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Shouldn't the DNS event support $show?

Returns $false if a command is prefixed with a . to make it quiet, otherwise returns $true.

on DNS isn't a command (like you said, it's an event). $show isn't for that purpose, anyway, you can easily set a variable when you use the command and you don't want the result to be shown, and then check to see it if is set in the on DNS event.

i think you're wrong in this case. mIRC doesn't display the result of the /dns if it's prefixed with a dot. So, i think it would be fair if $show returned $false in the DNS event if it shouldn't be shown. Would make it alot easier for scripts who customize the dns output. Setting variables and stuff is pretty dirty, if you ask me.

Also, /dns [-ch] [nick|address] [id] would be cool. id = unique ID that could be used in the DNS event to check if you should process the result. Sure, could be done with variables.. but it gets so dirty

Well alot of commands are like that, /nick for example, but it isn't really a bug, since it was never intended, good suggestion though

Edit: Yes, I know I'm being pedantic

i got some more to say..

my main problem with this is that scripts and addons easily gets in each others way when it comes to /dns. if my addon wants to do a .dns and the user has a script loaded that customizes the dns output... it would [censored] up, because alot of the scripts out there isn't "correctly" scripted. support for $show would make everything much more easier - for everyone.

Extremely good points tronicer

Although I agree with you, there is a work around, there are dlls that allow you to get the dns reply without an event, you could try using one of those...