[IRCServices Coding] Coding Modules HOWTO:

[Craig Edwards]

We wrote a few modules, one of which is "LoveServ". All it does is send "mirc popup" style messages between users, love notes, coloured text etc on command... pretty simple stuff. If you want it come and bug us on irc.chatspike.net #chatspike :) We based it on the HelpServ module (that and DevNull are the nearest thing to dummy/skeleton modules there are that ive found) , then we modified the makefile so that it would compile a .so of our module at the same time as the rest of the services tree. However you could just mkdir a directory and make your own make file, so long as the paths to the services include files is correct :)

Good Luck,
Craig Edwards


> Hi.
>
>I'm the admin for a tiny RolePlayGaming network and we're currently looking
>into making addon modules for a series of Services Bots that will share the
>load for a Roleplay Service on IRC.
>
>The problem is that none of us are really coders, and we need a lot of help
>getting started. With enormous respect for Andy and his great works on
>producing his wonderful services, his documentation re: modules creation
>leaves much to be desired, and seems to concentrate more on where and how we
>should indent, then on how to compile a new module, and integrate it into
>services.
>
>Simple questions to which we should be able find answers baffle us I'm
>afraid, one such is: Do we add tokens for new commands to the exsiting token
>list in init.c, or is there a way to introduce them within the modules
>without editing existing code?
>
>How do we include a module to the list of modules to be compiled, ie: is
>there a command line for compilation of extra modules like with Apache, or
>do we just drop them into the modules directory and recompile from scratch
>as with UnrealIRCD?
>
>Has anyone written a skeleton module with compilation instructions that we
>could use as a starter?
>Is there a list of APIs that we could call on or must we read the code (Very
>headbreaking for us low IQ, cut & paste coders).
>
>Please don't tell me anything useless like: "If you don't understand the
>code you shouldn't be doing this!" Unless you intend to do the coding for
>us, for free, because suitable, or not; We're all we've got!.
>
>Olly admin at rpglairs.com
>
>
>
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