where it gets confused and sees both a quote
113 and a keyword, both plugins are triggered by, for example "addquote foo is
115 * fixed this by implementing the "has_responded" flag on a message. When a
116 plugin replied to a message (or it manually sets m.replied to true), the
117 keywords plugin will honour that flag and not examine the message for
118 keywords. This flag can also be checked by listen plugins that don't want to
119 interfere with other plugin commands.
121 Mon Oct 11 00:37:52 BST 2004 Tom Gilbert <tom@linuxbrit.co.uk>
123 * Fixes to the NickServ plugin
125 Sat Oct 09 23:23:24 BST 2004 Tom Gilbert <tom@linuxbrit.co.uk>
129 Fri Oct 08 00:40:07 BST 2004 Tom Gilbert <tom@linuxbrit.co.uk>
131 * fixed insult plugin
132 * fixed excuse plugin
134 Thu Oct 07 23:28:05 BST 2004 Tom Gilbert <tom@linuxbrit.co.uk>
136 * searching for urls in the url plugin
137 * roshambo (rock/paper/scissors) plugin from Hans Fugal <hans@fugal.net>
139 Sat Apr 17 20:56:50 BST 2004 Tom Gilbert <tom@linuxbrit.co.uk>
141 * Oh, found new tv plugin in my inbox from ages ago, but it's still not
142 working so I guess it changed again since then
143 * New eightball plugin from Daniel Free
145 Sat Apr 17 20:44:43 BST 2004 Tom Gilbert <tom@linuxbrit.co.uk>
147 * Fixed the babelfish parser so translate works again.
149 * Note some plugins are broken (excuse,insult) because the server they use
150 went away. I don't know of a replacement right now.
151 * tv plugin seems broken, perhaps the html changed.
153 Thu Jan 15 21:37:38 GMT 2004 Tom Gilbert <tom@linuxbrit.co.uk>
158 * new plugin from Alan Third <alan@idiocy.org>, allows you to search and list
162 * various plugin updates
163 * fix (again) for C to F temp conversion in weather plugin
164 * channel topic patch from Peter Suschlik, gives plugin better access to topic
165 changes and related information
168 * changes to layout of slashdot plugin output
169 * freshmeat plugin, show latest updates or search
170 * fix to C to F temp conversion in weather plugin
171 * status command returns some bot status
173 * using BDB::Btree everywhere now, instead of BDB::Hash, because the Btree api
174 allows me to set my own key comparison function. This is needed to keep
175 supporting case insensitivity (vital for IRC), which was sadly broken in
176 0.9.5 :( All existing dbs will be upgraded automatically.
177 * roulette plugin - play russian roulette :) also keeps game stats.
178 * new config option, NO_KEYWORD_ADDRESS. If set to "true", the bot will always
179 respond to keywords it knows even when not addressed and the message doesn't
180 start with '. Message must end with "?" however.
181 * hopefully fixed welcome message parsing from certain server types
184 * plugin object registry
185 This provides persistant storage for plugins via a hash interface. The
186 default mode is an object store, so you can store ruby objects and reference
187 them with hash keys. This is because the default store/restore methods of
188 the plugins' RegistryAccessor are calls to Marshal.dump and Marshal.restore,
192 @registry[:blah] = blah
193 then, even after the bot is shut down and disconnected, on the next run you
194 can access the blah object as it was, with:
195 blah = @registry[:blah]
196 The registry can of course be used to store simple strings, fixnums, etc as
197 well, and should be useful to store or cache plugin data or dynamic plugin
200 If you don't need to store objects, and strictly want a persistant hash of
201 strings, you can override the store/restore methods to suit your needs, for
202 example (in your plugin):
213 Your plugins section of the registry is private, it has its own namespace
214 (derived from the plugin's class name, so change it and lose your data).
215 Calls to registry.each etc, will only iterate over your namespace.
217 The nickserv and karma plugins use the new registry and should serve as a
218 useful example. Basic usage of the registry is simple, just treat it as a
219 hash, with values that never die (unless you delete() them).
220 * Change to the nickserv plugin. The old method of putting the nickserv
221 password in rbot.conf was useless for multiple nicks or easy updates. The
222 plugin now uses the plugin registry to store passwords for any nicks it
223 owns. The plugin can be told to register the current nick (supply a password
224 or it'll generate one), identify for the current nick (if the password is
225 known), and can be told the passwords for other nicks. If NickServ asks the
226 bot to identify, it will automatically do so if it knows the appropriate
228 * karma plugin now uses the plugin registry, it should automatically import
229 your existing, stored karma data into the registry.
230 * The babelfish plugin now caches results in the bot registry to speed up
232 * New message types and plugin methods to grab them,
233 quit(QuitMessage): Called when a user (or the bot) quits IRC
234 nick(NickMessage): Called when a user (or the bot) changes Nick
235 topic(TopicMessage): Called when a user (or the bot) changes a channel topic
236 * A plugin's listen() method will now receive any kind of Message, e.g.
237 PrivMessage, NoticeMessage, NickMessage, JoinMessage, etc
239 seen: the usual "seen" stuff:
241 giblet was last seen xxx ago doing xxx
242 cal: calls the unix cal program to display a calendar
243 math: evaluates mathematical expressions:
245 rbot: math 4 to the power of 8
246 rbot: math ((232+432) - 4) / 2
247 (ported from infobot. Thanks to Kevin Lenzo, who wrote the
248 original infobot math module)
249 slashdot: displays latest headlines or searches for articles
250 url: stores urls mentioned in channels for regurgitation later
251 weather: grabs and parses METAR weather data, will remember the last weather
252 code you asked for so you don't have to :)
253 * New utility function, Util.http_get(url) for getting remote data via http,
254 just dumps response.body into a string and returns it, or nil if anything at
255 all goes wrong. Useful for simple plugins.
