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$mknickfn vs. $mkfn #255763 20/11/15 12:03 AM
Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 38 Twitch OP Ameglian cow
OP Twitch Ameglian cow Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 38	The help file states the following under /help $mknickfn: Quote: You can also use $mknickfn(nickname) to fix a nickname for use as a filename, and $mkfn(filename), which just removes invalid characters. However, it would seem that it is backwards from the actual output: Code: //echo -ag $mklogfn(Tw\|tch) :: $mknickfn(Tw\|tch) :: $mkfn(Tw\|tch) - DALnet\Tw_tch.20151119.log :: Twtch :: Tw_tch As you can see $mkfn does the replacements, whereas $mknickfn removes invalid characters. I'm not sure which way is supposed to be correct, but the help file does not dictate results in this case, so I figured I would make a post about it. Lost in your digital reality. #mIRC / #Helpdesk on DALnet.

Re: $mknickfn vs. $mkfn Twitch #255822 23/11/15 02:18 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,421 London, UK Khaled Hoopy frood
Khaled Hoopy frood Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 5,421 London, UK	Thanks for your post. The identifiers are working as they should. I will correct the description in the help file for the next version. Update: In retrospect, $mknickfn() was probably not worth adding as an identifier. It calls a routine that is used in only a few places (by DCC events) to limit nickname characters to a very restricted range, for security reasons. Looking at the routine now, it might be best to change it so that it uses _ to replace invalid characters, like $mkfn(), instead of removing them.

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