X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2FModules%2FNews.pl;h=caee5f104751e0fab85324b543997dfecb8f4292;hb=f7cae48a17d6decd0a9bd997188271daa0a885b1;hp=dbe7cf074363d31c66661eb806b26032b5157826;hpb=f31097ab45dca4b19e255801c966e9cd552eece4;p=infobot.git

diff --git a/src/Modules/News.pl b/src/Modules/News.pl
index dbe7cf0..caee5f1 100644
--- a/src/Modules/News.pl
+++ b/src/Modules/News.pl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # News.pl: Advanced news management
 #   Author: dms
-#  Version: v0.3 (20014012)
+#  Version: v0.3 (20010412)
 #  Created: 20010326
 #    Notes: Testing done by greycat, kudos!
 #
@@ -17,13 +17,18 @@
 
 package News;
 
+use strict;
+
+use vars qw($who $chan);
+
 sub Parse {
     my($what)	= @_;
     $chan	= undef;
+    $who	= lc $::who;
 
     if (!keys %::news) {
 	if (!exists $::cache{newsFirst}) {
-	    &::DEBUG("looks like we enabled news option just then; loading up news file just in case.");
+	    &::DEBUG("news: looks like we enabled news option just then; loading up news file just in case.");
 	    $::cache{newsFirst} = 1;
 	}
 
@@ -38,27 +43,27 @@ sub Parse {
 	# todo: check if the channel exists aswell.
 	$chan	= lc $1;
 
-	if (!&::IsNickInChan($::who, $chan)) {
-	    &::notice($::who, "sorry but you're not on $chan.");
+	if (!&::IsNickInChan($who, $chan)) {
+	    &::notice($who, "sorry but you're not on $chan.");
 	    return;
 	}
     }
 
     if (!defined $chan) {
-	my @chans = &::getNickInChans($::who);
+	my @chans = &::getNickInChans($who);
 
 	if (scalar @chans > 1) {
-	    &::notice($::who, "error: I dunno which channel you are referring to since you're on more than one. Try 'news #chan ...' instead");
+	    &::notice($who, "error: I dunno which channel you are referring to since you're on more than one. Try 'news #chan ...' instead");
 	    return;
 	}
 
 	if (scalar @chans == 0) {
-	    &::notice($::who, "error: I couldn't find you on any chan. This must be a bug!");
+	    &::notice($who, "error: I couldn't find you on any chan. This must be a bug!");
 	    return;
 	}
 
 	$chan	= $chans[0];
-	&::VERB("Guessed $::who being on chan $chan",2);
+	&::VERB("Guessed $who being on chan $chan",2);
 	$::chan	= $chan;	# hack for IsChanConf().
     }
 
@@ -99,14 +104,15 @@ sub Parse {
     } elsif ($what =~ /^(expire|text|desc)(\s+(.*))?$/i) {
 	# shortcut/link.
 	# nice hack.
+	my $cmd = $1;
 	my($arg1,$arg2) = split(/\s+/, $3, 2);
-	&set("$arg1 $1 $arg2");
+	&set("$arg1 $cmd $arg2");
 
     } elsif ($what =~ /^help(\s+(.*))?$/i) {
-	&::help("news$1");
+	&::help("news $2");
 
     } elsif ($what =~ /^newsflush$/i) {
-	&::msg($::who, "newsflush called... check out the logs!");
+	&::msg($who, "newsflush called... check out the logs!");
 	&::newsFlush();
 
     } elsif ($what =~ /^(un)?notify$/i) {
@@ -114,33 +120,32 @@ sub Parse {
 
 	# todo: don't notify even if "news" is called.
 	if (!&::IsChanConf("newsNotifyAll")) {
-	    &::DEBUG("chan => $chan, ::chan => $::chan.");
-	    &::notice($::who, "not available for this channel or disabled altogether.");
+	    &::DEBUG("news: chan => $chan, ::chan => $::chan.");
+	    &::notice($who, "not available for this channel or disabled altogether.");
 	    return;
 	}
 
-	my $t = $::newsuser{$chan}{$::who};
+	my $t = $::newsuser{$chan}{$who};
 	if ($state) {	# state = 1
 	    if (defined $t and ($t == 0 or $t == -1)) {
-		&::notice($::who, "enabled notify.");
-		delete $::newsuser{$chan}{$::who};
+		&::notice($who, "enabled notify.");
+		delete $::newsuser{$chan}{$who};
 		return;
 	    }
-	    &::notice($::who, "already enabled.");
+	    &::notice($who, "already enabled.");
 
