Simple suggestion for making multi-spaces possible

[Scripting engine suggestion, primarily for advanced scripters]

How about allowing us to call mIRC's built-in /commands as $identifiers, with a prefix such as "$/"? It would provide a way around the good ol' space issues:

Code:

  var %five_spaces = $str($chr(32),5)

  ; echo a line of five spaces in the status window
  noop $/echo(-s %five_spaces)

  ; overwrite the 3rd line in control #1 in myDialog, with five spaces
  noop $/did(-o myDialog 1 3 %five_spaces)

"$./" could be used for silencing output.

Oh, and to make the solution complete, an untokenized version of $1- would be needed in events. I'd call it $args.

(The classic use is in the "on INPUT" event, where $rawmsg is unavailable.)

(Sorry for repeatedly editing/correcting myself, I'm a bit obsessive.)

Apparently the "noop" is unnecessary since such quasi-identifiers would always return $null.

Anyway, I think this solution of $/ and $args would be really great because it solves a huge problem without any complications (presumably). Pretty please?

I like the idea, but $/ already has a purpose: it lets you call custom identifiers even if they share their names with built-in ones.

Code:

alias time { return ... }

//echo -a $/time

How the hell did you figure that one out? It's not documented in the index keywords (of the help file) nor is it found on a search of the help file...

Cool, btw...

I'd rather see an identider that wraps the entire command...

Code:

  var %five_spaces = $str($chr(32),5)
  $command(.did -o myDialog 1 3 %five_spaces)

I can't remember. I hardly ever discover parser stuff myself, usually pick it up from here or on IRC.

I blame qwerty :p