factor/extra/irc/client/client-docs.factor

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! Copyright (C) 2009 Bruno Deferrari
! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
USING: help.markup help.syntax quotations kernel
irc.messages irc.messages.base irc.messages.parser irc.client.chats ;
IN: irc.client
HELP: connect-irc "Connecting to an irc server"
{ $values { "irc-client" "an irc client object" } }
{ $description "Connects and logins " { $link irc-client } " using the settings specified on its " { $link irc-profile } "." } ;
HELP: attach-chat "Chatting with irc channels/users/etc"
{ $values { "irc-chat" "an irc chat object" } { "irc-client" "an irc client object" } }
{ $description "Registers " { $snippet "irc-chat" } " with " { $snippet "irc-client" } " and starts listening." } ;
HELP: detach-chat "Stop an unregister chat"
{ $values { "irc-chat" "an irc chat object" } }
{ $description "Unregisters " { $snippet "irc-chat" } " from " { $snippet "irc-client" } " and stops listening. This is how you part from a channel." } ;
HELP: terminate-irc "Terminates an irc client"
{ $values { "irc-client" "an irc client object" } }
{ $description "Terminates all activity by " { $link irc-client } " cleaning up resources and notifying chats." } ;
HELP: speak "Sends a message through a chat"
{ $values { "message" "a string or irc message object" } { "irc-chat" "an irc chat object" } }
{ $description "Sends " { $snippet "message" } " through " { $snippet "irc-chat" } ". Strings are automatically promoted to privmsg objects." } ;
HELP: hear "Reads a message from a chat"
{ $values { "irc-chat" "an irc chat object" } { "message" "an irc message object" } }
{ $description "Reads " { $snippet "message" } " from " { $snippet "irc-chat" } "." } ;
ARTICLE: "irc.client" "IRC Client"
"An IRC Client library"
{ $heading "IRC objects:" }
{ $subsections irc-client }
{ $heading "Chat objects:" }
{ $subsections
irc-server-chat
irc-channel-chat
irc-nick-chat
}
{ $heading "Setup objects:" }
{ $subsections irc-profile }
{ $heading "Words:" }
{ $subsections
connect-irc
terminate-irc
attach-chat
detach-chat
hear
speak
}
{ $heading "IRC messages" }
"Some of the RFC defined irc messages as objects:"
{ $table
{ { $link irc-message } "base of all irc messages" }
{ { $link rpl-welcome } "logged in to server" }
{ { $link ping } "ping message" }
{ { $link join } "channel join" }
{ { $link part } "channel part" }
{ { $link quit } "quit from irc" }
{ { $link privmsg } "private message (to client or channel)" }
{ { $link kick } "kick from channel" }
{ { $link rpl-names } "list of participants in channel" }
{ { $link rpl-nickname-in-use } "chosen nick is in use by another client" }
{ { $link notice } "notice message" }
{ { $link mode } "mode change" }
{ { $link unhandled } "uninmplemented/unhandled message" }
}
{ $heading "Special messages" }
"Some special messages that are created by the library and not by the irc server."
{ $table
{ { $link irc-chat-end } "sent to a chat when it has been detached from the client, the chat should stop after it receives this message. " }
{ { $link irc-end } " sent when the client isn't running anymore, the chat should stop after it receives this message." }
{ { $link irc-disconnected } " sent to notify chats that connection was lost." }
{ { $link irc-connected } " sent to notify chats that a connection with the irc server was established." } }
{ $heading "Example:" }
{ $code
"USING: irc.client irc.client.chats ;"
"SYMBOL: bot"
"SYMBOL: mychannel"
"! Create the profile and client objects"
"\"irc.freenode.org\" irc-port \"mybot123\" f <irc-profile> <irc-client> bot set"
"! Connect to the server"
"bot get connect-irc"
"! Create a channel chat"
"\"#mychannel123\" <irc-channel-chat> mychannel set"
"! Register and start chat (this joins the channel)"
"mychannel get bot get attach-chat"
"! Send a message to the channel"
"\"Hello World!\" mychannel get speak"
"! Read a message from the channel"
"mychannel get hear"
}
;
ABOUT: "irc.client"