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$fromeditbox #262061 27/12/17 12:22 PM
Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 969 USA F FroggieDaFrog OP Hoopy frood
OP FroggieDaFrog Hoopy frood F Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 969 USA	It would be greatly appreciated if there was an identifier that returned $true\|$false dependant on if an alias was called directly from the editbox. Its been brought up before but I'd like to bring it back to your attention with a valid use-case. I'm currently working on my theme(because mIRC customization is what its all about). In doing such, I want to override /msg, /describe, /notice, etc for display purposes. When I don't have a respective window open for the target and ... ... the command is called from the editbox I want to display the message to the active window. ... the command is called from an alias, script, timer, menu, etc I want to display the message to the status window. Code: alias example { echo -a the example alias was called from: $iif($fromeditbox, editbox, elsewhere) } Only when the alias is directly called from the editbox should $fromeditbox be truthy. if AliasA calls AliasB, regardless of where AliasA was called, within AliasB $fromeditbox would return $false. If you are interested in a more expansive solution, AdiIRC supports a $calias identifier to return various information about the caller-stack. If something similar were implemented, I'd like to see it expanded to include a way to determine the caller-type; such as 'timer', 'event', 'alias', 'menu', 'editbox', 'identifer'($hfind() for example), 'command'(/filter), etc Last edited by FroggieDaFrog; 27/12/17 12:32 PM. I am SReject My Stuff

Re: $fromeditbox FroggieDaFrog #262062 27/12/17 01:08 PM
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Wims Hoopy frood W Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,193 France	$calias was brought up again very recently actually. I agree it would be great to see this added, I would rather see $calias and something for the callertype than a $fromeditbox, which only works for one case. #mircscripting @ irc.swiftirc.net == the best mIRC help channel

Re: $fromeditbox Wims #262063 27/12/17 01:19 PM
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OP FroggieDaFrog Hoopy frood F Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 969 USA	I definitely agree. But often, when people are asking for this sort of functionality its to distinguish from editbox vs. script calls so figured $fromeditbox is a simpler route Khaled could take Last edited by FroggieDaFrog; 27/12/17 01:20 PM. I am SReject My Stuff

Re: $fromeditbox FroggieDaFrog #262070 28/12/17 11:02 AM
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Raccoon Hoopy frood Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,812	Dropping this here as a reference to future historians, because it's good, and not as a critical opinion. I too suggested $calias over a decade ago. Code: alias fromeditbox { return $iif($event \|\| $ctimer \|\| $menu, $false, $true) } ; by SReject 2017 Well. At least I won lunch. Good philosophy, see good in bad, I like!

Re: $fromeditbox Raccoon #262072 28/12/17 02:05 PM
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OP FroggieDaFrog Hoopy frood F Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 969 USA	Two quick notes about my snippet raccoon posted 1. Nested alias calls will still return $true if the stack's entry point is from the editbox. This may or may not be desirable and AFAIK there's no work around to check if an alias was called directly from the editbox 2. It may be desirable to have the alias treat menu calls as if they were editbox calls (such as when determining where to display an output message). To achieve such behavior, you can remove "\|\| menu" from the alias or use the updated version given below. A slightly updated version: Code: /* $fromeditbox Returns $true if the call stack was initiated from an editbox $fromeditbox(allowMenu) Returns $true if the call stack was initiated from an editbox If allowMenu is truthy, menu initiated calls will be treated the same as editbox calls */ alias fromeditbox return $iif($event \|\| $ctimer \|\| (!$1 && $menu), $false, $true) Last edited by FroggieDaFrog; 28/12/17 02:14 PM. I am SReject My Stuff

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FroggieDaFrog #262290 16/01/18 01:36 AM

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With the addition of $fromeditbox can we get it extended:

$fromeditbox(N)
N is a bitwise of:
1 = returns $true if the root caller is the editbox
2 = treats calls from menu the same as the editbox
(with the possibility of other options)

With the above, the following would be possible:

Code:

;; called from the editbox
alias example1 {
  example1A
}

alias example1A {
  echo -a $fromeditbox    == $false
  echo -a $fromeditbox(1) == $true
  echo -a $fromeditbox(2) == $true
  echo -a $fromeditbox(3) == $true
}

menu status {
  example2: example2
}
alias example2 {
  echo -a $fromeditbox    == $false
  echo -a $fromeditbox(1) == $false
  echo -a $fromeditbox(2) == $true
  echo -a $fromeditbox(3) == $true
  
  example2a
}
alias example2a {
  echo -a $fromeditbox    == $false
  echo -a $fromeditbox(1) == $false
  echo -a $fromeditbox(2) == $false (Not called directly from the menu)
  echo -a $fromeditbox(3) == $true
}

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