====== The News =====================================================
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+Version 2.1.9:
+- Scripting
+ + hooks/disconnect now takes an additonal argument that specifies
+ whether the disconnect was intentional or not.
+ + The deprecated scripting procedure and hook names are now in a
+ `begin-deprecated' block. If your guile is built without
+ deprecated feature support, they will not be available.
+- Documention
+ + Reorganized a few sections
+ + Every hook is now documented
+- The code was cleaned up a bit
+
Version 2.1.8:
- Scripting
+ Hooks
* hooks/disconnect is now called when the bot is disconnected from the
server unintentionally (network connection timeout, server died,
etc.)
+ * hooks/action is now passed the user's nick instead of the full
+ address like all other hooks
+ Message Sending
* Implemented bot:notice
- + Misc
- * Added (bobotpp bot) module that modules may use to gain access
- to the bobot++ functions
* bot:msg and bot:say may both send to channels and users (instead
of bot:msg for users and bot:say for channels)
* Renamed bot:send-CTCP to bot:send-ctcp
* Added bot:send-ctcp-reply to send a ctcp-reply
+ + Misc
+ * Added (bobotpp bot) module that modules may use to gain access
+ to the bobot++ functions
+ Debugging
- * The debugging evaluator is now enabled when --debug is passed to the bot
+ * The debugging evaluator is now enabled when --debug is passed to
+ the bot
+ * New command line option: --debug-scripts enabled the debugging
+ evaluator while running everything else normally
+ * Merged error handling patch from Dale Smith. This adds detailed
+ errors and backtraces when --debug/--debug-scripts is passed to
+ Bobot++.
- Documentation
+ Merged documentation patch from Dale Smith (thanks)
- Misc
embedded newline
+ Max nick length is now configurable via 'maxnicklength' option in
bot.conf (defaults to 9)
+- The bot now builds with --disable-scripting again (this is my fault,
+ I haven't built without it in a long time)
Version 2.1.7: