If you do it like this:
/alias t (args) {//topic $args;}
it will not change the behaviour.
Also you should not check ifs like if ( [$0]) since if you would try
to do /t 0 the if would evaluate that to false. Instead do if ( @ ) or
if ( # )
(@ expands to strlen and # expands to word count)
Best Regards
Jonas / kreca
On 2/20/08, Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been tinkering around with EPIC5 for a few days, and there's one
> difference which has been the source of some confusion for me. Take
> for example the following alias on EPIC4/ircII:
>
> alias t //topic
>
> This has two capabilities: a user can type "/t" and see what the current
> topic is and when it was set, or they can type "/t hello bob" and set
> the current topic.
>
> This alias breaks on EPIC5, with "/t" by itself setting the topic to
> literally nothing. The only solution I found was to do this, which
> seems a bit unnecessary:
>
> alias t { if ([$0]) { //topic $* } { //topic } }
>
> Is there a more intelligent way of accomplishing what used to "just
> work" in EPIC4?
>
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