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+<tr><td class="block" style="background-color: #cccccc" valign="middle">
+<big><strong><span class="block">&nbsp;X-Chat 2 Perl Interface</span></strong></big>
+</td></tr>
+</table>
+
+
+<!-- INDEX BEGIN -->
+<div>
+<p><a name="__index__"></a></p>
+
+<ul>
+	<li><a href="#x_chat_2_perl_interface">X-Chat 2 Perl Interface</a></li>
+	<li class="branch">
+		<ul>
+		<li><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#constants">Constants</a></li>
+		<li class="branch">
+			<ul>
+			<li><a href="#priorities">Priorities</a></li>
+			<li><a href="#return_values">Return values</a></li>
+			<li class="branch">
+				<ul>
+				<li><a href="#timer_and_fd_hooks">Timer and fd hooks</a></li>
+				</ul>
+			</li>
+
+			<li><a href="#hook_fd_flags">hook_fd flags</a></li>
+			</ul>
+		</li>
+
+		<li><a href="#functions">Functions</a></li>
+		<li class="branch">
+			<ul>
+			<li><a href="#xchat_register"><code>Xchat::register( $name, $version, [$description,[$callback]] )</code></a></li>
+			<li><a href="#xchat_hook_server"><code>Xchat::hook_server( $message, $callback, [\%options] )</code></a></li>
+			<li><a href="#xchat_hook_command"><code>Xchat::hook_command( $command, $callback, [\%options] )</code></a></li>
+			<li><a href="#xchat_hook_print"><code>Xchat::hook_print( $event,$callback, [\%options] )</code></a></li>
+			<li><a href="#xchat_hook_timer"><code>Xchat::hook_timer( $timeout,$callback, [\%options | $data] )</code></a></li>
+			<li><a href="#xchat_hook_fd"><code>Xchat::hook_fd( $handle, $callback, [ \%options ] )</code></a></li>
+			<li class="branch">
+				<ul>
+				<li><a href="#when_callbacks_are_invoked">When callbacks are invoked</a></li>
+				<li><a href="#callback_arguments">Callback Arguments</a></li>
+				<li><a href="#callback_return_values">Callback return values</a></li>
+				<li><a href="#miscellaneous_hook_related_information">Miscellaneous Hook Related Information</a></li>
+				</ul>
+			</li>
+
+			<li><a href="#xchat_unhook"><code>Xchat::unhook( $hook )</code></a></li>
+			<li><a href="#xchat_print"><code>Xchat::print( $text | \@lines, [$channel,[$server]] )</code></a></li>
+			<li><a href="#xchat_printf"><code>Xchat::printf( $format, LIST )</code></a></li>
+			<li><a href="#xchat_command"><code>Xchat::command( $command | \@commands, [$channel,[$server]] )</code></a></li>
+			<li><a href="#xchat_commandf"><code>Xchat::commandf( $format, LIST )</code></a></li>
+			<li><a href="#xchat_find_context"><code>Xchat::find_context( [$channel, [$server]] )</code></a></li>
+			<li><a href="#xchat_get_context"><code>Xchat::get_context()</code></a></li>
+			<li><a href="#xchat_set_context"><code>Xchat::set_context( $context | $channel,[$server] )</code></a></li>
+			<li><a href="#xchat_get_info"><code>Xchat::get_info( $id )</code></a></li>
+			<li><a href="#xchat_get_prefs"><code>Xchat::get_prefs( $name )</code></a></li>
+			<li><a href="#xchat_emit_print"><code>Xchat::emit_print( $event, LIST )</code></a></li>
+			<li><a href="#xchat_send_modes"><code>Xchat::send_modes( $target | \@targets, $sign, $mode, [ $modes_per_line ] )</code></a></li>
+			<li><a href="#xchat_nickcmp"><code>Xchat::nickcmp( $nick1, $nick2 )</code></a></li>
+			<li><a href="#xchat_get_list"><code>Xchat::get_list( $name )</code></a></li>
+			<li><a href="#xchat_user_info"><code>Xchat::user_info( [$nick] )</code></a></li>
+			<li><a href="#xchat_context_info"><code>Xchat::context_info( [$context] )</code></a></li>
+			<li><a href="#xchat_strip_code"><code>Xchat::strip_code( $string )</code></a></li>
+			</ul>
+		</li>
+
+		<li><a href="#examples">Examples</a></li>
+		<li class="branch">
+			<ul>
+			<li><a href="#asynchronous_dns_resolution_with_hook_fd">Asynchronous DNS resolution with hook_fd</a></li>
+			</ul>
+		</li>
+
+		<li><a href="#contact_information">Contact Information</a></li>
+		</ul>
+	</li>
+</ul>
+
+<hr />
+</div>
+<!-- INDEX END -->
+
+<p>
+</p>
+<h1><a name="x_chat_2_perl_interface" />X-Chat 2 Perl Interface</h1>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h2><a name="introduction" />Introduction</h2>
+<p>This is the new Perl interface for X-Chat 2.  However, due to changes in
+xchat's plugin code you will need xchat 2.0.8 or above to load this.  Scripts
+written using the old interface will continue to work. If there are any
+problems, questions, comments or suggestions please email them to the address
+on the bottom of this page.</p>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h2><a name="constants" />Constants</h2>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="priorities" />Priorities</h3>
+<ul>
+<li><strong><code>Xchat::PRI_HIGHEST</code></strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>Xchat::PRI_HIGH</code></strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>Xchat::PRI_NORM</code></strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>Xchat::PRI_LOW</code></strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>Xchat::PRI_LOWEST</code></strong>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="return_values" />Return values</h3>
+<ul>
+<li><strong><code>Xchat::EAT_NONE</code>     - pass the event along</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>Xchat::EAT_XCHAT</code>    - don't let xchat see this event</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>Xchat::EAT_PLUGIN</code>   - don't let other scripts and plugins see this event but xchat will still see it</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>Xchat::EAT_ALL</code>      - don't let anything else see this event</strong>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h4><a name="timer_and_fd_hooks" />Timer and fd hooks</h4>
+<ul>
+<li><strong><code>Xchat::KEEP</code>         - keep the timer going or hook watching the handle</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>Xchat::REMOVE</code>       - remove the timer or hook watching the handle</strong>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="hook_fd_flags" />hook_fd flags</h3>
+<ul>
+<li><strong><code>Xchat::FD_READ</code>			- invoke the callback when the handle is ready for reading</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>Xchat::FD_WRITE</code>		- invoke the callback when the handle is ready for writing</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>Xchat::FD_EXCEPTION</code>	- invoke the callback if an exception occurs</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>Xchat::FD_NOTSOCKET</code>	- indicate that the handle being hooked is not a socket</strong>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h2><a name="functions" />Functions</h2>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_register" /><code>Xchat::register( $name, $version, [$description,[$callback]] )</code></h3>
+<ul>
+<li><strong><code>$name</code>             -  The name of this script</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>$version</code>          -  This script's version</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>$description</code>   -  A description for this script</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>$callback</code>      -  This is a function that will be called when the is script
