i recently went ahead and made a help system for my bot
while it isnt very complex its pretty long i was looking for suggestions to shorten it
sigh deep breath
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#help on
on *:text:!help:*:{
if (%i = on) { halt }
else { msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,1) }
{ msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,2) }
{ msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,3) }
{ msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,4) }
{ msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,5) }
{ msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,6) }
{ msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,7) }
{ msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,8) }
{ msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,9) }
{ msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,10) }
{ msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,11) }
{ set -s %i on }
{ timer 1 20 unset -s %i }
}
on *:text:!help !qme:*:{
if (%j = on) { halt }
else { msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,12) }
{ set -s %j on }
{ timer 1 20 unset -s %j }
}
on *:text:!help !say:*:{
if (%k = on) { halt }
else { msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,13) }
{ set -s %k on }
{ timer 1 20 unset -s %k }
}
on *:text:!help !die:*:{
if (%l = on) { halt }
else { msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,14) }
{ set -s %l on }
{ timer 1 20 unset -s %l }
}
on *:text:!help !join:*:{
if (%m = on) { halt }
else { msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,15) }
{ set -s %m on }
{ timer 1 20 unset -s %m }
}
on *:text:!help !part:*:{
if (%n = on) { halt }
else { msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,16) }
{ msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,17) }
{ set -s %n on }
{ timer 1 20 unset -s %n }
}
on *:text:!help !cycle:*:{
if (%o = on) { halt }
else { msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,18) }
{ set -s %o on }
{ timer 1 20 unset -s %o }
}
on *:text:!help !enable:*:{
if (%p = on) { halt }
else { msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,19) }
{ msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,20) }
{ set -s %p on }
{ timer 1 20 unset -s %p }
}
on *:text:!help !disable:*:{
if (%q = on) { halt }
else { msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,21) }
{ set -s %q on }
{ timer 1 20 unset -s %q }
}
on *:text:!help !ruser:*:{
if (%r = on) { halt }
else { msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,22) }
{ msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,23) }
{ set -s %r on }
{ timer 1 20 unset -s %r }
}
on *:text:!help !pass:*:{
if (%s = on) { halt }
else { msg $nick $read(help.txt,n,21) }
{ set -s %s on }
{ timer 1 20 unset -s %s }
}
#help end
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