# $EPIC: map_script.txt,v 1.2 2007/03/04 20:52:39 jnelson Exp $
======Synopsis:======
[[load]] map \\
[[map]] //[<server>]//

======Description:======
This script implements the [[map]] command in the client.  The [[map]] command
shows you a topological map of the irc network from the point of view of your
server.  Not every server supports it, so you can [[load]] this script and it
will seamlessly do the job in the client as needed.

The [[map]] command necessarily uses the [[links]] command, which some,
hyper-paranoid server admins do not like non-operators using.  If you are 
not an oper, use this command with caution.

======History:======
Originally, there was the //imap// script.  It was written by daemon and has
historically been shipped with the client.  It supported arbitrary pivoting
(ie, being able to get a topology map centered in any server)

The undernet was inspired by this script, and implemented a server-side 
version and called it [[map]], but it didn't implement all the features 
of the //imap// script, like pivoting.

This script is called //map// and tries to re-implement the undernet
command for those servers that don't have it.  It was written by wd
and first appeared in epic4-1.1.6.