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= How to Survive a Xobot Uprising =

xobot is an [[IRC]] bot who lives on the freenode network, and generally hangs out in #sugar, #olpc and #olpc-help.

xobot is an instance of [https://launchpad.net/knab/ Knab] (Knab is not a bot) and is a cousin of Spinach, who has [http://wiki.clug.org.za/wiki/Spinach good documentation].

Knab is written in Perl. You can get source at:

 bzr branch http://dev.laptop.org/~morgan/knab

xobot is maintained by [[User:Morgs|morgs]].

== Using xobot to communicate with others ==

You can ask xobot when someone was last seen in one of the channels where xobot was:

 <morgs> xobot: seen marcopg
 <xobot> morgs: marcopg was last seen on #sugar 35 minutes and 11 seconds ago, saying: morgs: guess rob since he requested perms

You can ask xobot to give someone a message:

 <morgs> xobot: tell jg please approve #1234 kthxbye
 <xobot> morgs: sure

When xobot sees that person say something, then:

 <xobot> jg: by the way, morgs told me to tell you 'please approve #1234 kthxbye' 21 minutes and 2 seconds ago

== Factoids ==

You can teach xobot to respond to things. Here's an example:

 <morgs> xobot: OLPC
 <xobot> morgs: huh?
 <morgs> xobot: OLPC is One Laptop Per Child
 <xobot> morgs: righto!
 <morgs> xobot: OLPC
 <xobot> morgs: OLPC is One Laptop Per Child

You can give multiple meanings:

 <morgs> xobot: Chat
 <xobot> morgs: Chat is http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Chat
 <morgs> xobot: Chat is also maintained by morgs
 <xobot> morgs: okay

For more, see [http://wiki.clug.org.za/wiki/Spinach Spinach's documentation].

== Using xobot for support purposes ==

Xobot is useful in supporting users. When you can identify a common user problem, have xobot give them the scoop.

 <green-peacock-13> I am becoming very distressed by the line my activites make at the bottom of the screen.
 <colinz> Sounds like you should upgrade to the latest version!
 <colinz> xobot upgrade
 <xobot> The most reliable upgrade path the OLPC Support gang has found is described here:  http://wiki.laptop.org/go/No-Fail_Upgrade
 <green-peakcock-13> Thanks I'll try that.

Support Gang updates Xobot with the latest instructions, so be sure to use him. To find out what Xobot knows, use his search function.

First get a private dialog with Xobot so you don't drive everyone else crazy:
 /msg xobot lets chat

Then pick his brain
 <colinz> xobot search battery
 <xobot> colinz: Found: ('is') battery recovery [1]; battery [1]; battery recover [1]; battery =+ and [1]; battery repair [1];  (showing 5 of 5 results)
 <colinz> xobot battery recovery
 <xobot>  http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_LiFePO4_Recovery_Procedure
 <colinx> xobot battery
 <xobot>  lithium ferrous phosphate oxide and lasts about 4 hours
 ...