142371 - [INFOBOT] optionally don't require ? suffix when on baffled or heard

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Webtools Graveyard :: Mozbot, enhancement)

Description

[Charlie Allom]

old infobot used to be able to pick up things it knew an answer to, without a question mark at the end of the line.. like:

<yeled> dumb bot
<infobot> YES I AM!

now I've moved to mozbot:

<yeled> dumb bot
<yeled> mozbot, dumb bot
<mozbot> yeled: YES I AM!

Comment 1

[Mohamed Elzakzoki]

Attachment: edited Infobot module not requiring " ? " to retrieve a factoid

hi there, 

that was one of the first things i changed about the Infobot module when i got
mozbot, attached you will find a version of the Infobot.bm file that doesnt
require a ? to retrieve a factoid.

Comment 2

[Hixie (not reading bugmail)]

<Hixie> mozbot: hi
<mozbot> hi Hixie
<Hixie> dumb bot
<mozbot> :(

But I see what you mean about factoids, that could be useful I guess... I'll
look at the patch. Only 18 months late... Ahem...

Comment 3

[Hixie (not reading bugmail)]

ok. added eagerToHelp mode. (also added ridiculouslyEagerToHelp mode...)

Comment 4

[Charlie Allom]

Thanks hixie. lemme try this out.

Comment 5

[Hixie (not reading bugmail)]

I guess infobot users are used to this, but I find it kinda annoying :-) It
makes mozbot say he doesn't know the answer everytime I make a typo in a mozbot
command. Did infobot actually claim ignorance when handling stuff like this?