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@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +rbot README +=========== + +rbot is a ruby IRC bot. Think of him as a ruby bot framework with a highly +modular design based around plugins. + +rbot features +============= + +* Runtime configuration via irc chat +* User authentication and access levels for using different bot features +* Built in infobot-style keywords. See example session below. +* Support for underlying fact database (infobot fact files), which can + be overridden or supplemented by runtime keyword controls +* Multi-language support - comes with english, dutch and german definitions + so far - more translations welcome +* Powerful plugin architecture, comes with plugins for: + o DNS queries + o Babelfish translation + o Google searching + o Excuse generation + o Insult generation + o Karma + o Checking the weather + o Querying slashdot + o Doing Math + o Per-channel quote storage, searching and retrieval + o Reminders + o rot13 translation + o Check the spelling of a word + o Webserver Server: header examination + o RPG dice rolling + o larting people + o conversation stats + o more... + +Thanks are owed to the infobot developers - several of rbot's features are +inspired by infobot and so are some of the default plugins. Thanks are also +owed to RADKade1, as rbot's quote plugin is a direct reimplementation of his +"quotesaq" - simply because it's a great quote interface. + +Mainly, rbot's fun to play with, although the plugin architecture can be used +to write very useful modules + |