This is a special quoting modifier. Use of this modifier tells
IRCII that you wish certain characters in the converted text to be
quoted using the \ character. The form of this modifier is:
$^c<sequence>
where c is the character to be quoted, and <sequence> is one of the
special sequences. For example, you may wish to do the following:
alias foo eval echo $^$*
and you do
foo This is a $Test
Since $ expressions are parsed first, the $^$* is the first thing
parsed. The ^$ part tells IRCII to quote all $ in the resultant
string. So, the $^$* is expanded just like $* and becomes:
This is a $Test
and the ^$ causes it to quote all $, which becomes:
This is a \$Test
This is then replaced in the original alias for parsing, so /foo
becomes:
eval echo This is a \$test
When eval goes through the line and reparses it the $ is protected
by the new \, and thus the final output will be "This is a $Test".
If $ was not quoted, eval would try to expand any $'s into the
contents of the associated variable. Eg. one$two would try to
expand the variable $two
The ^ modifier must be first after the initial $. You may specify
more than one character to be quoted simply be adding more ^c to the
expression:
$^$^\B
will quote all occurences of $ and \ in the body of the last message
you received.
Remember, you can use both forms of modifiers, but they must be in
the correct order. All ^ modifiers must be first, followed by any
[] modifier. For example:
$^.[-10]S
This will right justify your server name and quote any . in the
server name with \.
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