tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867321763955747460.post6169549651693407238..comments2023-08-11T01:00:07.123-07:00Comments on 5:55 AM: Recent Hacks: irc2wiki.pl and xchat-nick-pidgin-status.pySandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15559715601984648600noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867321763955747460.post-6049094313943284932008-06-26T17:23:00.000-07:002008-06-26T17:23:00.000-07:00Coincidentally, Ian Weller recently sent me a patc...Coincidentally, Ian Weller recently sent me a patch for irclog2html.py to support producing MediaWiki markup.<BR/><BR/>I was wondering then (and am still wondering now) whether the script should do some sort of quoting to prevent random things said by people on IRC confusing the MediaWiki parser. I'm not myself familiar with MediaWiki.Marius Gedminashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15155998626202067226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867321763955747460.post-77608000073430140232008-06-26T04:38:00.000-07:002008-06-26T04:38:00.000-07:00@anonymous: Because Pidgin is a horrible IRC clien...@anonymous: Because Pidgin is a horrible IRC client. Also, my *real* IRC client is an irssi instance running on my home server, so that I will always be connected (good for making logs, etc). I can connect to it with any IRC client I like using irssi_proxy. But Pidgin, being a horrible IRC client, tells irssi to close all channels when I quit, defeating the whole point of my setup.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15559715601984648600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867321763955747460.post-16077571542707972912008-06-25T23:58:00.000-07:002008-06-25T23:58:00.000-07:00Why don't you use pidgin for IRC?Why don't you use pidgin for IRC?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867321763955747460.post-83532991281062581722008-06-25T10:43:00.000-07:002008-06-25T10:43:00.000-07:00@some visitor: In the IRC communities I frequent, ...@some visitor: In the IRC communities I frequent, the practice of including status in your nick is very common. Even if I were to use the AWAY feature (which nobody ever seems to use), I would continue to change my nick.<BR/><BR/>It should be easy to modify the plugin to respond to the /away command, of course.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15559715601984648600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867321763955747460.post-11595961057710357182008-06-25T10:09:00.000-07:002008-06-25T10:09:00.000-07:00This is a really bad idea - not the plugin in itse...This is a really bad idea - not the plugin in itself, but what it relies on. It is generally frowned upon to have your status in your nick on IRC.<BR/><BR/>I'd recommend using the AWAY feature of the IRC protocol (/away [reason] in most clients) instead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com