In person-to-person conversation (I hate the term "real life"), we have all determined
a set of standard responses to normal (or even abnormal) situations. These rsponses
have grown with us. In a way, they are what defines our personalities. They cover such things as
how we greet strangers, or acquaintenances, or friends; how we respnd to our own sex or
to the opposite sex (I`m not brave enough to go much farther with that); how we respond to
flirting or how we flirt; and how we react in other similar situations.
On IRC, this is the rhelm of scripts. They provide for a varity of functions. They
automate the mundane tasks that constantly arrise; they attach (bind) complex actions
to simple keystrokes (through aliases) thus speeding up the action; and most importantly,
they provide that part of the user personality that arrises from choice of words or actions.
Scripts are additions to the basic client (program) that make IRC life easier and more fun
by providing conveniences and extra features not found in the standard program. They may
be initiated from the keyboard through the use of aliases, with the mouse using the pop-up
menus, or automatically either on a clock or in response to external stimuli. But in
all cases, they provided a glimpse into the personalities of you and me, the users.
The following buttons are links to pages containing scripts for: PCs running mIRC or one
of its deritives; Macs running IRCLE; and Macs running ShadowBot. A link has also been provided
for some miscellaneous Apple Scipt scripts. Have fun!
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