 	} else {		# state = 0
-	    my $x = $::newsuser{$chan}{$::who};
+	    my $x = $::newsuser{$chan}{$who};
 	    if (defined $x and ($x == 0 or $x == -1)) {
-		&::notice($::who, "notify already disabled");
+		&::notice($who, "notify already disabled");
 		return;
 	    }
-	    $::newsuser{$chan}{$::who} = -1;
-	    &::notice($::who, "notify is now disabled.");
+	    $::newsuser{$chan}{$who} = -1;
+	    &::notice($who, "notify is now disabled.");
 	}
 
     } else {
-	&::DEBUG("could not parse '$what'");
-	&::notice($::who, "unknown command: $what");
+	&::notice($who, "unknown command: $what");
     }
 }
 
@@ -166,7 +171,7 @@ sub readNews {
 
 	if (/^[\s\t]+(\S+):[\s\t]+(.*)$/) {
 	    if (!defined $item) {
-		&::DEBUG("!defined item, never happen!");
+		&::DEBUG("news: !defined item, never happen!");
 		next;
 	    }
 
@@ -190,11 +195,13 @@ sub readNews {
     close NEWS;
 
     my $cn = scalar(keys %::news);
-    &::status("News: Read ".
+    return unless ($ci or $cn or $cu);
+
+    &::status("News: read ".
 	$ci. &::fixPlural(" item", $ci). " for ".
 	$cn. &::fixPlural(" chan", $cn). ", ".
 	$cu. &::fixPlural(" user", $cu), " cache"
-    ) if ($ci or $cn or $cu);
+    );
 }
 
 sub writeNews {
@@ -203,10 +210,11 @@ sub writeNews {
 	return;
     }
 
+    # should define this at the top of file.
     my $file = "$::bot_base_dir/blootbot-news.txt";
 
     if (fileno NEWS) {
-	&::ERROR("fileno NEWS exists, should never happen.");
+	&::ERROR("News: write: fileno NEWS exists, should never happen.");
 	return;
     }
 
@@ -219,6 +227,7 @@ sub writeNews {
 	$c = scalar keys %{ $::news{$chan} };
 	next unless ($c);
 	$cc++;
+	my $item;
 
 	foreach $item (sort keys %{ $::news{$chan} }) {
 	    $c = scalar keys %{ $::news{$chan}{$item} };
@@ -226,6 +235,7 @@ sub writeNews {
 	    $ci++;
 
 	    print NEWS "$chan $item\n";
+	    my $what;
 	    foreach $what (sort keys %{ $::news{$chan}{$item} }) {
 		print NEWS "    $what: $::news{$chan}{$item}{$what}\n";
 	    }
@@ -261,27 +271,27 @@ sub add {
     }
 
     if (length $str > 64) {
-	&::notice($::who, "That's not really an item (>64chars)");
+	&::notice($who, "That's not really an item (>64chars)");
 	return;
     }
 
     if (exists $::news{$chan}{$str}{Time}) {
-	&::notice($::who, "'$str' for $chan already exists!");
+	&::notice($who, "'$str' for $chan already exists!");
 	return;
     }
 
     $::news{$chan}{$str}{Time}	= time();
     my $expire = &::getChanConfDefault("newsDefaultExpire",7);
     $::news{$chan}{$str}{Expire}	= time() + $expire*60*60*24;
-    $::news{$chan}{$str}{Author}	= $::who;
+    $::news{$chan}{$str}{Author}	= $::who;	# case!
 
     my $agestr	= &::Time2String($::news{$chan}{$str}{Expire} - time() );
     my $item	= &newsS2N($str);
-    &::notice($::who, "Added '\037$str\037' at [".localtime(time).
+    &::notice($who, "Added '\037$str\037' at [".gmtime(time).
 		"] by \002$::who\002 for item #\002$item\002.");
-    &::notice($::who, "Now do 'news text $item <your_description>'");
-    &::notice($::who, "This item will expire at \002".
-	localtime($::news{$chan}{$str}{Expire})."\002 [$agestr from now] "
+    &::notice($who, "Now do 'news text $item <your_description>'");
+    &::notice($who, "This item will expire at \002".
+	gmtime($::news{$chan}{$str}{Expire})."\002 [$agestr from now] "
     );
 
