--reply Commands targeting

[gempir]

Creating a command with --reply can't be "targeted".

Like when as a mod I want to point a user to a specific command like !playlist fawcan it will still reply to me.

Maybe there could be another option like --target or something similar that will overwrite the reply target if it gets a username as argument.

I understand that a reply is probably not possible then because you will likely not have the message id of the other user but either try to look that up in history or do a non reply.

[RAnders00]

As far as I understand it, --reply is just an alternative to the strict say and whisper response modes, to make the bot whisper the command result if the command was executed via whisper, and to say the response in chat if the command was executed there.

The @user, <text> format always comes from the command definition. If the command was defined as @$(source:name), response, then „targeting“ wont work since source always refers to the command sender. However there is @$(usersource;1:name), response which I think should do what you want to accomplish. Unfortunately it means the name mentioning prefix is included in whisper responses too, but that‘s a separate issue.

documentation: https://github.com/pajbot/pajbot/blob/master/docs/variables.md#usersource

[gempir]

As it was explained to me. --reply uses Twitch' Reply feature. Has nothing to do with whispering.

I used to create commands with @$(usersource;1:username_raw) which did what I wanted except it doesn't use the new reply feature.

[RAnders00]

Ah, I see, I missed that change it seems. Fair point then