Hexchat Lua question
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Drachenwulf · 2022-02-22 14:58

a while back I asked a question about a script option to set a channel
of mine to mode +s in hexchat. the script seems to work but only
sometimes.  does anyone know why the script would not work every time
I connect?

hexchat.register("onJOIN.lua", "1.0", "Run commands automatically
after joining channels")

hexchat.hook\_server("JOIN", function (word, word\_eol)

        local channel

        channel = hexchat.get\_info("channel")

        if channel == "#ProgramableDolls" then

                hexchat.command("mode +s")

        end

        return hexchat.EAT\_NONE

end)

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ProgVal · 2022-02-23 21:54

I don't know for sure, but here is my guess.

You need to be a channel op to change modes. If you are opped by a
bot, the bot probably ops you just after you join the channel, and
this script tries to set a mode at the same time. If your script is
faster, it fails. If it is slower than the bot, then it succeeds.

Or maybe you don't have a bot to op you, so the script only succeeds
when you join an empty channel (because you are always opped
automatically when doing so)

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Drachenwulf · 2022-02-23 23:14

So what can I try to do to fix this?

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ProgVal · 2022-02-24 08:15

In the first case, either add a timer (a couple of seconds should be
enough) or trigger it on `MODE` events when someone ops you.

In the second case, you need to find a way to be auto-opped when
joining the channel. You'll need to have a bot on the channel to do
it. Most networks offer such a bot service, usually called ChanServ.