     &writeNews();
@@ -299,12 +309,12 @@ sub del {
     if ($what =~ /^\d+$/) {
 	my $count = scalar keys %{ $::news{$chan} };
 	if (!$count) {
-	    &::notice($::who, "No news for $chan.");
+	    &::notice($who, "No news for $chan.");
 	    return;
 	}
 
 	if ($what > $count or $what < 0) {
-	    &::notice($::who, "$what is out of range (max $count)");
+	    &::notice($who, "$what is out of range (max $count)");
 	    return;
 	}
 
@@ -323,17 +333,17 @@ sub del {
 	    }
 
 	    if (!scalar @found) {
-		&::notice($::who, "could not find $what.");
+		&::notice($who, "could not find $what.");
 		return;
 	    }
 
 	    if (scalar @found > 1) {
-		&::notice($::who, "too many matches for $what.");
+		&::notice($who, "too many matches for $what.");
 		return;
 	    }
 
 	    $what	= $found[0];
-	    &::DEBUG("del: str: guessed what => $what");
+	    &::DEBUG("news: del: str: guessed what => $what");
 	}
     }
 
@@ -344,66 +354,87 @@ sub del {
 
 	if (!$auth) {
 	    # todo: show when it'll expire.
-	    &::notice($::who, "Sorry, you cannot remove items; just let them expire on their own.");
+	    &::notice($who, "Sorry, you cannot remove items; just let them expire on their own.");
 	    return;
 	}
 
-	&::notice($::who, "ok, deleted '$what' from \002$chan\002...");
+	&::notice($who, "ok, deleted '$what' from \002$chan\002...");
 	delete $::news{$chan}{$what};
     } else {
-	&::notice($::who, "error: not found $what in news for $chan.");
+	&::notice($who, "error: not found $what in news for $chan.");
     }
 }
 
 sub list {
     if (!scalar keys %{ $::news{$chan} }) {
-	&::notice($::who, "No News for \002$chan\002.");
+	&::notice($who, "No news for \002$chan\002.");
 	return;
     }
 
     if (&::IsChanConf("newsKeepRead")) {
-	my $x = $::newsuser{$chan}{$::who};
+	my $x = $::newsuser{$chan}{$who};
 
 	if (defined $x and ($x == 0 or $x == -1)) {
-	    &::DEBUG("not updating time for $::who.");
+	    &::DEBUG("news: not updating time for $who.");
 	} else {
 	    if (!scalar keys %{ $::news{$chan} }) {
-		&DEBUG("news: should not add $chan/$::who to cache!");
+		&::DEBUG("news: should not add $chan/$who to cache!");
 	    }
 
-	    $::newsuser{$chan}{$::who} = time();
+	    $::newsuser{$chan}{$who} = time();
 	}
     }
 
+    # &notice() breaks OPN :( - using msg() instead!
     my $count = scalar keys %{ $::news{$chan} };
-    &::notice($::who, "|==== News for \002$chan\002: ($count items)");
+    &::msg($who, "|==== News for \002$chan\002: ($count items)");
     my $newest	= 0;
+    my $expire	= 0;
+    my $eno	= 0;
     foreach (keys %{ $::news{$chan} }) {
 	my $t	= $::news{$chan}{$_}{Time};
+	my $e	= $::news{$chan}{$_}{Expire};
 	$newest = $t if ($t > $newest);
+	if ($e > 1 and $e < $expire) {
+	    $expire	= $e;
+	    &::DEBUG("before newsS2N($_)");
+	    $eno	= &newsS2N($_);
+	    &::DEBUG("after newsS2N($_) == $eno");
+	}
     }
     my $timestr = &::Time2String(time() - $newest);
-    &::notice($::who, "|= Last updated $timestr ago.");
-    &::notice($::who, " \037Num\037 \037Item ".(" "x40)." \037");
+    &::msg($who, "|= Last updated $timestr ago.");
+    &::msg($who, " \037Num\037  \037Item ".(" "x40)." \037");
+
+#    &::DEBUG("news: list: expire = $expire");
+#    &::DEBUG("news: list: eno    = $eno");
 
     my $i = 1;
     foreach ( &getNewsAll() ) {
 	my $subtopic	= $_;
 	my $setby	= $::news{$chan}{$subtopic}{Author};
+	my $chr		= (exists $::News{$chan}{$subtopic}{Text}) ? "" : "*";
 
 	if (!defined $subtopic) {
-	    &::DEBUG("warn: subtopic == undef.");
+	    &::DEBUG("news: warn: subtopic == undef.");
 	    next;
 	}
 
