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I've known about $lof for a long time, and that it's not listed in the helpfile. Now I find that /action is also not documented. Were they just missed, or left out on purpose?

LocutusofBorg

Some command parameters are also missing, such as /alias -l

Actually - that one is covered in the information about creating aliases:

If you specify the -l switch in the alias definition, the alias becomes accessible only by commands in the same script and invisible to the command line and other scripts.

alias -l add {
%x = $1 + $2
return %x
}

LocutusofBorg

It still should be in the /help /alias section...

Perhaps, but that's beside the point I was making. It's in there. Far as I know $lof and /action are not.

Perhaps that is because they weren't meant to be used. Perhaps $lof was something Khaled thought of then decided against, but never removed it.

Quote from mIRC 5.51 versions.txt:
134.Added $file(filename).size,.mtime identifier, .mtime returns a
$ctime value indicating when the file was last modified.

Note: $lof() is supported for now but will be removed in future.

$lof(filename) was replaced by $file(filename).size (although the .size isn't needed, it will return the file size without it). $lof was left in for compatability.

ALIAS -l is an Event Prefix, and has nothing to do with the command /Alias. /Alias -l does NOT work.

The other identifiers I know that are not listed are as follows. (from what I can recall off the top of my head) Some were removed from the help file, some never even made it in.

$colour() -- now $color()
$lof() -- now $file().size
$inpaste -- an identifier I personally asked to be added. Works in On INPUT and tells you if the text being inputted was from a paste. Compliments the $ctrlenter identifier.
$iaddress, $naddress, $raddress -- now $dns() but $iaddress is still necessary as $dns() doesn't cover that info.
$token() -- now $gettok() and friends.
$mp3() -- now $sound()
$shoe() -- now $sock()
$r() -- short for $rand()
$true, $false, $yes, $no, $cancel -- responses from various functions, similar to $null but not mentioned in the help file.
/XYZZY -- Nothing happens.
The operator !=== is also not mentioned in the help file. It stands for Not-Equals-Case-Sensitive. One might assume !== is correct, but it is not.

That's all for now, I'm sure I'll be adding more as soon as I hit post.

- Raccoon

That was an helpful post. Thanks!

heh, $shoe? I never knew about that one...

perceptive.
At least someone reads my posts.

A few more i can think of are

/setlayer
$pi
And the 'flat' style for checkboxes.

lol how did you find out about $pi? Anyway, $beta is also undocumented.

$pi is virtually useless. For whatever reason, mIRC has decided to display 21 digits for $pi. Well, $calc can't handle 21 digits. If you type $calc($pi) you can see mIRC quickly trims it to 7 digits. Meaning, if you need pi your best bet is to just do alias mypi { return 3.141593 } rather than use mIRC's built in $pi since it will make things slower since each time it is used it has to be rounded.

Seemingly it's still faster to let mirc round $pi than to call a custom identifier.

Well then be like all the cool people and just memorize pi! 3.14159!

Very cool additions SaX0n and Prizm.
What does /setlayer do though, is it a draw command for picture windows?

- Raccoon

It makes a mIRC transparent

Syntax: /setlayer N [window]
N must be a number from 0 to 255. 0 is full trasparency, 255 is full opacity
The [window] parameter is optional; if not specified, /setlayer affects the main mirc window. Of course, the target window (if any) must be a desktop one.

Another useful (at least for me) undocumented identifier is $nickmode , which works exactly like $prefix, but returns the letters instead of the symbols. $evalnext(stuff,N) also works like $eval(stuff,N+1). I remember a post in the old boards talking about $eval() being buggy. Oddly enough, $evalnext() didn't have that bug (I don't remember anything about the bug anymore and maybe it's fixed by now).

We faced $evalnext() on this board, too see this thread.

And btw, /registration is also undocumented :tongue: