Re: nickcolor.pl malfunctioning

Colin <[email protected]> Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:28:12 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.network.irc.irssi.user
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This would work:  http://blog.rnf.me/2012/making-twirssi-work-for-me.html

Alas, I am no coder.

On 25 April 2014 14:26, Weedy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 25 Apr 2014 15:03, "Colin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Not technically an irssi client-related question, I know, but I'm
>> hoping someone knows how to fix this.
>>
>> I have nickcolor.pl installed and enabled but it appears to assign
>> different people within the same channel the same colour, which sort
>> of defeats the purpose of it.
>>
>> Any idea how to change this?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Colin
>>
>
> It's a simple hash without a lot of entropy so it will and does "loop" back
> around even in small channels.
> It would be nice if it had a heuristic that kept it from looping back to the
> top of the colour list before it has exhausted every colour.
>
> We need a nickcolour 2.0