Switched to Hexchat, need help with scripting
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ShadowsDieAway · 2014-09-18 18:04

Hello everyone. I previously used mIRC to script welcome messages for
new subscribers. In mIRC I simply went to the tools tab and clicked
"add script" and had the following there:

    > /ignore jtv!*@*.*
    >
    > on 1:connect: { /TWITCHCLIENT 3 }
    >
    > on 1:text:*subscribed*:#lethalfrag:{
    >   if ($nick == twitchnotify) { msg $chan fragLeft $$1 fragRight
Welcome To The Dapper wixDude fragUp fragDapper fragHand }
    > }


Using HexChat however it seems like I need to load a script and have
no idea how to do it. I tried searching for the answers but can't seem
to find any answers. Can anyone please walk me through the process of
doing so? Also please let me know if this script would still work in
HexChat or if I would need to change it.

Thank you!

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500Rads · 2014-09-18 19:03

window > plugin and scripts

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jhoneycutt · 2014-09-18 19:05

This script will not run in Hexchat, as it's written using the mIRC
scripting language, which Hexchat does not use. You can read about
Hexchat's plug-in and scripting interfaces
[here](http://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/developers.html). If
you're not a programmer, you'll probably need to find someone else to
do it for you. Because this is a small script, if you're lucky and
polite, you may find someone in the [Hexchat IRC
channel](irc://chat.freenode.net/hexchat) to help you write it.

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SolarAquarion · 2014-09-18 22:28

Do you know perl or python?

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flotwig · 2014-09-19 13:41

Install Python 2.7 and then reinstall HexChat with support for Python
modules. HexChats support for scripting is limited, but a script like
this will be easy to write in Python.

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XavierNite · 2014-11-12 13:40

Check out the Perl, Python, or C++ scripting API's. Ultimately if you
can't code then look for a script that will do the job for you at
https://github.com/hexchat/hexchat-addons/ and if you can't find
anything then it never hurts to ask someone to help you :)