-rbot README
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+= rbot - The Ruby IRC bot
rbot is a ruby IRC bot. Think of him as a ruby bot framework with a highly
modular design based around plugins.
-rbot features
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+== rbot features
* Runtime configuration via irc chat
* User authentication and access levels for using different bot features
-* Built in infobot-style keywords. See example session below.
+* Built in infobot-style keywords.
* Support for underlying fact database (infobot fact files), which can
be overridden or supplemented by runtime keyword controls
-* Multi-language support - comes with english, dutch and german definitions
- so far - more translations welcome
+* Multi-language support - comes with english, dutch, german, french, italian
+ japanese, chinese and russian definitions so far - more translations welcome
* Powerful plugin architecture, comes with plugins for:
- o DNS queries
- o Babelfish translation
- o Google searching
- o Excuse generation
- o Insult generation
- o Karma
- o Checking the weather
- o Querying slashdot
- o Doing Math
- o Per-channel quote storage, searching and retrieval
- o Reminders
- o rot13 translation
- o Check the spelling of a word
- o Webserver Server: header examination
- o RPG dice rolling
- o larting people
- o conversation stats
- o more...
+ - DNS queries
+ - Babelfish translation
+ - Google searching
+ - Excuse generation
+ - Insult generation
+ - Karma
+ - Checking the weather
+ - Querying slashdot
+ - Doing Math
+ - Per-channel quote storage, searching and retrieval
+ - Reminders
+ - rot13 translation
+ - Check the spelling of a word
+ - Webserver Server: header examination
+ - RPG dice rolling
+ - larting people
+ - conversation stats
+ - more...
Thanks are owed to the infobot developers - several of rbot's features are
inspired by infobot and so are some of the default plugins. Thanks are also
Mainly, rbot's fun to play with, although the plugin architecture can be used
to write very useful modules
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