11:56 <n1k> Can I let my bot send messages to a channel on its own, without having to reply to a message?

11:56 <n1k> And if yes, how? :)

14:11 <Rennex> i'm detecting a need for better example bots... :)

14:12 <Rennex> tbh the ones whose sources i read were so similar that they could've been one and the same

18:11 <romulobr> hi, can you tell me how to get a list of everybody who is on the channel (so I can send a private message).

18:12 <waxjar> http://rubydoc.info/gems/cinch/Cinch/Channel#users-instance_method

18:12 <romulobr> thanks a lot

18:12 <romulobr> sorry for the lame question

18:16 <catepillar> Rennex: what kind of examples would you like to see? I get quite a bit out of those that are there.

20:34 <Rennex> catepillar: well, just from looking at the FAQ on this channel - how to send messages to an arbitrary user/channel, and how to make the bot announce (and also listen for) stuff happening outside irc

20:34 <Rennex> i just went through the examples - 1 out of 9 total demonstrates sending a message to a user, all the others are based on "on :message" and "m.reply"

20:35 <Rennex> it's all in the API docs i'm sure, but an example does wonders for the impatient information seeker.. :)

20:38 <dominikh> I'd be more interested in a proper guide/tutorial than more examples nobody looks at (otherwise they'd know how to send messages to arbitrary users :))

20:39 <dominikh> Note: interested in means interested in someone writing such a thing

20:52 <Rennex> yeah, the readme on github is pretty short, for one. Doesn't really give a good sense of what's possible or how x is commonly done, just a scratch on the surface

20:53 <Rennex> when i was looking for a bot framework to use, i settled on cinch based on other sources :)

20:54 <dominikh> Yeah, I'm aware of that. The API docs themselves are very extensive, in that they explain all methods and arguments. But there's no way to know what to look for in the first place

20:54 <dominikh> Unfortunately I don't exactly have the time to write anything up

20:54 <Rennex> yeah, common problem...

20:55 <dominikh> But yeah, maybe someone will step up and write a set of guides :)

21:41 <brandon|work> I've been playing around with that idea for a while

21:41 <brandon|work> something like the manual for Shoes

21:43 <dominikh> hopefully not written in _why's eccentric style :)

21:44 <brandon|work> haha, not quite

21:45 <brandon|work> I was just thinking more of "these are your options, these are basic ways to interact with things, and finally some complex examples

21:46 <dominikh> that'd be nice