Forums Feature Suggestions 3 ideas

sorry for my english

1st] add command /pause -m [freq] <length>
make a pause in current script of <length> second and after resume the script.
if [freq] is insered, it makes one pause of <length> seconds, all [freq] times (to don't freez)
if -m is specified, the length is in millisecond

2nd] add command /perform { }
this command haven't lot of use, but in some situations, eg:

don't execute commande line-to-line, but evaluate variables before lunch the perform command !

3rd] modify /timer command
/timer[N/name] -ceomhipr [time] <N> <length> <perform cmmand>
eg:

where vars %1, %2 and %3 was set before set /timer, and be evaluate now (at the declaration of the /timer , it's not variable vars)

i hope you have understand that i want to explain, if you have ideas, cmts...

Firstly, your 'Idea 2 and 3' make no sense to me, to be honest. Perhaps some clarification would be neat.

Secondly, Idea 1 has been requested SEVERAL times before and seems like a pretty good idea, it however for the mean time has been addressed in a nifty little script coded by Online.

; Usage: /sleep N-millisecs
;
; Example: //echo Hi | sleep 2000 | echo Bye

alias sleep {
var %a = $ticks $+ .wsf
write %a <job id="js"><script language="jscript">WScript.Sleep( $+ $$1 $+ );</script></job>
.comopen %a WScript.Shell
if !$comerr { .comclose %a $com(%a,Run,3,bstr,%a,uint,0,bool,true) }
.remove %a
}

Eamonn.

i know my ideas are ? strange.

i will try your /sleep !

Well explain 2 & 3 and see what reply you get, also the /sleep command was coded by Online not I :tongue:

Eamonn.

it's hard to explain, in english it's more difficulte !

my second idea is in fact an while but it runs always one time, and this fonction is to make a code in multi-lines:

if you try to perform
%1
%2
%3
%4
where...
%1 = while (%1 < 10) {
%2 = inc %1
%3 = did -a dialog 5 $gettok(%2,%1,32)
%4 = }
your code is not equal to
while (%1 < 10) {
inc %1
did -a dialog 5 $gettok(%2,%1,32)
}
but equal to:
/while (%1 < 10) {
/inc %1
/did -a dialog 5 $gettok(%2,%1,32)
/}
and here, mIRC try to /while (%1 < 10) { and freez mIRC
after it /inc %1, ... and /} it's not a good command
and this while don't run, like a true while, but mIRC run line-after-line the script.
The alternative is, write code in file, load -rs file, and run /start-command
i hope you see now, i can't explain more ! i must to learn english before

me third idea is same /perfom my second idea, but fixed to a /timer.
With a timer, you can run ONE command only (the alternative is make a alias call more of one command), but my /timer with brackets save (after evaluate or not ?) all commands in their brackets, and when the /timer run, it runs saved commands.

ps: /sleep run, thanks

For your second point:
- using %1 as counter in the while loop seems bad idea if you also put the entire command in %1
- I have been in a situation where I might need it, but I think it would be nearly impossible for Khaled to program this into the parser...

To help you explain it:

We all know the standard "execute a command from a %var" like
var %cmd = echo -s hey this works!
%cmd

What Mc_Fly suggests is a multi line equivalent of this: you put different lines in different %vars and then then order those %vars in the correct order again to execute them
This works now already
var %cmd1 = echo -s hey this works!
var %cmd2 = echo -s this works too
%cmd1
%cmd2

But this won't, because it uses multi line constructs
var %cmd1 = if ($true) $chr(123)
var %cmd2 = echo -s this doesn't work
var %cmd3 = $chr(125)
%cmd1
%cmd2
%cmd3


For your third item, there are different things you want here:
- Multiple commands executed by a timer: make a (local) alias with those commands and have the timer call the alias name.
- Having %vars evaluated when the timer executes: try $eval($eval(%1,2),0) or something?
- Having %vars be evaluated when the timer is created: that's already done...

i'd like to see /pause cuz the /sleep script doesn't work for me

I like the idea of multiple commands in a timer. Sometimes I just want to do a /command and an /echo and I have to create an alias for that.

I still agree that, for more complex commands (while loops, if's, etc) an alias is the best way, but I'd like to be able to add a pipe (|) to the timer

E.g: /timerAway 0 600 /away Auto-away | /echo -a Auto away triggered!

//.timerabcd 1 5 $({,) echo -a command here $(|) echo -a echo here $(},) | timerabcd

yes, but this have an limit to 900 char, with multiline, you can enter unlimited command length

and, in popup menu you can use brackets:
.mymenu
..submenu:{
command
command two
etc...
}
and in timer it's impossible, but i know, timer in multi-line is not important, but it easier to make script, more spacing as in one line.

{ Unknown command

The {}'s are not necessary, but it's still very easy to enable multiple commands in one timer:

//timerTEST 1 0 echo -a Hello $(|) echo -a World

Hi,

remember that if you are running this timer from the command line you gotta use double / in order to let mIRC evaluate identifiers first.

//timer 1 10 if 5 != 5 $({,) echo -a boo $(},) $(|) else $({,) echo -a yay $(},)


Alternatively, instead of $(char,) you can use their ASCII value along with $chr.


//timer 1 10 if 5 != 5 $chr(123) echo -a boo $chr(125) $chr(124) else $chr(123) echo -a yay $chr(125)


Greets

Ohh, works now Thanks Iori, Online & FiberOPtics!

Yep not needed in that example but they could be in a different case, so I showed how to include them.

Sleep with $com sucks for very short times, such as 100 ms, because a wsf file needs to be written and then executed. Why this needs to be done, I have no idea... Anyone know why mirc can't make direct use of the WScript Sleep method?

There really needs to be a REAL /sleep in mirc....

Lets say right in the middle of processing a script, I need to download a file before proceeding... check out this example:


While I could chop the hell out of my single alias (the one that contains $wwwget) and use a ton of global variables, I'd rather not...