# $EPIC: country.txt,v 1.2 2006/07/24 07:11:25 sthalik Exp $
======Synopsis:======
[[load]] country

======Description:======
This script is used for converting between a country's (official) name
and its ISO country code.  It can convert in either direction, and can
convert to a country name based on an email address.  Everything is
done through a single alias, /country.  The basic syntax is:

  /country [<switch>] <nickname|country|isometric>

The default behavior is for the script to try to guess what type of
input it has been given.  The default is a nickname.  If it cannot find
anyone on irc with that nickname, it checks the length of the input.
If it is longer than 3 (three) characters, a country name is assumed.
If all else fails, it tries an isometric code.  Several switches are
available to force the client to do a particular type of lookup
(instead of guessing).

^  Flag  ^  Purpose                                                       ^
|  -c    |assume input is definitely a country name                       |
|  -f    |skips userhost lookup used in nickname searches                 |
|  -i    |assume input is definitely an ISO code                          |
|  -n    |ignored (historical feature)                                    |

For convenience, 2 additional aliases are provided; /lcountry is the
same as /country -c, and /lcode is the same as /country -i.

======Other Notes:======
This script was originally written by Daniel Cedras (TG).  It has been
largely rewritten by Jeremy Nelson (hop), [[jnelson@acronet.net]], to take
advantage of EPIC's features.