NAME

BoBot::PlugIn::MetaCharacter - Plugin for catching commands.


DESCRIPTION

This plugin allows people to send request to the bot in an easy way. Once a message is caught, it will send a CMD_* message to be treated by other plugins. The plugin catches the following:

o
Public messages beginning with the name of the bot.

o
Public messages beginning with a given meta-character (hence the name of the plugin).

o
Private message, beginning or not with the name of the bot and/or the meta-character.

new( $parent )

Creates a new auth plugin. Opens the auth database.


METHODS

handler( $request )

Handles the request given as param.


COPYRIGHT, LICENCE

 Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Sebastien BONNET
 Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Samuel    MOUNIEE
 Copyright (c) 2002      Jerome    QUELIN

This file is part of Bobot.

Bobot is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Bobot is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Bobot; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA


AUTHOR

Jérôme Quelin


SEE ALSO

the BoBot::PlugIn manpage