+                     unloaded. This can be either a reference to a
+                     function or an anonymous sub reference.</strong>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>This is the first thing to call in every script.</p>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_hook_server" /><code>Xchat::hook_server( $message, $callback, [\%options] )</code></h3>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_hook_command" /><code>Xchat::hook_command( $command, $callback, [\%options] )</code></h3>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_hook_print" /><code>Xchat::hook_print( $event,$callback, [\%options] )</code></h3>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_hook_timer" /><code>Xchat::hook_timer( $timeout,$callback, [\%options | $data] )</code></h3>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_hook_fd" /><code>Xchat::hook_fd( $handle, $callback, [ \%options ] )</code></h3>
+<p>These functions can be to intercept various events.
+hook_server can be used to intercept any incoming message from the IRC server.
+hook_command can be used to intercept any command, if the command doesn't currently exist then a new one is created.
+hook_print can be used to intercept any of the events listed in Setttings-&gt;Advanced-&gt;Text Events
+hook_timer can be used to create a new timer</p>
+<ul>
+<li><strong><code>$message</code>       -  server message to hook such as PRIVMSG</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>$command</code>       -  command to intercept, without the leading /</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>$event</code>      -  one of the events listed in Settings-&gt;Advanced-&gt;Text Events</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>$timeout</code>       -  timeout in milliseconds</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>$handle</code>     - the I/O handle you want to monitor with hook_fd. This must be something that has a fileno. See perldoc -f fileno or <a href="http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/fileno.html">fileno</a></strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>$callback</code>   -  callback function, this is called whenever
+                  the hooked event is trigged, the following are
+                  the conditions that will trigger the different hooks.
+                  This can be either a reference to a
+                  function or an anonymous sub reference.</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong>\%options   -  a hash reference containing addional options for the hooks</strong>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>Valid keys for \%options:</p>
+<table border="1">   <tr>
+   <td>data</td>  <td>Additional data that is to be associated with the<br />
+                  hook. For timer hooks this value can be provided either as<br />
+                  <code>Xchat::hook_timer( $timeout, $cb,{data=&gt;$data})</code><br />
+                  or <code>Xchat::hook_timer( $timeout, $cb, $data )</code>.<br />
+                  However, this means that hook_timer cannot be provided<br />
+                  with a hash reference containing data as a key.<br />                  example:<br />
+                  my $options = { data =&gt; [@arrayOfStuff] };<br />
+                  Xchat::hook_timer( $timeout, $cb, $options );<br />
+                  <br />
+                  In this example, the timer's data will be<br />
+                  [@arrayOfStuff] and not { data =&gt; [@arrayOfStuff] }<br />
+                  <br />
+                  This key is valid for all of the hook functions.<br />
+                  <br />
+                  Default is undef.<br />
+                  </td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>priority</td> <td>Sets the priority for the hook.<br />
+                        It can be set to one of the
+                        <code>Xchat::PRI_*</code> constants.<br />
+                        <br />
+                        This key only applies to server, command
+                        and print hooks.<br />
+                        <br />
+                        Default is <code>Xchat::PRI_NORM</code>.
+                        </td>   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>help_text</td>   <td>Text displayed for /help $command.<br />
+                           <br />
+                           This key only applies to command hooks.<br />
+                           <br />
+                           Default is "".
+                           </td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>flags</td>   <td>Specify the flags for a fd hook.<br />
+                       <br />
+                       See <a href="#hook_fd_flags">hook fd flags</a> section for valid values.<br />
+                       <br />
+                       On Windows if the handle is a pipe you specify<br />
+                       Xchat::FD_NOTSOCKET in addition to any other flags you might be using.<br />
+                       <br />
+                       This key only applies to fd hooks.<br />
+                       Default is Xchat::FD_READ
+                           </td>
+   </tr></table><p>
+</p>
+<h4><a name="when_callbacks_are_invoked" />When callbacks are invoked</h4>
+<p>Each of the hooks will be triggered at different times depending on the type
+of hook.</p>
+<table border="1">   <tr style="background-color: #dddddd">
+      <td>Hook Type</td>   <td>When the callback will be invoked</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>server hooks</td>   <td>a <code>$message</code> message is 
+                              received from the server
+                              </td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>command hooks</td>  <td>the <code>$command</code> command is
+                              executed, either by the user or from a script
+                              </td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>print hooks</td> <td>X-Chat is about to print the message for the
+                           <code>$event</code> event
+                           </td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>timer hooks</td> <td>called every <code>$timeout</code> milliseconds
+                           (1000 millisecond is 1 second)<br />
+                           the callback will be executed in the same context where
+                           the hook_timer was called, if the context no longer exists
+                           then it will execute in a random context
+                           </td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>fd hooks</td> <td>depends on the flags that were passed to hook_fd<br />
+                        See <a href="#hook_fd_flags">hook_fd flags</a> section.
