Don't make the mistake of thinking that we're just arrogant know-it-alls who just happen to know something. I myself have dealt with alot of college/uni students who assume they know it all, only to realise that my suggestions were useful after putting them off for so long.
I can see argv0s justification for making said "assumptions", and I don't see his comments as offensive or discouraging. He offered good advice in that thread, and I offered advice that would get you well on your way to producing a solution for practically any problems you had/have. If he thought he could improve on the advice provided, I believe he would take the time to do so.
In summary, here's a snippet of the useful advice that argv0 provided in that thread:
If you *are* interested in learning, you can start by typing /help ON TEXT in mIRC to learn about ON TEXT events and how to use them.
And here's my advice:
In addition to argv0's initial response, read these in this order:
/help aliases
/help variables
/help if then else
/help while loops
/help events (and select remote)
some other things you might need:
/help hash tables
/help $eval
/help $read
/help /timer
Please understand, many of us get this sort of request on a regular basis. If we were going to spend days writing a script for someone, we'd do it for someone we chat to often enough to have established a platonic e-rapport with (and many of them already know how to script). Since we get alot of these requests, as a result, we probably wouldn't be here to tell you (and others like you) where to start learning.
