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Store the last typed command in a variable #235186 27/11/11 12:52 AM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 45 B BenderUnit OP Ameglian cow
OP BenderUnit Ameglian cow B Joined: May 2010 Posts: 45	I'd like to suggest an addition to the /! command. It would be nice if the last command would also be stored in a variable (like eggdrop's $lastbind variable) so it can be re-used later. I'm making some aliases script which acts as wrapper to other aliases and in command usage messages such a builtin variable would be awesome to have, rather than having to implement this myself, because those commands can be called directly by the user too and it would simplify things greatly. It should store the command right after it is called and is not finished yet, so that it can be used in itself too, again similar to how eggdrop's $lastbind works.

Re: Store the last typed command in a variable BenderUnit #235187 27/11/11 08:36 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,918 Montreal, QC, Canada A argv0 Hoopy frood
argv0 Hoopy frood A Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,918 Montreal, QC, Canada	Easy to do with a script: Code: on :INPUT::if (/* iswm $1-) set %lastbind $1- alias lastbind return %lastbind If you really need it, the above can do it. Typing //echo -a $lastbind would produce a Quine If you wanted extra parsing of specifics (like separating command name from args, making .show and .builtin props for "." and "!" prefix chars respective) you could script this on as well. You could probably do a better job of anything mIRC did builtin, so you have more power/flexibility scripting this anyway. Given that it is essentially a one-liner (with small identifier alias for convenience), I don't see why it needs to be builtin. Users who really need this (I've never ever needed this kind of behaviour myself, and can't think of any situations where I would) can already add it. - argv[0] on EFnet #mIRC - "Life is a pointer to an integer without a cast"

Re: Store the last typed command in a variable argv0 #235188 27/11/11 12:57 PM
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,881 H hixxy Hoopy frood
hixxy Hoopy frood H Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,881	For the sake of completeness you may as well support the additional command char as it's not a lot of extra work: Code: on :INPUT::if ($istok(/ $readini($mircini,text,commandchar),$left($1,1),32)) set %lastbind $1- alias lastbind return %lastbind Or to save on disk accesses: Code: on :start: set %mcommandchar $readini($mircini,text,commandchar) on :INPUT:*:if ($istok(/ %mcommandchar,$left($1,1),32)) set %lastbind $1- alias lastbind return %lastbind

Re: Store the last typed command in a variable BenderUnit #236995 10/04/12 04:04 AM
Joined: May 2010 Posts: 45 B BenderUnit OP Ameglian cow
OP BenderUnit Ameglian cow B Joined: May 2010 Posts: 45	Thank you both for the idea and help, I'm using this solution for a while now and it works great. Commandchar however would be nice to have as a builtin variable so that disk/file access is not needed, your workaround is nice but only takes effect when mIRC is restarted, nonetheless it is the next best thing indeed.

Re: Store the last typed command in a variable BenderUnit #237017 11/04/12 07:18 AM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,918 Montreal, QC, Canada A argv0 Hoopy frood
argv0 Hoopy frood A Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,918 Montreal, QC, Canada	You don't need ON START to save on disk access, it's very easy to cache the result at runtime. Code: alias commandchar { if (!%mcommandchar) set %mcommandchar $readini($mircini,text,commandchar) return %mcommandchar } And there is your identifier. - argv[0] on EFnet #mIRC - "Life is a pointer to an integer without a cast"

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