Ignore Minetest IRC passthrough chat-bots in HexChat

readme.txt

Windows HexChat comes with Lua interpreter


Linux users will need to make sure it's installed:

sudo apt install hexchat-lua


copy  mt_bots.lua  into your HexChat addons directory
then enable in the app, through the menu
Windows  >>  Plugins and Scripts

mt_bots.lua

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--     @Doyousketch2           AGPL-3          Jun 21, 2019
--            https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html
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--  header

local name  = 'mt_bots.lua'
local version  = '1.1'
local description  = 'Ignore Minetest IRC Bots'

hexchat .register(  name, version, description  )

--[[  notes:                        https://git.io/fjwCk

https://hexchat.readthedocs.io/en/latest/script_lua.html

/command NICK Hi there!

    word[1]  is  NICK
    word[2]  is  Hi there!

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--  variable declaration

--  change these to nicknames you use.  comma, space, quote  to add or remove entries, as neccissary.
local my_nicknames  = {  'YourUserNameGoesHere',  'YourOtherUserNameGoesHere'  }

--  you can specify an alternate designation, if you so choose
local avatar  = '<<in-game>>'

--  specify Minetest IRC chat bot relays, from servers that you frequent
local bot_list  = {  'VE-Bananaland',  'VE-Basic',  'VE-Building',  'VE-Creative',
                      'VE-MTZ', 'VE-Nostalgia',  'VE-Skyblock', 'VE-Survival'  }

local print_debug_msgs  = false   --  set to  true  if you want to see excess jibberish.

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--  define functions

local function ignore( word )
  local NICK  = word[1]
  local entire_msg  = word[2]

  local passthrough  = ''
  local found_passthrough_nick  = false

  if entire_msg :sub( 1, 1 ) == '<' then
    found_passthrough_nick  = true
    passthrough  = entire_msg :sub(  2,  entire_msg :find('>') -1  )  --  strips < >
  end

  if print_debug_msgs then
    hexchat .print(  'dbg1|' ..NICK ..'||'  )
    hexchat .print(  'dbg2|' ..entire_msg ..'||'  )

    if found_passthrough_nick then
      hexchat .print(  'dbg3|' ..passthrough ..'||'  )
    end  --  found_passthrough_nick
  end -- print_debug_msgs

  for _, bot_name in pairs( bot_list ) do
    if bot_name == NICK then

      for _, nick_name in pairs( my_nicknames ) do
        if nick_name == passthrough then

          replacement  = entire_msg :sub(  entire_msg :find('>') +1,  -1  )
          if print_debug_msgs then
            hexchat .print(  'dbg4|' ..replacement      ..'||'  )
          end  --  replacement

          hexchat .print(  avatar ..replacement  )
          return hexchat .EAT_HEXCHAT
        end  --  replacement
      end  --  nick_name

    end  --  NICK
  end  --  bot_name
end  -- funct

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--  main loop

--  hexchat .hook_print(  'Channel Message',  ignore  )
hexchat .hook_print(  'Channel Msg Hilight',  ignore  )

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--  eof