+                        </td>
+   </tr>
+</table><p>The value return from these hook functions can be passed to <code>Xchat::unhook</code> 
+to remove the hook.</p>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h4><a name="callback_arguments" />Callback Arguments</h4>
+<p>All callback functions will receive their arguments in <code>@_</code> like every
+other Perl subroutine.</p>
+<p>
+Server and command callbacks<br />
+<br />
+<code>$_[0]</code>   -  array reference containing the IRC message or command and
+arguments broken into words<br />
+example:<br />
+/command arg1 arg2 arg3<br />
+<code>$_[0][0]</code> -  command<br />
+<code>$_[0][1]</code> -  arg1<br />
+<code>$_[0][2]</code> -  arg2<br />
+<code>$_[0][3]</code> -  arg3<br />
+<br />
+<code>$_[1]</code>   -  array reference containing the Nth word to the last word<br />
+example:<br />
+/command arg1 arg2 arg3<br />
+<code>$_[1][0]</code>   -  command arg1 arg2 arg3<br />
+<code>$_[1][1]</code>   -  arg1 arg2 arg3<br />
+<code>$_[1][2]</code>   -  arg2 arg3<br />
+<code>$_[1][3]</code>   -  arg3<br />
+<br />
+<code>$_[2]</code>   -  the data that was passed to the hook function<br />
+<br />
+Print callbacks<br />
+<br />
+<code>$_[0]</code>   -  array reference containing the values for the
+                        text event see Settings-&gt;Advanced-&gt;Text Events<br />
+<code>$_[1]</code>   -  the data that was passed to the hook function<br />
+<br />
+Timer callbacks<br />
+<br />
+<code>$_[0]</code>   -  the data that was passed to the hook function<br />
+<br />fd callbacks<br />
+<br />
+<code>$_[0]</code>   -  the handle that was passed to hook_fd<br />
+<code>$_[1]</code>   -  flags indicating why the callback was called<br />
+<code>$_[2]</code>   -  the data that was passed to the hook function<br />
+</p><p>
+</p>
+<h4><a name="callback_return_values" />Callback return values</h4>
+<p>All server, command and print  callbacks should return one of
+the <code>Xchat::EAT_*</code> constants.
+Timer callbacks can return Xchat::REMOVE to remove
+the timer or Xchat::KEEP to keep it going</p>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h4><a name="miscellaneous_hook_related_information" />Miscellaneous Hook Related Information</h4>
+<p>For server hooks, if <code>$message</code> is &quot;RAW LINE&quot; then <code>$cb</code> will be called for
+every IRC message than X-Chat receives.</p>
+<p>For command hooks if <code>$command</code> is &quot;&quot; then <code>$cb</code> will be called for
+messages entered by the user that is not a command.</p>
+<p>For print hooks besides those events listed in 
+Settings-&gt;Advanced-&gt;Text Events, these additional events can be used.</p>
+<table border="1">   <tr style="background-color: #dddddd">
+      <td>Event</td> <td>Description</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>"Open Context"</td> <td>a new context is created</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>"Close Context"</td>   <td>a context has been close</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>"Focus Tab"</td> <td>when a tab is brought to the front</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>"Focus Window"</td> <td>when a top level window is focused or the
+                              main tab window is focused by the window manager
+                              </td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>"DCC Chat Text"</td>   <td>when text from a DCC Chat arrives.
+                                 <code>$_[0]</code> will have these values<br />
+                                 <br />
+                                 <code>$_[0][0]</code>   -  Address<br />
+                                 <code>$_[0][1]</code>   -  Port<br />
+                                 <code>$_[0][2]</code>   -  Nick<br />
+                                 <code>$_[0][3]</code>   -  Message<br />
+                                 </td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>"Key Press"</td> <td>used for intercepting key presses<br />
+			$_[0][0] - key value<br />
+			$_[0][1] - state bitfield, 1 - shift, 4 - control, 8 - alt<br />
+			$_[0][2] - string version of the key which might be empty for unprintable keys<br />
+			$_[0][3] - length of the string in $_[0][2]<br />
+		</td>
+   </tr>
+</table><p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_unhook" /><code>Xchat::unhook( $hook )</code></h3>
+<ul>
+<li><strong><code>$hook</code>    -  the hook that was previously returned by one of the <code>Xchat::hook_*</code> functions</strong>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>This function is used to removed a hook previously added with one of
+the <code>Xchat::hook_*</code> functions</p>
+<p>It returns the data that was passed to the <code>Xchat::hook_*</code> function when
+the hook was added</p>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_print" /><code>Xchat::print( $text | \@lines, [$channel,[$server]] )</code></h3>
+<ul>
+<li><strong><code>$text</code>    -  the text to print</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>\@lines</code>  -  array reference containing lines of text to be printed
+               all the elements will be joined together before printing</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>$channel</code> -  channel or tab with the given name where <code>$text</code>
+               will be printed</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>$server</code>  -  specifies that the text will be printed in a channel or tab
+               that is associated with <code>$server</code></strong>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>The first argument can either be a string or an array reference of strings.
+Either or both of <code>$channel</code> and <code>$server</code> can be undef.</p>
+<p>If called as <code>Xchat::print( $text )</code>, it will always return true.
+If called with either the channel or the channel and the server
+specified then it will return true if a context is found and
+false otherwise. The text will not be printed if the context
+is not found.  The meaning of setting <code>$channel</code> or <code>$server</code> to
+undef is the same as
+<a href="#xchat_find_context">find_context</a>.</p>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_printf" /><code>Xchat::printf( $format, LIST )</code></h3>
+<ul>
+<li><strong><code>$format</code>  -  a format string, see &quot;perldoc -f <a href="http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/sprintf.html">sprintf</a>&quot; for further detail</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong>LIST     -  list of values for the format fields</strong>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_command" /><code>Xchat::command( $command | \@commands, [$channel,[$server]] )</code></h3>
+<ul>
+<li><strong><code>$command</code> -  the command to execute, without the leading /</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>\@commands</code>  -  array reference containing a list of commands to execute</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>$channel</code> -  channel or tab with the given name where <code>$command</code> will be executed</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>$server</code>  -  specifies that the command will be executed in a channel or tab that is associated with <code>$server</code></strong>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>The first argument can either be a string or an array reference of strings.
