on notify_signon (removed)

Former synopsis

/on [<noise>]notify_signon "<pattern>" { <commands> }

Description

The notify_signon event formerly ran when the client's internal notify list detected that a watched nickname had signed on to IRC. EPIC6 has removed this named hook and the former internal notify-list event path. It no longer generates this event or its historical fields.

Former parameters

These describe the removed interface, not arguments supplied by EPIC6. The former automatic-userhost setting is not a current built-in setting controlling this event.

Compatibility and current script behavior

Attempting to register /on notify_signon ... is rejected with No such ON function: NOTIFY_SIGNON. Retained references in script/notify.jm, including attempts to fetch userhosts and synthesize the event, do not restore the named hook.

The current script/notify provides notify as a wrapper around server monitor requests. It directly handles online numeric 730, echoing the server-provided fields, without emitting notify_signon. This facility requires server support for monitor; its replies describe nickname availability and can include initial status, not only newly observed connection establishment.

Scripts wanting to customize these notifications can handle the actual server numeric replies using on. Those arguments are server reply fields rather than this removed hook's nickname and optional userhost contract.

For a user's join to a shared channel, see on join. Joining a channel and becoming available under a watched nickname are different observations; neither is a universal replacement for the other.

Source references

• KNOWNBUGS: records removal of the previously sunset notify signon and signoff hooks.
• source/hook.c: the named-hook table omits notify_signon; find_hook rejects unknown event names.
• include/hook.h: current event identifiers contain no notify-signon hook.
• source/vars.c: current built-in settings omit notify_userhost_automatic.
• script/notify: defines the monitor wrapper and directly formats numeric 730 without emitting the former event.
• script/notify.jm: retains historical userhost and hook references.