 	# todo: show request stats aswell.
-	&::notice($::who, sprintf("\002[\002%2d\002]\002 %s",
-				$i, $subtopic));
+	&::msg($who, sprintf("\002[\002%2d\002]\002%s %s",
+				$i, $chr, $subtopic));
 	$i++;
     }
 
-    &::notice($::who, "|= End of News.");
-    &::notice($::who, "use 'news read <#>' or 'news read <keyword>'");
+    my $z = $::newsuser{$who};
+    if (defined $z) {
+	&::DEBUG("cache $who: $z");
+    } else {
+	&::DEBUG("cache: $who doesn't have newscache set.");
+    }
+
+    &::msg($who, "|= End of News.");
+    &::msg($who, "use 'news read <#>' or 'news read <keyword>'");
 }
 
 sub read {
@@ -415,22 +446,31 @@ sub read {
     }
 
     if (!scalar keys %{ $::news{$chan} }) {
-	&::notice($::who, "No News for \002$chan\002.");
+	&::notice($who, "No news for \002$chan\002.");
 	return;
     }
 
     my $item	= &getNewsItem($str);
     if (!defined $item or !scalar keys %{ $::news{$chan}{$item} }) {
-	&::notice($::who, "No news item called '$str'");
+	# todo: numerical check.
+	if ($str =~ /^(\d+)[-, ](\d+)$/ or
+	    $str =~ /^-(\d+)$/ or
+	    $str =~ /^(\d+)-$/ or 0
+	) {
+	    &::notice($who, "We don't support multiple requests of news items yet.  Sorry.");
+	    return;
+	}
+
+	&::notice($who, "No news item called '$str'");
 	return;
     }
 
     if (!exists $::news{$chan}{$item}{Text}) {
-	&::notice($::who, "Someone forgot to add info to this news item");
+	&::notice($who, "Someone forgot to add info to this news item");
 	return;
     }
 
-    my $t	= localtime( $::news{$chan}{$item}{Time} );
+    my $t	= gmtime( $::news{$chan}{$item}{Time} );
     my $a	= $::news{$chan}{$item}{Author};
     my $text	= $::news{$chan}{$item}{Text};
     my $num	= &newsS2N($item);
@@ -452,16 +492,16 @@ sub read {
     my $e;
     if ($_) {
 	$e = sprintf("\037%s\037  [%s from now]",
-		scalar(localtime($_)),
+		scalar(gmtime($_)),
 		&::Time2String($_ - time())
 	);
     }
 
-    &::notice($::who, "+- News \002$chan\002 #$num: $item");
-    &::notice($::who, "| Added by $a at \037$t\037");
-    &::notice($::who, "| Expire: $e") if (defined $e);
-    &::notice($::who, $text);
-    &::notice($::who, "| Requested \002$rcount\002 times, last by \002$rwho\002") if ($rcount and $rwho);
+    &::notice($who, "+- News \002$chan\002 #$num: $item");
+    &::notice($who, "| Added by $a at \037$t\037");
+    &::notice($who, "| Expire: $e") if (defined $e);
+    &::notice($who, $text);
+    &::notice($who, "| Requested \002$rcount\002 times, last by \002$rwho\002") if ($rcount and $rwho);
 
     $::news{$chan}{$item}{'Request_By'}   = $::who;
     $::news{$chan}{$item}{'Request_Time'} = time();
@@ -479,7 +519,7 @@ sub mod {
     my $news = &getNewsItem($item);
 
     if (!defined $news) {
-	&::DEBUG("error: mod: news == undefined.");
+	&::DEBUG("news: error: mod: news == undefined.");
 	return;
     }
     my $nnews = $::news{$chan}{$news}{Text};
@@ -491,7 +531,7 @@ sub mod {
 	my ($delim, $op, $np, $flags) = ($1,$2,$3,$4);
 
 	if ($flags !~ /^(g)?$/) {
-	    &::notice($::who, "error: Invalid flags to regex.");
+	    &::notice($who, "error: Invalid flags to regex.");
 	    return;
 	}
 
