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mIRC is a Shareware Internet Relay Chat Client for Windows , created in 1995 and developed by Khaled Mardam-Bey . This was originally its only use, but it has evolved into a highly configurable tool that can be used for many purposes due to its Integrated Scripting Language . Other uses may include:
mIRC is highly popular, having been downloaded nearly eight million times from CNET's download.com service as of August 2005. Nielsen Net Rankings also rated mIRC as among one of the top 10 most popular Internet applications in 2003. Its popularity may explain why many mIRC users mistakenly believe that the name of their client is also the name of the protocol it uses, thinking they are "connecting to a mIRC server" or "joining a mIRC channel". It is currently unexplained what the "m" stands for in the name - Khaled's personal FAQ says ''"It quite possibly stands for 'moo', or perhaps even MU"''. {Link without Title} MAIN FEATURES
COMMON CRITICISMS
''SLAP!'' FUNCTION A famous feature associated with mIRC even though it predates it is the ability to "slap" another user by right-clicking the target's nickname. This results in the line of text "A slaps B around a bit with a large Trout ". It serves no other function than to send the message, which is merely an execution of the "/action" ("/me") command in IRC. Such an action can warrant a kick or even a ban in many channels. The sentence "A slaps B around a bit with a large Trout " is thought to be a reference to Monty Python 's sketch The Fish-Slapping Dance . This function can be removed by editing mIRC's built-in script. MIRC SCRIPTING For novice users this function may be a bit overwhelming, but it is an ingenious addition to the program. With MIRC Scripting (also referred to as "remote") you can make your client do specific tasks on specific events. For instance: You can make your client answer "I'm here!" when someone writes your nick suffixed with a question mark; "yournick?", in either all, or just some specific channels. Here's how you can do it for a specific channel: Say your nick is "wiki" and the channel you're in is "#wiki" (channels in IRC are prefixed with a hash sign)
If you now change your nick without editing the script manually, the script will not work. Fortunately mIRC provides several functions that makes this no problem at all. To list some from the examples:
Now mIRC's if/else operators are being used. These are logical operators that you find in most scripting/programming languages. In addition we use an asterisk instead of a specific string to indicate that the event shall trigger on ALL text.
To allow the event from triggering only by queries, you can use a question mark '?'. So for queries:
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| If ($1 | = $+ ) && ( ( == #wiki) ( == #wikien) ) { |
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