Cinch::Helper can't get instances of Channel and User objects about cinch HOT 5 CLOSED

User('username').send("!command") executes in the Bot.new block, i.e. when you load the file, not when the bot is connected. As there is no connection yet, this will fail in many ways.

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all I put after bot.start is not executed.

For example

require 'cinch'

bot = Cinch::Bot.new do
  configure do |c|
    c.server   = "irc.server.org"
    c.nick     = "bot_name"
    c.channels = ["#channel"]
  end

  on :message, /^regex)/ do |m,challenge|
    # some stuff
    m.reply "!command answer}"
  end
end

bot.start
User('username').send("!command")
# all stuff here, cinch or ruby command, won't be executed

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Because bot.start is thread-locking (its waiting for incoming messages). I'd suggest to try Cinch plugins or create Threads

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That would have been great if Cinch has this feature out of the box. I don't understand that Cinch can reply to message with on :message but can't directly send message to a user.

Plugin doc is empty since 2012. ANd this example doesn't help me to understand how to send a message (not just replying) with a plugin.

Create a thread is more a workaround than a solution.

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I find a way. For example waiting for a special private message or on :connect:

on :private, /^send_target/ do
    candy  = Cinch::Target.new("target-user", bot)
    candy.send("message")
  end

This will be nice to write someting like this in the doc.

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