Hi,

Does anyone know how to print multiple lines in an IRC message without sending multiple messages?

Example (what I want)

09:00 _TESTBOT Are you posting in the right place?
Check out Where should I post X? to know for sure.

Example (what I don't want)

09:00 _TESTBOT Are you posting in the right place?
09:00 _TESTBOT Check out Where should I post X? to know for sure.

Putting /n or /r/n or /n/r in the $self->privmsg truncates the message at the first newline. I know it is something simple that I'm over looking..

Searching on PM and Google points to just sending multiple messages... but this is not always desirable. Take for example a simple "/help" command.. which is easier to read?

09:00 _TESTBOT help
/help this help screen
/ping <server>
Check if Sybase Server is alive
/checkbackup <server>
Report the begin and end of

OR

09:00 _TESTBOT help
09:00 _TESTBOT /help this help screen
09:00 _TESTBOT /ping <server>
09:00 _TESTBOT Check if Sybase Server is alive
09:00 _TESTBOT /checkbackup <server>
09:00 _TESTBOT Report the begin and end of

database backups

Jason L. Froebe

Team Sybase member

No one has seen what you have seen, and until that happens, we're all going to think that you're nuts. - Jack O'Neil, Stargate SG-1

In reply to Net::IRC print multiple lines from $self->privmsg by jfroebe

Title:
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