Does the output of the Exec plugin in HexChat fire an event?
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DANgaming · 2016-02-27 14:38

I'm using the [Exec
plugin](http://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/addons.html#exec) to
execute a command in HexChat. I would like to parse the output that is
printed by Exec in my plugin. I guess that Exec uses `hexchat_print`.
Does `hexchat_print` fire a text event that can be caught with
`hexchat_hook_print` or is there any other way to parse the output of
Exec?

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EDIT:
I kind of solved it buy using the -O parameter for Exec (example:
`/exec -O dostuff.bat`), that causes Exec to say the output in chat
instead of printing it. Unfortunately `return EAT_ALL` doesn't work
for Exec's output, so I have to use the echo command a lot with `@echo
OFF` in my batch file. Still better than nothing, though.

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j4jackj · 2016-03-28 03:24

Holy gosh. That sounds jank.