@@ -502,23 +542,23 @@ sub mod {
 	if ($flags eq "") {
 	    $done++ if (!$done and $mod_news  =~ s/\Q$op\E/$np/);
 	    $done++ if (!$done and $mod_nnews =~ s/\Q$op\E/$np/);
-        } elsif ($flags eq "g") {
+	} elsif ($flags eq "g") {
 	    $done++ if ($mod_news  =~ s/\Q$op\E/$np/g);
 	    $done++ if ($mod_nnews =~ s/\Q$op\E/$np/g);
 	}
 
 	if (!$done) {
-	    &::notice($::who, "warning: regex not found in news.");
+	    &::notice($who, "warning: regex not found in news.");
 	    return;
 	}
 
 	if ($mod_news ne $news) { # news item.
 	    if (exists $::news{$chan}{$mod_news}) {
-		&::notice($::who, "item '$mod_news' already exists.");
+		&::notice($who, "item '$mod_news' already exists.");
 		return;
 	    }
 
-	    &::notice($::who, "Moving item '$news' to '$mod_news' with SAR s/$op/$np/.");
+	    &::notice($who, "Moving item '$news' to '$mod_news' with SAR s/$op/$np/.");
 	    foreach (keys %{ $::news{$chan}{$news} }) {
 		$::news{$chan}{$mod_news}{$_} = $::news{$chan}{$news}{$_};
 		delete $::news{$chan}{$news}{$_};
@@ -528,7 +568,7 @@ sub mod {
 	}
 
 	if ($mod_nnews ne $nnews) { # news Text/Description.
-	    &::notice($::who, "Changing text for '$news' SAR s/$op/$np/.");
+	    &::notice($who, "Changing text for '$news' SAR s/$op/$np/.");
 	    if ($mod_news ne $news) {
 		$::news{$chan}{$mod_news}{Text} = $mod_nnews;
 	    } else {
@@ -538,36 +578,41 @@ sub mod {
 
 	return;
     } else {
-	&::notice($::who, "error: that regex failed ;(");
+	&::notice($who, "error: that regex failed ;(");
 	return;
     }
 
-    &::notice($::who, "error: Invalid regex. Try s/1/2/, s#3#4#...");
+    &::notice($who, "error: Invalid regex. Try s/1/2/, s#3#4#...");
 }
 
 sub set {
     my($args) = @_;
-    $args =~ /^(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(.*)$/;
-    my($item, $what, $value) = ($1,$2,$3);
+    my($item, $what, $value);
+
+    if (!defined $args) {
+	&::DEBUG("news: set: args == NULL.");
+	return;
+    }
 
-    &::DEBUG("set called.");
+    $item = $1 if ($args =~ s/^(\S+)\s*//);
+    $what = $1 if ($args =~ s/^(\S+)\s*//);
+    $value = $args;
 
     if ($item eq "") {
 	&::help("news set");
 	return;
     }
 
-    &::DEBUG("item => '$item'.");
     my $news = &getNewsItem($item);
 
     if (!defined $news) {
-	&::notice($::who, "Could not find item '$item' substring or # in news list.");
+	&::notice($who, "Could not find item '$item' substring or # in news list.");
 	return;
     }
 
     # list all values for chan.
-    if (!defined $what) {
-	&::DEBUG("set: 1");
+    if (!defined $what or $what =~ /^\s*$/) {
+	&::msg($who, "set: you didn't fill me on the arguments! (what and values)");
 	return;
     }
 
@@ -581,18 +626,18 @@ sub set {
     }
 
     if (!$ok) {
-	&::notice($::who, "Invalid set.  Try: @elements");
+	&::notice($who, "Invalid set.  Try: @elements");
 	return;
     }
 
     # show (read) what.
-    if (!defined $value) {
-	&::DEBUG("set: 2");
+    if (!defined $value or $value =~ /^\s*$/) {
+	&::msg($who, "set: you didn't fill me on the arguments! (value)");
 	return;
     }
 
     if (!exists $::news{$chan}{$news}) {
-	&::notice($::who, "news '$news' does not exist");
+	&::notice($who, "news '$news' does not exist");
 	return;
     }
 
