quote

Send an IRC protocol statement directly to the current server.

Synopsis

/quote irc-statement

Description

quote behaves like xquote without options. It forwards the whole argument text through the normal server sending layer without interpreting the IRC command or validating its parameters. Include the protocol command and any required separators yourself, including a colon before a trailing parameter containing spaces.

The built-in accepts no options. In particular, text beginning with -server, -all, or -url is forwarded as statement text; those flags belong to xquote. With no text, quote silently does nothing. The command is always registered and returns no value or local success echo. Server replies and errors are handled normally.

The request uses the current server reference. It does not fall back to the primary server when no current server context exists. A valid but closed server record normally produces the sending layer's not-connected diagnostic, subject to the disconnect hook; without a valid server record, nothing is sent. Use xquote -server for explicit server selection.

Encoding and limits

Direct protocol access is still subject to EPIC's normal outgoing processing. Outbound line mangling applies, the entire statement is recoded using the server's encoding, and the send_to_server on hook can suppress transmission. Unlike msg, this path does not separately recode a message body for its recipient.

The current sending layer truncates the resulting statement to 510 bytes and appends a CRLF line terminator. It does not split long statements or preserve arbitrary byte data. Literal control characters, including embedded CR or LF, are subject to the configured line processing and can have protocol effects if retained. Supply one ordinary IRC statement; use xquote -url when you specifically need its separate raw-byte interface, including responsibility for wire terminators.

quote bypasses built-in command bookkeeping before sending. Prefer ordinary commands such as nick, join, and msg when they provide the operation you need: sending a protocol request directly does not perform their pending-state or other local preparation. Server support, authorization, and protocol rules determine whether a request succeeds.

Example

Send a private message to foo:

/quote PRIVMSG foo :text of message

The colon makes the message body a single trailing IRC parameter. This does not provide the ordinary outgoing msg echo or saved-target handling.

Source

Registration and the quotecmd distinction between quote and xquote are in source/commands.c. Current-server transmission, connection checks, line processing, encoding, hooks, and wire limits are in source/server.c.