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Seriously this was written a while back and the parsing code could be replaced by something sane. YAML is closest to the existing syntax. Also write something to convert existing .uberbotrc files over.

We currently only write session data when the bot is dismissed. If something kills the bot, that causes problems. It also means that a session will still show as pending after first invite, up until the first dismiss. This was originally done for performance to avoid writing session data with each line, but that's not really a problem.

This is probably user-error, but if not...

I'm missing the Calvin::Bots::Characters library when attempting to start uberbot ('/usr/bin/uberbot ~/.frobotrc.yaml'). To get them I used to point at your ~jonrober/perl-stuff directory, but that no longer works. Here's what I've done and the output:

haven:~> /usr/bin/uberbot .frobotrc.yaml 
Can't locate Calvin/Bots/Characters.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Calvin::Bots::Characters module) (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/i386-linux-gnu/perl/5.24.1 /usr/local/share/perl/5.24.1 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/perl5/5.24 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/perl/5.24 /usr/share/perl/5.24 /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/perl-base) at /usr/bin/uberbot line 21.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/uberbot line 21.

haven:~> perl -I ~jonrober/perl-stuff/ /usr/bin/uberbot .frobotrc.yaml
haven:~> Not a HASH reference at /home/jonrober/perl-stuff/Calvin/Config.pm line 181.

Right now it just throws errors and takes you to empty screen.

We should use character data from the plexchar files to at least do an alternate list of characters based on character ownership, as well as do something around displaying tag data in descbot. Here are some starting thoughts:

• Character ownership and listings should be done by the plexchar data, with a "*" or similar to denote the characters we have descriptions for.
• Being able to show and list characters by tags should be supported.
• Perhaps descs should be brought entirely into that data tree? The only problem is that the plexchar data is suited for characters and not places, which leaves some of the data barren.

There's many older versions of the program names in all of the plexchar perldoc and usage arguments. Fix that.

Add a configuration option for error log. If not set, keep errors in STDERR, where normal system functions can handle. It should then just be set for individual users.