@@ -623,21 +668,22 @@ sub set {
 	}
 
 	if (!$time or ($value and $value !~ /^never$/i)) {
-	    &::DEBUG("set: Expire... need to parse.");
+	    &::DEBUG("news: set: Expire... need to parse.");
+	    &::msg($who, "hrm... couldn't parse that.");
 	    return;
 	}
 
 	if ($time == -1) {
-	    &::notice($::who, "Set never expire for \002$item\002." );
+	    &::notice($who, "Set never expire for \002$item\002." );
 	} elsif ($time < -1) {
-	    &::DEBUG("time should never be negative ($time).");
+	    &::DEBUG("news: time should never be negative ($time).");
 	    return;
 	} else {
-	    &::notice($::who, "Set expire for \002$item\002, to ".
-		localtime($time) ." [".&::Time2String($time - time())."]" );
+	    &::notice($who, "Set expire for \002$item\002, to ".
+		gmtime($time) ." [".&::Time2String($time - time())."]" );
 
 	    if (time() > $time) {
-		&::DEBUG("hrm... time() > $time, should expire.");
+		&::DEBUG("news: hrm... time() > $time, should expire.");
 	    }
 	}
 
@@ -648,12 +694,12 @@ sub set {
     }
 
     my $auth = 0;
-    &::DEBUG("who => '$::who'");
+#    &::DEBUG("news: who => '$who'");
     my $author = $::news{$chan}{$news}{Author};
     $auth++ if ($::who eq $author);
     $auth++ if (&::IsFlag("o"));
     if (!defined $author) {
-	&::DEBUG("news{$chan}{$news}{Author} is not defined! auth'd anyway");
+	&::DEBUG("news: news{$chan}{$news}{Author} is not defined! auth'd anyway");
 	$::news{$chan}{$news}{Author} = $::who;
 	$author = $::who;
 	$auth++;
@@ -661,49 +707,59 @@ sub set {
 
     if (!$auth) {
 	# todo: show when it'll expire.
-	&::notice($::who, "Sorry, you cannot set items. (author $author owns it)");
+	&::notice($who, "Sorry, you cannot set items. (author $author owns it)");
 	return;
     }
 
     # todo: clean this up.
     my $old = $::news{$chan}{$news}{$what};
     if (defined $old) {
-	&::DEBUG("old => $old.");
+	&::DEBUG("news: old => $old.");
     }
     $::news{$chan}{$news}{$what} = $value;
-    &::notice($::who, "Setting [$chan]/{$news}/<$what> to '$value'.");
+    &::notice($who, "Setting [$chan]/{$news}/<$what> to '$value'.");
 }
 
 sub latest {
-    my($tchan, $flag) = @_;
+    my ($tchan, $flag) = @_;
 
-    $chan ||= $tchan;	# hack hack hack.
+    # hack hack hack.  fix later.
+    $chan = $tchan;
+    $who  = $::who;
 
     # todo: if chan = undefined, guess.
-    if (!exists $::news{$chan}) {
-	&::notice($::who, "invalid chan $chan") if ($flag);
+#    if (!exists $::news{$chan}) {
+    if (!exists $::channels{$chan}) {
+	&::notice($who, "invalid chan $chan") if ($flag);
 	return;
     }
 
-    my $t = $::newsuser{$chan}{$::who};
+    my $t = $::newsuser{$chan}{$who};
+#    if (defined $t) {
+#	&::DEBUG("newsuser: $chan/$who == $t");
+#    } else {
+#	&::DEBUG("newsuser: $chan/$who == undefined");
+#    }
+
     if (defined $t and ($t == 0 or $t == -1)) {
 	if ($flag) {
-	    &::notice($::who, "if you want to read news, try /msg $::ident news or /msg $::ident news notify");
+	    &::notice($who, "if you want to read news, try \002/msg $::ident news $chan\002 or \002/msg $::ident news $chan notify\002");
 	} else {
-	    &::DEBUG("not displaying any new news for $::who");
+	    &::DEBUG("news: not displaying any new news for $who");
 	    return;
 	}
     }
 
+    $::chan	= $chan;
     my $x = &::IsChanConf("newsNotifyAll");
-    if (&::IsChanConf("newsNotifyAll") and !defined $t) {
-	$t = 1;
-    }
+    return if (!$x);
+
+    # I don't understand this code ;)
+    $t = 1 if (!defined $t);
 
     if (!defined $t) {
-	&::DEBUG("something went really wrong.");
-	&::DEBUG("chan => $chan, ::chan => $::chan");
-	&::notice($::who, "something went really wrong.");
+#	&::msg($who, "News is disabled for $chan");
+	&::DEBUG("news: $chan: something went really wrong.");
 	return;
     }
 