+Either or both of <code>$channel</code> and <code>$server</code> can be undef.</p>
+<p>If called as <code>Xchat::command( $command )</code>, it will always return true.
+If called with either the channel or the channel and the server
+specified then it will return true if a context is found and false
+otherwise. The command will not be executed if the context is not found.
+The meaning of setting <code>$channel</code> or <code>$server</code> to undef is the same
+as find_context.</p>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_commandf" /><code>Xchat::commandf( $format, LIST )</code></h3>
+<ul>
+<li><strong><code>$format</code> -  a format string, see &quot;perldoc -f <a href="http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/sprintf.html">sprintf</a>&quot; for further detail</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong>LIST     -  list of values for the format fields</strong>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_find_context" /><code>Xchat::find_context( [$channel, [$server]] )</code></h3>
+<ul>
+<li><strong><code>$channel</code> -  name of a channel</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>$server</code>  -  name of a server</strong>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>Either or both of <code>$channel</code> and $server can be undef. Calling
+<code>Xchat::find_context()</code> is the same as calling
+<code>Xchat::find_context( undef, undef)</code> and
+<code>Xchat::find_context( $channel )</code> is
+the same as <code>Xchat::find_context( $channel, undef )</code>.</p>
+<p>If <code>$server</code> is undef, find any channel named $channel.
+If <code>$channel</code> is undef, find the front most window
+or tab named <code>$server</code>.If both $channel and
+<code>$server</code> are undef, find the currently focused tab or window.</p>
+<p>Return the context found for one of the above situations or undef if such
+a context cannot be found.</p>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_get_context" /><code>Xchat::get_context()</code></h3>
+<p>Returns the current context.</p>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_set_context" /><code>Xchat::set_context( $context | $channel,[$server] )</code></h3>
+<ul>
+<li><strong><code>$context</code> -  context value as returned from <a href="#xchat_get_context">get_context</a>,<a href="#xchat_find_context">find_context</a> or one
+               of the fields in the list of hashrefs returned by list_get</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>$channel</code> -  name of a channel you want to switch context to</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>$server</code>  -  name of a server you want to switch context to</strong>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>See <a href="#xchat_find_context">find_context</a> for more details on <code>$channel</code> and <code>$server</code>.</p>
+<p>Returns true on success, false on failure</p>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_get_info" /><code>Xchat::get_info( $id )</code></h3>
+<ul>
+<li><strong><code>$id</code>   -  one of the following case sensitive values</strong>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<table border="1">   <tr style="background-color: #dddddd">
+      <td>ID</td>          <td>Return value</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>away</td>  <td>away reason or undef if you are not away</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>channel</td>  <td>current channel name</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>charset</td>  <td>character-set used in the current context</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>event_text &lt;Event Name&gt;</td> <td>text event format string for &lt;Event name&gt;<br />
+      Example:
+	<div class="example synNormal"><div class='line_number'>
+<div>1</div>
+</div>
+<div class='content'><pre><span class="synStatement">my</span> <span class="synIdentifier">$channel_msg_format</span> = Xchat::get_info( <span class="synStatement">&quot;</span><span class="synConstant">event_text Channel Message</span><span class="synStatement">&quot;</span> );
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+	</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+	<td>host</td>  <td>real hostname of the current server</td>
+</tr><tr>
+	<td>id</td> <td>connection id</td>
+</tr><tr>
+	<td>inputbox</td> <td>contents of the inputbox</td>
+</tr><tr>
+	<td>libdirfs</td>
+	<td>the system wide directory where xchat will look for plugins.
+	this string is in the same encoding as the local file system</td>
+</tr><tr>
+	<td>modes</td> <td>the current channels modes or undef if not known</td>
+</tr><tr>
+	<td>network</td>  <td>current network name or undef</td>
+</tr><tr>
+	<td>nick</td>  <td>current nick</td>
+</tr><tr>
+	<td>nickserv</td> <td>nickserv password for this network or undef</td>
+</tr><tr>
+	<td>server</td>   <td>current server name <br />
+							(what the server claims to be) undef if not connected
+							</td>
+</tr><tr>
+	<td>state_cursor</td>
+	<td>current inputbox cursor position in characters</td>
+</tr><tr>
+	<td>topic</td> <td>current channel topic</td>
+</tr><tr>
+	<td>version</td>  <td>xchat version number</td>
+</tr><tr>
+	<td>win_status</td>
+	<td>status of the xchat window, possible values are "active", "hidden"
+	and "normal"</td>
+</tr><tr>
+  <td>win_ptr</td> <td>native window pointer, GtkWindow * on Unix, HWND on Win32.<br />
+  On Unix if you have the Glib module installed you can use my $window = Glib::Object->new_from_pointer( Xchat::get_info( "win_ptr" ) ); to get a Gtk2::Window object.<br />
+  Additionally when you have detached tabs, each of the windows will return a different win_ptr for the different Gtk2::Window objects.<br />
+  See <a href="http://xchat.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/xchat/xchat2/plugins/perl/char_count.pl?view=markup">char_count.pl</a> for a longer example of a script that uses this to show how many characters you currently have in your input box.