256 * random quit messages if none specified, messages set in language description
258 * keywords are now stored in bdb databases - your old keywords.rbot will be
259 imported. Static keywords (fact packs) are also stored in bdb databases, and
260 rbot will automatically convert any text .fact file dropped in the confdir's
261 keywords subdirectory, at startup, into a bdb file. If both a db and a text
262 file exist of the same name (except the extension), the text file will be
263 imported and merged into the database.
264 static keywords will be looked up in each factpack db in turn, in
265 alphabetical filename order - so you can prioritise using the filename if
267 * fixed a bug with autsplitting long sent lines, the last line was often being
271 * Massive cleanup of rfc2812.rb, contributed by Lars Christensen
272 <dsl8950@vip.cybercity.dk>, gets rid of a lot of regexps
273 * Fixed bug reading static keyword files - "foo <=is=> bar" may not have
274 worked for a couple of releases, only "foo<=is=>bar" was working - this was
275 not intended and should be fixed now
276 * Experimental send queue, to prevent the bot from flooding out, the delay
277 between sending messages to the server defaults to 2s, but is configurable
278 in conf.rbot, set SENDQ_DELAY (0 to disable queueing). You can also set/get
279 the value from the bot, "rbot: options get sendq_delay", and
280 "rbot: options set sendq_delay 1.5", if you have sufficient auth for "config"
281 This is a bursting sendq, most ircd's allow bursts of up to 5
282 lines, with non-burst limits of 512 bytes/2 seconds. To set the burst limit,
283 configure SENDQ_BURST in conf.rbot, or do the same kind of stuff with
284 "rbot: options set sendq_burst 2", etc.
285 The defaults are 2s/4 burst, which seem to work okay for me.
286 * support for multiple, customisable, addressing prefixes. Set ADDRESS_PREFIX
287 in conf.rbot to a space separate list of addressing prefixes, e.g
288 ADDRESS_PREFIX = | ! =>
289 Would mean that all of the following in channel messages would cause the bot
295 * bb plugin removed, bb is nearly over and it doesn't work 100% anyway
296 * Two plugins from brailsmt (from #ruby-lang on openprojects), a stats plugin
297 which monitors usage of 1-word sentences, and lart, which allows you to ask
298 rbot to lart people - with an optional reason - larts are user-definable and
299 can be added on the fly.
300 * made google.rb work for people with 1.6 ruby's net/http
305 * new plugin for handling nickserv-protected nicks, use NICKSERV_PASSWORD in
307 * fixes to a few other buglets
308 * new plugin to grab bigbrother headlines, still buggy and only useful for UK
309 folks who love bb :-)
310 * fixes to various plugins
311 * Patch from akira yamada <akira@ruby-lang.org>
312 DNS plugin: Use resolv-replace if found, do lookup in new thread
313 Fix bug joining channels with keys
317 * better "connect failure" error message
318 * better option parsing, and --debug option
319 * access to bot's online help via commandline, eg:
321 ./rbot.rb --help core
322 ./rbot.rb --help "core save"
323 * Fix broken help from last point release
324 * Plugin API modification and cleanup. You no longer need to set @listen to
325 true in order to get all NOTICE and PRIVMSGs, you just need to define the
326 method. The method is now called listen(), renamed from listener(). This
327 should be the last time the plugin api is changed incompatibly.
328 * New plugin method kick(). Use it to see kicks (duh :))
329 * New plugin methods join(), part(). Obvious uses.
330 * Example plugin autorejoin.rb, uses kick event to rejoin channel and insult
332 * fix bug in remind plugins "remind me no more" recognition.
336 * Fix welcome message recognition for certain IRCd's.
340 * Allow keyword definitions which end in '?', like this:
342 * rdoc documentation!
343 * fixed broken address regexp, "rbot: .foo" was being treated as an addressed
344 form of "foo" (lost the .)
345 * fix stupid bug in last release (looking for wrong default conf dir)
349 * Tarball layout change. modules all in rbot/ now, and the rbot/ default
350 configuration moved to rbotconf/. This lets the thing run from an unpacked
351 tarball while also being ready to run with the modules installed somewhere
353 * change hashbang to /usr/bin/env ruby, in order to use PATH looking for ruby,
355 * allow "botnick : foo" style addressing, and even "botnick... foo"
356 * slap plugin (contributed by oct)
357 * renamed bot.send to bot.sendmsg, I didn't really want to override send() ;D
361 * Made sane for packagers. Looks in the right places for plugins and language
362 files now, so extra effort shouldn't be needed there.
366 * Fixed "nick taken on join" bug
367 * Dice plugin patch from David Dorward
368 * fix searchquote regexp
369 * conf.rbot: PASSWORD -> SERVER_PASSWORD, to prevent confusion with PASSWD,
370 which is for master auth.
374 * Fixed addquote (was incrementing quote ID twice)
375 * now strips colour/bold escapes from incoming messages (rbot was ignoring
376 messages addressed using a bolded colon, for example).
378 * more language breadth
379 * Addressing works better now
380 * Can autojoin channels with keys, conf.rbot line is:
381 autojoin_channels #chan1, #chan2, #chan3 key, #chan4 key, #chan5