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## Commands
-- `!ping`: Write 'pong'. Useful for testing that the bot is responding.
-- `!quit`: Kill the bot. Only usable by `opnick`.
-- `!wttr <location>`: Get the weather in `location` using OpenWeatherMap
-- `!ddg <search>`: Search DuckDuckGo for `search`. Scrapes the HTML version of
+- `.ping`: Write 'pong'. Useful for testing that the bot is responding.
+- `.quit`: Kill the bot. Only usable by `opnick`.
+- `.w <location>`: Get the weather in `location` using OpenWeatherMap
+- `.ddg <search>`: Search DuckDuckGo for `search`. Scrapes the HTML version of
DuckDuckGo, might be broken by the time you're reading this.
-- `!ia <search>`: Get DuckDuckGo instant answers for `search`. Some searches may
+- `.ia <search>`: Get DuckDuckGo instant answers for `search`. Some searches may
cause weird errors.
-- `!w <title>`: Write the overview of the English Wikipedia article
+- `.wp <title>`: Write the overview of the English Wikipedia article
named `title`.
-- `!ws <search>`: Search the English Wikipedia for `search`.
-- `!reload`: Reload the configuration file.
-- `!choose`: Randomly choose one of the arguments.
-- `!remind`/`!reminders`/`!remindme`/`!snooze`: Something like
+- `.ws <search>`: Search the English Wikipedia for `search`.
+- `.reload`: Reload the configuration file.
+- `.choose`: Randomly choose one of the arguments.
+- `.remind`/`.reminders`/`.remindme`/`.snooze`: Something like
<https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/reminderbot>. Also triggered by most
natural-language requests for reminders that start with 'remind me'.
-- `!loc`/`!location`: set user locations
-- `!np`: print the currently playing song, ignore arguments
-- `!mpd`: launch raw bytes at mpd, see
- <https://musicpd.org/doc/html/protocol.html> for documentation
-- `!markov`: print a Markov chain based on everything that quaternia has heard
-- `!add <filter>`, `!album <album>`, `!artist <artist>`, `!clear`,
- `!prev`, `!skip`/`!next`, `!title`: poke mpd in various ways
-- `!go`: execute Go code
-- `!gobegin`, `!gorollback`, `!gocommit`: start, abort, and commit a transaction
+- `.loc`/`.location`: set user locations
+- `.markov`: print a Markov chain based on everything that quaternia has heard
+- `.go`: execute Go code
+- `.gobegin`, `.gorollback`, `.gocommit`: start, abort, and commit a transaction
of persistent Go commands
-- `!mbta`: get predictions from the MBTA API
-- `!stops`: get the stop IDs on an MBTA route
-- `!rss`: manage RSS subscriptions
-
-The music commands require an MPD intstance. It is recommended to put that
-instance on a server and configure the httpd output.
+- `.mbta`: get predictions from the MBTA API
+- `.stops`: get the stop IDs on an MBTA route
+- `.rss`: manage RSS subscriptions
Persistence is done with textual files under /etc/quaternia, because SQL
is overkill for this and adds a runtime dependency.