+  </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+	<td>xchatdir</td> <td>xchat config directory encoded in UTF-8<br />
+							examples:<br />
+							/home/user/.xchat2<br />
+							C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\X-Chat 2
+							</td>
+</tr><tr>
+	<td>xchatdirfs</td>  <td>same as xchatdir except encoded in the locale file system encoding</td>
+</tr>
+</table><p>This function is used to retrieve certain information about the current
+context.</p><p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_get_prefs" /><code>Xchat::get_prefs( $name )</code></h3>
+<ul>
+<li><strong><code>$name</code> -  name of a X-Chat setting (available through the /set command)</strong>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>This function provides a way to retrieve X-Chat's setting information.</p>
+<p>Returns <code>undef</code> if there is no setting called called <code>$name</code>.</p>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_emit_print" /><code>Xchat::emit_print( $event, LIST )</code></h3>
+<ul>
+<li><strong><code>$event</code>   -  name from the Event column in Settings-&gt;Advanced-&gt;Text Events</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong>LIST     -  this depends on the Description column on the bottom of Settings-&gt;Advanced-&gt;Text Events</strong>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>This functions is used to generate one of the events listed under
+Settings-&gt;Advanced-&gt;Text Events</p>
+<p>Note: when using this function you MUST return Xchat::EAT_ALL otherwise you will end up with duplicate events.
+One is the original and the second is the one you emit.</p>
+<p>Returns true on success, false on failure</p>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_send_modes" /><code>Xchat::send_modes( $target | \@targets, $sign, $mode, [ $modes_per_line ] )</code></h3>
+<ul>
+<li><strong><code>$target</code>  -  a single nick to set the mode on</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>\@targets</code>   -  an array reference of the nicks to set the mode on</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>$sign</code> - the mode sign, either '+' or '-'</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>$mode</code> - the mode character such as 'o' and 'v', this can only be one character long</strong>
+</li>
+<li><strong><code>$modes_per_line</code>   -  an optional argument maximum number of modes to send per at once, pass 0 use the current server's maximum (default)</strong>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>Send multiple mode changes for the current channel. It may send multiple MODE lines if the request doesn't fit on one.</p>
+<p>Example:</p>
+<<div class="example synNormal"><div class='line_number'>
+<div>1</div>
+<div>2</div>
+<div>3</div>
+<div>4</div>
+<div>5</div>
+<div>6</div>
+<div>7</div>
+<div>8</div>
+<div>9</div>
+<div>10</div>
+<div>11</div>
+<div>12</div>
+<div>13</div>
+<div>14</div>
+</div>
+<div class='content'><pre><span class="synStatement">use strict</span>;
+<span class="synStatement">use </span>warning;
+<span class="synStatement">use </span>Xchat <span class="synStatement">qw(</span><span class="synConstant">:all</span><span class="synStatement">)</span>;
+
+hook_command( <span class="synStatement">&quot;</span><span class="synConstant">MODES</span><span class="synStatement">&quot;</span>, <span class="synStatement">sub </span>{
+   <span class="synStatement">my</span> (<span class="synStatement">undef</span>, <span class="synIdentifier">$who</span>, <span class="synIdentifier">$sign</span>, <span class="synIdentifier">$mode</span>) = <span class="synIdentifier">@{$_[</span><span class="synConstant">0</span><span class="synIdentifier">]}</span>;
+   <span class="synStatement">my</span> <span class="synIdentifier">@targets</span> = <span class="synStatement">split</span> <span class="synStatement">/</span><span class="synConstant">,</span><span class="synStatement">/</span>, <span class="synIdentifier">$who</span>;
+   <span class="synStatement">if</span>( <span class="synIdentifier">@targets</span> &gt; <span class="synConstant">1</span> ) {
+      send_modes( \<span class="synIdentifier">@targets</span>, <span class="synIdentifier">$sign</span>, <span class="synIdentifier">$mode</span>, <span class="synConstant">1</span> );
+   } <span class="synStatement">else</span> {
+      send_modes( <span class="synIdentifier">$who</span>, <span class="synIdentifier">$sign</span>, <span class="synIdentifier">$mode</span> );
+   }
+   <span class="synStatement">return</span> EAT_XCHAT;
+});
+</pre></div>
+</div><p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_nickcmp" /><code>Xchat::nickcmp( $nick1, $nick2 )</code></h3>
+<ul>
+<li><strong><code>$nick1, $nick2</code> -  the two nicks or channel names that are to be compared</strong>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>The comparsion is based on the current server. Either a <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1459.txt" class="rfc">RFC1459</a> compliant
+string compare or plain ascii will be using depending on the server. The
+comparison is case insensitive.</p>
+<p>Returns a number less than, equal to or greater than zero if
+<code>$nick1</code> is 
+found respectively, to be less than, to match, or be greater than
+<code>$nick2</code>.</p>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_get_list" /><code>Xchat::get_list( $name )</code></h3>
+<ul>
+<li><strong><code>$name</code> -  name of the list, one of the following:
+&quot;channels&quot;, &quot;dcc&quot;, &quot;ignore&quot;, &quot;notify&quot;, &quot;users&quot;</strong>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>This function will return a list of hash references.  The hash references
+will have different keys depend on the list.  An empty list is returned
+if there is no such list.</p>
+<p>"channels"  -  list of channels, querys and their server</p><table border="1">   <tr style="background-color: #dddddd">
+      <td>Key</td>   <td>Description</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>channel</td>  <td>tab name</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>chantypes</td>
+      <td>channel types supported by the server, typically "#&amp;"</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>context</td>  <td>can be used with set_context</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>flags</td> <td>Server Bits:<br />
+                     0 - Connected<br />
+                     1 - Connecting<br />
+                     2 - Away<br />
+                     3 - EndOfMotd(Login complete)<br />
+                     4 - Has WHOX<br />