@@ -727,57 +783,78 @@ sub latest {
 
     # !scalar @new, $flag
     if (!scalar @new and $flag) {
-	&::notice($::who, "no new news for $chan.");
+	&::notice($who, "no new news for $chan for $who.");
+	# valid to set this?
+	$::newsuser{$chan}{$who} = time();
 	return;
     }
 
     # scalar @new, !$flag
     my $unread	= scalar @new;
     my $total	= scalar keys %{ $::news{$chan} };
+    if (!$flag && !&::IsChanConf("newsTellUnread")) {
+	return;
+    }
+
     if (!$flag) {
 	return unless ($unread);
 
+	# just a temporary measure not to flood ourself off the
+	# network with news until we get global notice() and msg()
+	# throttling.
+	if (time() - ($::cache{newsTime} || 0) < 5) {
+	    &::status("news: not displaying latest notice to $who/$chan.");
+	    return;
+	}
+
+	$::cache{newsTime} = time();
 	my $reply = "There are unread news in $chan ($unread unread, $total total). /msg $::ident news $::chan latest";
 	$reply	 .= "  If you don't want further news notification, /msg $::ident news unnotify" if ($unread == $total);
-	&::notice($::who, $reply);
+	&::notice($who, $reply);
 
 	return;
     }
 
     # scalar @new, $flag
     if (scalar @new) {
-	&::notice($::who, "+==== New news for \002$chan\002 ($unread new; $total total):");
+	&::notice($who, "+==== New news for \002$chan\002 ($unread new; $total total):");
 
-	my $t = $::newsuser{$chan}{$::who};
+	my $t = $::newsuser{$chan}{$who};
 	if (defined $t and $t > 1) {
 	    my $timestr = &::Time2String( time() - $t );
-	    &::notice($::who, "|= Last time read $timestr ago");
+	    &::notice($who, "|= Last time read $timestr ago");
 	}
 
+	my $i;
 	my @sorted;
 	foreach (@new) {
-	    my $i   = &newsS2N($_);
+	    $i   = &newsS2N($_);
 	    $sorted[$i] = $_;
 	}
 
-	for (my $i=0; $i<=scalar(@sorted); $i++) {
+	for ($i=0; $i<=scalar(@sorted); $i++) {
 	    my $news = $sorted[$i];
 	    next unless (defined $news);
 
-	    my $age = time() - $::news{$chan}{$news}{Time};
-	    &::notice($::who, sprintf("\002[\002%2d\002]\002 %s",
-		$i, $news) );
-#		$i, $_, &::Time2String($age) ) );
+#	    my $age = time() - $::news{$chan}{$news}{Time};
+	    my $msg = sprintf("\002[\002%2d\002]\002 %s", $i, $news);
+###			$i, $_, &::Time2String($age)
+	    $::conn->schedule(int((2+$i)/2), sub {
+		&::notice($who, $msg);
+	    } );
 	}
 
-	&::notice($::who, "|= to read, do 'news read <#>' or 'news read <keyword>'");
+	# todo: implement throttling via schedule into &notice() / &msg().
+	$::conn->schedule(int((2+$i)/2), sub {
+	    &::notice($who, "|= to read, do \002news $chan read <#>\002 or \002news $chan read <keyword>\002");
+	} );
 
 	# lame hack to prevent dupes if we just ignore it.
-	my $x = $::newsuser{$chan}{$::who};
+	my $x = $::newsuser{$chan}{$who};
 	if (defined $x and ($x == 0 or $x == -1)) {
-	    &::DEBUG("not updating time for $::who. (2)");
+	    &::DEBUG("news: not updating time for $who. (2)");
 	} else {
-	    $::newsuser{$chan}{$::who} = time();
+	    $::newsuser{$chan}{$who} = time();
 	}
     }
 }
@@ -811,7 +888,7 @@ sub newsS2N {
 	my $t = $::news{$chan}{$_}{Time};
 
 	if (!defined $t or $t !~ /^\d+$/) {
-	    &::DEBUG("warn: t is undefined for news{$chan}{$_}{Time}; removing item.");
+	    &::DEBUG("news: warn: t is undefined for news{$chan}{$_}{Time}; removing item.");
 	    delete $::news{$chan}{$_};
 	    next;
 	}
@@ -831,12 +908,14 @@ sub getNewsItem {
     my($what)	= @_;
     my $item	= 0;
 
+    $what =~ s/^\#//;	# '#1' for example.
+
     my %time;
     foreach (keys %{ $::news{$chan} }) {
 	my $t = $::news{$chan}{$_}{Time};
 
 	if (!defined $t or $t !~ /^\d+$/) {
-	    &::DEBUG("warn: t is undefined for news{$chan}{$_}{Time}; removing item.");
+	    &::DEBUG("news: warn: t is undefined for news{$chan}{$_}{Time}; removing item.");
 	    delete $::news{$chan}{$_};
 	    next;
 	}
@@ -860,35 +939,35 @@ sub getNewsItem {
 	foreach (sort { $a <=> $b } keys %time) {
 	    $item++;
 #	    $no = $item if ($time{$_} eq $what);
-	    if ($time{$_} eq $what) {
-		$no = $item;
-		next;
-	    }
+##	    if ($time{$_} eq $what) {
+##		$no = $item;
+##		next;
+##	    }
 
 	    push(@items, $time{$_}) if ($time{$_} =~ /\Q$what\E/i);
 	}
 
-	if (defined $no and !@items) {
-	    &::DEBUG("string->number resolution: $what->$no.");
-	    return $no;
-	}
+##	if (defined $no and !@items) {
+##	    &::DEBUG("news: string->number resolution: $what->$no.");
+##	    return $no;
+##	}
 
 	if (scalar @items > 1) {
-	    &::DEBUG("Multiple matches, not guessing.");
-	    &::notice($::who, "Multiple matches, not guessing.");
+	    &::DEBUG("news: Multiple matches, not guessing.");
+	    &::notice($who, "Multiple matches, not guessing.");
 	    return;
 	}
 
 	if (@items) {
-	    &::DEBUG("gNI: part_string->full_string: $what->$items[0]");
+#	    &::DEBUG("news: gNI: part_string->full_string: $what->$items[0]");
 	    return $items[0];
 	} else {
-	    &::DEBUG("gNI: No match for '$what'");
+	    &::DEBUG("news: gNI: No match for '$what'");
 	    return;
 	}
     }
 
-    &::ERROR("getNewsItem: Should not happen (what = $what)");
+    &::ERROR("news: gNI: should not happen (what = $what)");
     return;
 }
 
@@ -896,25 +975,26 @@ sub do_set {
     my($what,$value) = @_;
 
     if (!defined $chan) {
-	&::DEBUG("do_set: chan not defined.");
+	&::DEBUG("news: do_set: chan not defined.");
 	return;
     }
 
     if (!defined $what or $what =~ /^\s*$/) {
-	&::DEBUG("what $what is not defined.");
+	&::DEBUG("news: what $what is not defined.");
 	return;
     }
+
     if (!defined $value or $value =~ /^\s*$/) {
-	&::DEBUG("value $value is not defined.");
+	&::DEBUG("news: value $value is not defined.");
 	return;
     }
 
-    &::DEBUG("do_set: TODO...");
+    &::DEBUG("news: do_set: TODO...");
 }
 
 sub stats {
     &::DEBUG("News: stats called.");
-    &::msg($::who, "check my logs/console.");
+    &::msg($who, "check my logs/console.");
     my($i,$j) = (0,0);
 
     # total request count.
@@ -937,12 +1017,15 @@ sub stats {
     my $t = time();
     foreach $chan (keys %::newsuser) {
 	$i += $t - $::newsuser{$chan}{$_};
+	&::DEBUG(" i = $i");
 	$j++;
     }
     &::DEBUG("news: stats: average latest time read: total time: $i");
-    &::DEBUG("... count: $j");
-    &::DEBUG("   average: ".sprintf("%.02f", $i/($j||1))." sec/user");
+    &::DEBUG("news: ... count: $j");
+    &::DEBUG("news:   average: ".sprintf("%.02f", $i/($j||1))." sec/user");
     $i = $j = 0;
 }
 
+sub AUTOLOAD { &::AUTOLOAD(@_); }
+
 1;