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Hello.
I'm trying to write a module, which forces chanmode +c to do exactly the same as +S does. However, when compiling my module, I get such message:

warning: assignment discards qualifiers from pointer target type

the lines near that which calls the warning are:

text = parv[2];
if (MyClient(sptr) && (chptr->mode.mode & MODE_NOCOLOR))
text = StripControlCodes(parv[2]);

What can be wrong here?

StripControlCodes returns a 'const char *', therefore if you assign the value to a 'char *' (so non-cost) it gives a warning.
Harmless in this case, so you cast to (char *)

But... It doesn't look to me like you are coding a proper module.
To code this in a proper module way, you would write a module which uses the HOOKTYPE_CHANMSG hook and has such a callback function (which returns a string).

Much better than modifying something official, or command overriding, or whatever you are doing ;).

dammit.. everything goes wrong.. is there any information I can read about coding modules? Or some module coding tutorial for newbies or sth like that?

Best way to learn it is by looking at some of the the existing modules (like from me, codemastr, etc.. check unrealircd.com -> modules).

As for real documention there's some very limited stuff on http://modules.unrealircd.com/, although it's exactly sufficient for your purposes ;p.

And if you can't find something anywhere, then there's the source of course (though indeed, that's not so elegant).

thanks.

Actually I was looking at the source and trying to write, but I find it very bad and evil because sometimes it is difficult to understand or find the code similar to your needs..

Syzop, I'm actually looking at doing some case-by-case docs based on some of the smaller stuff I've written - would that be any good/postable somewhere?

docs? well more recent module docs sound good, yes ;p.
What are case-by-case docs though?
And with postable do you mean on the forum or what? ;p

case-by-case as in, looking at a particular problem, how I wanted to solve it, and the particular methods required to do it (ie: a module I do annotated to all hell, to give an easy example/introduction on how to do stuff).

I did a basic module to give a user a uline to test stuff for example, and I might use that as an example on how to add a command, process it, and send it to other servers, or whatever.

Postable as in, I dunno.. do you want them? Or shall I just whack them up someplace and put a link in my sig :p

Oh ok, I thought you meant you made some API docs or something ;).

(nm ;p)

API docs.. I still get confused in places, so don't know how great I'd be at that (I didn't know there was a difference between add_Command and CommandAdd until recently).

Maybe I'll have a go in a few months . I still need to work on a module that needs events, that'll be fun :p.

There is a place where we can find a documented module sample?
A base module where we can start codig another one ...

I have been givin a task to code an unreal module. I don't know the first thing about coding in C/C++ except that you need a compiler, which I dl'd. I somehow need to create a module that when you set usermode +b to any user it will kill them with the msg "Happy Birthday!".
I have been constantly searching for someone that can help me in any way possible. Please people, i'm getting desperate. A free shell is on the line here to. So I have extra motivation to follow through with this. Send any information you may have to [email protected] please or [email protected]
Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Mike

[My site] http://Spyke.ro0t.org