+                     5 - Has IDMSG (FreeNode)<br />
+                    <br />
+                    <p>The following correspond to the /chanopt command</p>
+                    6  - Hide Join/Part Message (text_hidejoinpart)<br />
+                    7  - unused (was for color paste)<br />
+                    8  - Beep on message (alert_beep)<br />
+                    9  - Blink Tray (alert_tray)<br />
+                    10 - Blink Task Bar (alert_taskbar)<br />
+<p>Example of checking if the current context has Hide Join/Part messages set:</p>
+<div class="example synNormal"><div class='line_number'>
+<div>1</div>
+<div>2</div>
+<div>3</div>
+</div>
+<div class='content'><pre><span class="synStatement">if</span>( Xchat::context_info-&gt;{flags} &amp; (<span class="synConstant">1</span> &lt;&lt; <span class="synConstant">6</span>) ) {
+  Xchat::<span class="synStatement">print</span>( <span class="synStatement">&quot;</span><span class="synConstant">Hide Join/Part messages is enabled</span><span class="synStatement">&quot;</span> );
+}
+</pre></div>
+</div>                     </td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>id</td> <td>Unique server ID </td>
+   </tr>
+   
+   <tr>
+      <td>lag</td>
+      <td>lag in milliseconds</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>maxmodes</td> <td>Maximum modes per line</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>network</td>  <td>network name to which this channel belongs</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>nickprefixes</td>   <td>Nickname prefixes e.g. "+@"</td>
+   </tr>
+   
+   <tr>
+      <td>nickmodes</td>   <td>Nickname mode chars e.g. "vo"</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>queue</td>
+      <td>number of bytes in the send queue</td>
+   </tr>
+   
+   <tr>
+      <td>server</td>   <td>server name to which this channel belongs</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>type</td>  <td>the type of this context<br />
+                     1 - server<br />
+                     2 - channel<br />
+                     3 - dialog<br />
+                     </td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>users</td> <td>Number of users in this channel</td>
+   </tr>
+</table><p>"dcc"       -  list of DCC file transfers</p>
+<table border="1">   <tr style="background-color: #dddddd">
+      <td>Key</td>   <td>Value</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>address32</td>   <td>address of the remote user(ipv4 address)</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>cps</td>   <td>bytes per second(speed)</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>destfile</td> <td>destination full pathname</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>file</td>  <td>file name</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>nick</td>
+      <td>nick of the person this DCC connection is connected to</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>port</td>  <td>TCP port number</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>pos</td>   <td>bytes sent/received</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>poshigh</td>   <td>bytes sent/received, high order 32 bits</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>resume</td>   <td>point at which this file was resumed<br />
+                        (zero if it was not resumed)
+                        </td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>resumehigh</td>   <td>point at which this file was resumed, high order 32 bits<br />
+                        </td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>size</td>  <td>file size in bytes low order 32 bits</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>sizehigh</td>	<td>file size in bytes, high order 32 bits (when the files is > 4GB)</td>
+	</tr>
+	<tr>
+      <td>status</td>   <td>DCC Status:<br />
+                        0 - queued<br />
+                        1 - active<br />
+                        2 - failed<br />
+                        3 - done<br />
+                        4 - connecting<br />
+                        5 - aborted
+                        </td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>type</td>  <td>DCC Type:<br />
+                     0 - send<br />
+                     1 - receive<br />
+                     2 - chatrecv<br />
+                     3 - chatsend
+                     </td>
+   </tr></table><p>"ignore"    -  current ignore list</p>
+<table border="1">   <tr style="background-color: #dddddd">
+      <td>Key</td> <td>Value</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>mask</td>  <td>ignore mask. e.g: *!*@*.aol.com</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>flags</td> <td>Bit field of flags.<br />
+                     0 - private<br />
+                     1 - notice<br />
+                     2 - channel<br />
+                     3 - ctcp<br />
+                     4 - invite<br />
+                     5 - unignore<br />
+                     6 - nosave<br />
+                     7 - dcc<br />
+                     </td>
+   </tr></table><p>"notify" - list of people on notify</p>
+<table border="1">
+   <tr style="background-color: #dddddd">
+      <td>Key</td>   <td>Value</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>networks</td>
+      <td>comma separated list of networks where you will be notfified about this user's online/offline status or undef if you will be notificed on every network you are connected to</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>nick</td>  <td>nickname</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>flags</td> <td>0 = is online</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>on</td> <td>time when user came online</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>off</td>   <td>time when user went offline</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>seen</td>  <td>time when user was last verified still online</td>
+   </tr>
+</table><p>the values indexed by on, off and seen can be passed to localtime
+and gmtime, see perldoc -f <a href="http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/localtime.html">localtime</a> and perldoc -f <a href="http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/gmtime.html">gmtime</a> for more
+detail</p><p>"users"     -  list of users in the current channel</p>
+<table border="1">   <tr style="background-color: #dddddd">
+      <td>Key</td>   <td>Value</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>away</td>  <td>away status(boolean)</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>lasttalk</td>
