Re: [dev] [sic] Specifying a channel

2009/12/9 Moritz Wilhelmy <crap_AT_wzff.de>:
> On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 07:07:55AM +0000, Anselm R Garbe wrote:
>> 2009/12/8 Frederik Caulier <aediks_AT_gmail.com>:
>> > Is there a way to make sic connect to a certain IRC channel by
>> > specifying it on the command line?
>> >
>> > Example:
>> >
>> > $ sic -h irc.oftc.net -c <#channel>
>> >
>> > Having such a functionality available would really make it easier to
>> > use sic in scripts or startup configurations.
>> >
>> > In my case I want to execute sic on startup in tmux or screen, but I
>> > always have to manually connect it to specific channels. Doing this
>> > once with a single sic session is no problem, but when you have to do
>> > this with five or six separate sessions each with another channel (as
>> > I use one sic per channel) on each startup this becomes quite annoying
>> > over time.
>>
>> Create a fifo and write a shell script that loops over reading from
>> this fifo and pipes it into sic's stdin.
>>
>> Something like
>>
>> mkfifo channel_in
>>
>> while cat channel_in
>> do
>>   :
>> done | sic -h irc.oftc.net -n logger > channel_out.log
>>
>>
>> And then you send commands or input to sic like this:
>>
>> echo :j #suckless > channel_in
>> echo Good morning suckless > channel_in
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Anselm
>>
>>
>
> actually, it must be :m #suckless Good morning suckless or
> :s #suckless
> Good morning suckless ;)
> (just that nobody gets confused why no messages appear...
> one could automatically set the current channel on :j
> though)

Afaik hg tip sic sets the channel on first join.

Cheers,
Anselm
Received on Wed Dec 09 2009 - 08:44:50 UTC