This is a simple debugger that toggles 'echo' functionality in mIRC when debugging.

Rather than writing "echo -a your message" in your scripts, you can write $v(your message) instead, and the echo output can be turned on and off via "/verbose on" or "/verbose off".

Supports $v(%things $1 like $2 %this too)

When needing to echo something that would only be needed for deep debugging [e.g. echoing the count in a while loop, or echoing a $read(very large file)], use $vx(your very very long output) instead, and toggle the $vx() output via "/verbose high" or "/verbose low".

To get the status of verbose at any time, type "/verbose status" or include $verbose(status) in your scripts.

; Verbose debugger for mIRC
;
; by fanfare@jollo.org (pgp 0xEB1CDE57)
;
; rather than using "echo" for debugging,
; use: $v(your comment here) and it will echo 'your comment here' just like echo does..
; except, you can toggle your comments with "/verbose on" or "/verbose off"

alias verbose {
  if ( $1 = status ) {
    ;echos verbose status
    echo -at $iif(%v,$chr(3) $+ 7 $+ basic verbose is on,$chr(3) $+ 7 $+ basic verbose is off) $chr(3) $+ 8 $+ & $iif(%vx,$chr(3) $+ 13 $+ high verbose is on,$chr(3) $+ 13 $+ high verbose is off)
    halt
  }
  if ( $1 = on ) {
    ;turns verbose on
    set %v 1
    echo -at $chr(3) $+ 7 $+ verbose is now on
    halt
  }
  if ( $1 = off ) {
    ;turns verbose off
    unset %v
    echo -at $chr(3) $+ 7 $+ verbose is now off
    halt
  }
  if ( $1 = high ) {
    ;turns high verbose on
    set %vx 1
    echo -at $chr(3) $+ 13 $+ high verbose is now on
    halt
  }
  elseif ( $1 = low ) {
    ;turns high verbose off
    unset %vx
    echo -at $chr(3) $+ 13 $+ high verbose is now off
    halt
  }
  if (%v) {
    ;toggles verbose
    unset %v
    echo -at $chr(3) $+ 7 $+ verbose is now off
    halt
  }
  else {
    ;toggles verbose
    set %v 1
    echo -at $chr(3) $+ 7 $+ verbose is now on
    halt
  }
}

alias vx {
  ;high verbose output for deep debugging!!!
  ;use $vx() sparingly on output that is line-intensive (e.g. used in a while loop, or reading a file, etc)

  if (%v) && (%vx) {
    echo -at $1-
  }
  else {
    return
  }
}

alias v {
  if (%v) {
    echo -at $1-
  }
  else {
    return
  }
}

I hope this script might be handy for you.