+      <td>last time a user was seen talking, this is the an epoch time(number of seconds since a certain date, that date depends on the OS)</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>nick</td>  <td>nick name</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>host</td>
+      <td>host name in the form: user@host or undef if not known</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>prefix</td>   <td>prefix character, .e.g: @ or +</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>realname</td>
+       <td>Real name or undef</td>
+   </tr>   <tr>
+      <td>selected</td>
+      <td>selected status in the user list, only works when retrieving the user list of the focused tab. You can use the /USELECT command to select the nicks</td>
+   </tr>
+</table><p>"networks"	-	list of networks and the associated settings from network list</p>
+<table border="1">   <tr style="background-color: #dddddd">
+      <td>Key</td>   <td>Value</td>
+   </tr>
+	
+	<tr>
+	<td>autojoins</td> <td>An object with the following methods:<br />
+		<table>
+			<tr>
+				<td>Method</td>
+				<td>Description</td>
+			</tr>			<tr>
+				<td>channels()</td>
+				<td>returns a list of this networks' autojoin channels in list context, a count of the number autojoin channels in scalar context</td>
+			</tr>			<tr>
+				<td>keys()</td>
+				<td>returns a list of the keys to go with the channels, the order is the same as the channels, if a channel doesn't  have a key, '' will be returned in it's place</td>
+			</tr>			<tr>
+				<td>pairs()</td>
+				<td>a combination of channels() and keys(), returns a list of (channels, keys) pairs. This can be assigned to a hash for a mapping from channel to key.</td>
+			</tr>			<tr>
+				<td>as_hash()</td>
+				<td>return the pairs as a hash reference</td>
+			</tr>			<tr>
+				<td>as_string()</td>
+				<td>the original string that was used to construct this autojoin object, this can be used with the JOIN command to join all the channels in the autojoin list</td>
+			</tr>			<tr>
+				<td>as_array()</td>
+				<td>return an array reference of hash references consisting of the keys "channel" and "key"</td>
+			</tr>			<tr>
+				<td>as_bool()</td>
+				<td>returns true if the network has autojoins and false otherwise</td>
+			</tr>
+		</table>
+	</td>
+	</tr>
+   
+	<tr>
+	<td>connect_commands</td> <td>An array reference containing the connect commands for a network. An empty array if there aren't any</td>
+	</tr>	<tr>
+	<td>encoding</td> <td>the encoding for the network</td>
+	</tr>	<tr>
+		<td>flags</td>
+		<td>
+			a hash reference corresponding to the checkboxes in the network edit window
+			<table>
+				<tr>
+					<td>allow_invalid</td>
+					<td>true if "Accept invalid SSL certificate" is checked</td>
+				</tr>				<tr>
+					<td>autoconnect</td>
+					<td>true if "Auto connect to this network at startup" is checked</td>
+				</tr>				<tr>
+					<td>cycle</td>
+					<td>true if "Connect to selected server only" is <strong>NOT</strong> checked</td>
+				</tr>				<tr>
+					<td>use_global</td>
+					<td>true if "Use global user information" is checked</td>
+				</tr>				<tr>
+					<td>use_proxy</td>
+					<td>true if "Bypass proxy server" is <strong>NOT</strong> checked</td>
+				</tr>				<tr>
+					<td>use_ssl</td>
+					<td>true if "Use SSL for all the servers on this network" is checked</td>
+				</tr>
+			</table>
+		</td>
+	</tr>	<tr>
+		<td>irc_nick1</td>
+		<td>Corresponds with the "Nick name" field in the network edit window</td>
+	</tr>	<tr>
+		<td>irc_nick2</td>
+		<td>Corresponds with the "Second choice" field in the network edit window</td>
+	</tr>	<tr>
+		<td>irc_real_name</td>
+		<td>Corresponds with the "Real name" field in the network edit window</td>
+	</tr>	<tr>
+		<td>irc_user_name</td>
+		<td>Corresponds with the "User name" field in the network edit window</td>
+	</tr>	<tr>
+		<td>network</td>
+		<td>Name of the network</td>
+	</tr>	<tr>
+		<td>nickserv_password</td>
+		<td>Corresponds with the "Nickserv password" field in the network edit window</td>
+	</tr>	<tr>
+		<td>selected</td>
+		<td>Index into the list of servers in the "servers" key, this is used if the "cycle" flag is false</td>
+	</tr>	<tr>
+		<td>server_password</td>
+		<td>Corresponds with the "Server password" field in the network edit window</td>
+	</tr>	<tr>
+		<td>servers</td>
+		<td>An array reference of hash references with a "host" and "port" key. If a port is not specified then 6667 will be used.</td>
+	</tr>
+</table><p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_user_info" /><code>Xchat::user_info( [$nick] )</code></h3>
+<ul>
+<li><strong><code>$nick</code> -  the nick to look for, if this is not given your own nick will be
+            used as default</strong>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>This function is mainly intended to be used as a shortcut for when you need
+to retrieve some information about only one user in a channel. Otherwise it
+is better to use <a href="#xchat_get_list">get_list</a>.
+If <code>$nick</code> is found a hash reference containing the same keys as those in the
+&quot;users&quot; list of <a href="#xchat_get_list">get_list</a> is returned otherwise undef is returned.
+Since it relies on <a href="#xchat_get_list">get_list</a> this function can only be used in a
+channel context.</p>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_context_info" /><code>Xchat::context_info( [$context] )</code></h3>
+<ul>
+<li><strong><code>$context</code> -  context returned from <a href="#xchat_get_context">get_context</a>, <a href="#xchat_find_context">find_context</a> and <a href="#xchat_get_list">get_list</a>, this is the context that you want infomation about. If this is omitted, it will default to current context.</strong>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>This function will return the information normally retrieved with <a href="#xchat_get_info">get_info</a>, except this is for the context that is passed in. The information will be returned in the form of a hash. The keys of the hash are the <code>$id</code> you would normally supply to <a href="#xchat_get_info">get_info</a> as well as all the keys that are valid for the items in the &quot;channels&quot; list from <a href="#xchat_get_list">get_list</a>. Use of this function is more efficient than calling get_list( &quot;channels&quot; ) and searching through the result.</p>
+<p>Example:</p>
+<div class="example synNormal"><div class='line_number'>
+<div>1</div>
+<div>2</div>
+<div>3</div>
+<div>4</div>
+<div>5</div>
+<div>6</div>
+<div>7</div>
+<div>8</div>
+<div>9</div>
+<div>10</div>
+<div>11</div>
+</div>
+<div class='content'><pre><span class="synStatement">use strict</span>;
+<span class="synStatement">use warnings</span>;
+<span class="synStatement">use </span>Xchat <span class="synStatement">qw(</span><span class="synConstant">:all</span><span class="synStatement">)</span>; <span class="synComment"># imports all the functions documented on this page</span>
+
+register( <span class="synStatement">&quot;</span><span class="synConstant">User Count</span><span class="synStatement">&quot;</span>, <span class="synStatement">&quot;</span><span class="synConstant">0.1</span><span class="synStatement">&quot;</span>,
+   <span class="synStatement">&quot;</span><span class="synConstant">Print out the number of users on the current channel</span><span class="synStatement">&quot;</span> );
+hook_command( <span class="synStatement">&quot;</span><span class="synConstant">UCOUNT</span><span class="synStatement">&quot;</span>, \<span class="synIdentifier">&amp;display_count</span> );
+<span class="synStatement">sub </span><span class="synIdentifier">display_count </span>{
+   prnt <span class="synStatement">&quot;</span><span class="synConstant">There are </span><span class="synStatement">&quot;</span> . context_info()-&gt;{users} . <span class="synStatement">&quot;</span><span class="synConstant"> users in this channel.</span><span class="synStatement">&quot;</span>;
+   <span class="synStatement">return</span> EAT_XCHAT;
+}
+</pre></div>
+</div><p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="xchat_strip_code" /><code>Xchat::strip_code( $string )</code></h3>
+<ul>
+<li><strong><code>$string</code>  -  string to remove codes from</strong>
+</li>
+</ul>
+<p>This function will remove bold, color, beep, reset, reverse and underline codes from <code>$string</code>. It will also remove ANSI escape codes which might get used by certain terminal based clients. If it is called in void context <code>$string</code> will be modified otherwise a modified copy of <code>$string</code> is returned.</p>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h2><a name="examples" />Examples</h2>
+<p>
+</p>
+<h3><a name="asynchronous_dns_resolution_with_hook_fd" />Asynchronous DNS resolution with hook_fd</h3>
+<div class="example synNormal"><div class='line_number'>
+<div>1</div>
+<div>2</div>
+<div>3</div>
+<div>4</div>
+<div>5</div>
+<div>6</div>
+<div>7</div>
+<div>8</div>
+<div>9</div>
+<div>10</div>
+<div>11</div>
+<div>12</div>
+<div>13</div>
+<div>14</div>
+<div>15</div>
+<div>16</div>
+<div>17</div>
+<div>18</div>
+<div>19</div>
+<div>20</div>
+<div>21</div>
+<div>22</div>
+<div>23</div>
+<div>24</div>
+<div>25</div>
+<div>26</div>
+<div>27</div>
+<div>28</div>
+<div>29</div>
+<div>30</div>
+<div>31</div>
+<div>32</div>
+<div>33</div>
+<div>34</div>
+<div>35</div>
+</div>
+<div class='content'><pre><span class="synStatement">use strict</span>;
+<span class="synStatement">use warnings</span>;
+<span class="synStatement">use </span>Xchat <span class="synStatement">qw(</span><span class="synConstant">:all</span><span class="synStatement">)</span>;
+<span class="synStatement">use </span>Net::DNS;
+   
+hook_command( <span class="synStatement">&quot;</span><span class="synConstant">BGDNS</span><span class="synStatement">&quot;</span>, <span class="synStatement">sub </span>{
+   <span class="synStatement">my</span> <span class="synIdentifier">$host</span> = <span class="synIdentifier">$_[</span><span class="synConstant">0</span><span class="synIdentifier">][</span><span class="synConstant">1</span><span class="synIdentifier">]</span>;
+   <span class="synStatement">my</span> <span class="synIdentifier">$resolver</span> = Net::DNS::Resolver-&gt;new;
+   <span class="synStatement">my</span> <span class="synIdentifier">$sock</span> = <span class="synIdentifier">$resolver-&gt;bgsend</span>( <span class="synIdentifier">$host</span> );
+   
+   hook_fd( <span class="synIdentifier">$sock</span>, <span class="synStatement">sub </span>{
+      <span class="synStatement">my</span> <span class="synIdentifier">$ready_sock</span> = <span class="synIdentifier">$_[</span><span class="synConstant">0</span><span class="synIdentifier">]</span>;
+      <span class="synStatement">my</span> <span class="synIdentifier">$packet</span> = <span class="synIdentifier">$resolver-&gt;bgread</span>( <span class="synIdentifier">$ready_sock</span> );
+      
+      <span class="synStatement">if</span>( <span class="synIdentifier">$packet-&gt;authority</span> &amp;&amp; (<span class="synStatement">my</span> <span class="synIdentifier">@answers</span> = <span class="synIdentifier">$packet-&gt;answer</span> ) ) {
+         
+         <span class="synStatement">if</span>( <span class="synIdentifier">@answers</span> ) {
+            prnt <span class="synStatement">&quot;</span><span class="synIdentifier">$host</span><span class="synConstant">:</span><span class="synStatement">&quot;</span>;
+            <span class="synStatement">my</span> <span class="synIdentifier">$padding</span> = <span class="synStatement">&quot;</span><span class="synConstant"> </span><span class="synStatement">&quot;</span> x (<span class="synStatement">length</span>( <span class="synIdentifier">$host</span> ) + <span class="synConstant">2</span>);
+            <span class="synStatement">for</span> <span class="synStatement">my</span> <span class="synIdentifier">$answer</span> ( <span class="synIdentifier">@answers</span> ) {
+               prnt <span class="synIdentifier">$padding</span> . <span class="synIdentifier">$answer-&gt;rdatastr</span> . <span class="synStatement">'</span><span class="synConstant"> </span><span class="synStatement">'</span> . <span class="synIdentifier">$answer-&gt;type</span>;
+            }
+         }
+      } <span class="synStatement">else</span> {
+         prnt <span class="synStatement">&quot;</span><span class="synConstant">Unable to resolve </span><span class="synIdentifier">$host</span><span class="synStatement">&quot;</span>;
+      }
+      
+      <span class="synStatement">return</span> REMOVE;
+   },
+   {
+      <span class="synConstant">flags</span> =&gt; FD_READ,
+   });
+   
+   <span class="synStatement">return</span> EAT_XCHAT;
+});
+</pre></div>
+</div>
+
+<p>
+</p>
+<h2><a name="contact_information" />Contact Information</h2>
+<p>Contact Lian Wan Situ at &lt;atmcmnky [at] yahoo.com&gt; for questions, comments and
+corrections about this page or the Perl plugin itself.  You can also find me
+in #xchat on FreeNode under the nick Khisanth.</p>
+<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
+<tr><td class="block" style="background-color: #cccccc" valign="middle">
+<big><strong><span class="block">&nbsp;X-Chat 2 Perl Interface</span></strong></big>
+</td></tr>
+</table>
+
+</body>
+
+</html>