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+# $EPIC: stub.txt,v 1.5 2006/08/29 18:22:56 sthalik Exp $
+======Synopsis:======
+__stub__ alias|assign <alias/var>[,<alias/var>] <filename> [<filename> ...]
+======Description:======
+The __STUB__ allows you to set up a load-on-demand alias or assign.
+You may __STUB__ any alias or variable name to a filename.  Whenever a
+stubbed alias or variable name is looked up, the stub is deleted, and
+the lookup is interrupted while the filename to which the alias is stubbed
+is loaded.  After the load, the lookup continues as normal.  If the script
+that is loaded does not actually define a real value for the alias or
+assign, then after the load the alias or assign is treated as any other
+undefined value.
+__STUB__s are automatically deleted whenever they are first used.  They
+can also be deleted if a real alias or assign value is given to them.
+(So for example, you can stub 3 aliases to the same file, and when that
+file is loaded, it /[[alias command|aliases]] all 3 of them, so all 3 stubs go away)
+__STUB__s can load more than one file at a time.
+The idea of using __STUB__s is to shorten load times by not having to
+take the time to load files implementing features your script may offer
+that the user will never use.  If the user does use the feature, then it
+is loaded on demand and they never know the difference.
+======Examples:======
+To load the file foobar.irc when the /foo command is issued:
+      stub alias foo foobar.irc
+To load footoo.irc when $foo and $bar are accessed:
+      stub assign foo,bar footoo.irc