This depends on Math::BaseCalc from CPAN. This is conveniently packaged in
Debian as libmath-basecalc-perl. To fetch from CPAN if your OS doesn't
provide CPAN packages, do
$ perl -MCPAN -e 'install Math::BaseCalc'
These perl modules assume they exist in a directory called Instance. The
easiest way to make this fly, by far, is to symlink the place you got these
sources as ~/.irssi/scripts/Instance. Then you can tell irssi to
"/script load Instance/IrssiInstancer.pl" and everything should be fine.
To run tests in the current directory, you should "ln -s . Instance" too.
The UI is currently rather spartan, defining the following commands:
/instance [label] sets the default instance for the current window
to label, or stops sending default tags if label
is omitted.
/instsay label message sends the message with the given instance label
but does not set or alter the default.
/instpunt label Causes the current window to not display messages
tagged with instance "label".
/instunpunt label Undoes the action of the punt command.
/instlist Lists punted (and routed) instances in the current
window.
/say message [Not defined by this script]
will send the message to the current window without
an instance label, even if a default is set.
We suggest that you alias commands to more convenient forms:
/alias i instance
/alias il instlist
/alias ip instpunt
/alias is instsay
/alias iu instunpunt
See TODO for things if you want to help out.