watch

This module allows you to monitor the activity of a specific user and/or text patterns and have the text sent to a special query window. This may be handy if you, for example, want to notice any messages containing your nickname.

Usage

Arguments

This user module takes no arguments.

Read loading modules to learn more about loading modules.

Commands

To add a watch entry:

/msg *watch add *!firebot@moz-8BCFA482.carolina.res.rr.com *firebot-watch
<*watch> Adding entry: [*!firebot@moz-8BCFA482.carolina.res.rr.com] watching for [*] -> [*firebot-watch]

To add a watch entry using an ExpandString:

/msg *watch add * *highlight *%nick%*
<*watch> Adding entry: [*!*@*] watching for [*%nick%*] -> [*highlight]

To set the channels that should be logged (use space as a delimiter for setting multiple sources):

/msg *watch SetSources 1 #bugs
<*watch> Sources set for Id 1.

Results should be like:

<*firebot-watch> <firebot:#bugs> New Firefox - General bug 311883 filed by box@gmx.at.

To show a list (list shows all that are being watched and dump shows them all):

/msg *watch list
/msg *watch dump

To remove entries:

/msg *watch del <id> (deletes a specific entry)
/msg *watch clear (deletes all entries)

To enable and disable (wildcard character * can be used for all):

/msg *watch enable <id | *>
/msg *watch disable <id | *>

This module can also set the amount of buffered lines while detached:

/msg *watch buffer <lines>

See ExpandString for a list of available variables which you can use in your message patterns.