Seems I can get somewhere with the following code. Still requires a lot of work, though.

Code:
on *:input:*: {
  if !$ctrlenter {
    haltdef
    editbox -n /
    .timergetinput 1 0 getinput
  }
}

alias getinput {
  echo -a Editbox: $replace($editbox($active), $chr(32), $chr(160))
  editbox -a
}


Does anyone know why the above code would generate an error when using ".timer" instead of ".timergetinput"? I get "THELS#CHANNEL Unknown command" or "THELS Unknown command" when trying it in the status window, Thels being my IRC nickname of course.

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