Tue, 29 Aug 2006:
I got irritated of getting kicked off irc around 20 times and the associated ghosting and renicking. So I sat down and wrote something that would keep me t3rmin4t0r on freenode.
import re,xchat
nick_pat = re.compile(":(?P<nick>[^!]*)!(?P<user>[^@]*)@(?P<host>.*)")
def renick(*args):
nickhost = args[0][0]
m = nick_pat.match(nickhost)
if(m.groups()[0] == "t3rmin4t0r"):
xchat.command("nick t3rmin4t0r");
xchat.hook_server('QUIT', renick)
Load that up with /py load ~/.xchat2/pylugins/re-t3.py and now I can stop worrying about being stuck as a mere gopal__ on irc.
--Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing;