Regex replacements?
reddit / irc

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tehdave86 · 2018-08-01 01:05

Is there any way to apply a regex filter to the messages of other
users as a client on an IRC channel? An example would be any time
someone says the word "cat", it gets replaced with "dog" instead.

I'm using HexChat, but I haven't been able to find a concise list of
the capabilities of plugins and scripts.

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webvictim · 2018-08-01 01:48

You can do it, but you might have to write your own script or plugin
to do it. There are a lot of 'trigger'-type plugins out there which
might do what you're after.

Obviously you could only change what you see locally - if you changed
other users saying 'cat' to 'dog' in your client, everyone else would
still see 'cat'.