To overcome Perl and Irssi scripting related facts slipping from memory as years pass1, this document aims to collect some helpful tips for the Future Self. So, hello from 2024!
Irssi website: https://irssi.org/
General scripting instructions: https://github.com/irssi/irssi/blob/master/docs/perl.txt
Colors:
- https://github.com/irssi/irssi/blob/master/docs/formats.txt
%XABis a foreground color from the 256 color palette; A ∈ [1, 7], B ∈ [0, Z].
Irssi's signals:
- https://github.com/irssi/irssi/blob/master/docs/signals.txt
- The signal
"message public"is listed here. This is what we hook into for adding the coloring to it. - The C source code for the
sig_message_publicis insrc/fe-common/core/fe-messages.c.
- The signal
- https://github.com/irssi/irssi/blob/master/docs/design.txt
- Description of the signal propagation system.
- https://github.com/irssi/irssi/blob/master/src/core/signals.h
signal_emit,signal_stop,signal_continueetc.
Irssi repositories:
What's that caret (^):
- https://irssi.org/documentation/manual/commands/
- "If ^ is present, command output is disabled."
Perl website: https://www.perl.org/
Surprising fact: Function parameters work differently.
- Functions in Perl are subroutines.
- Any arguments passed to a subroutine call can be accessed from
@_within the subroutine body. - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19234209/perl-subroutine-arguments
FUTURE: True Color support:
