Can't set a sound

[OboTheHobo]

I am doing the command "/alerts sound ratsignal [ratsignal.wav]" and when I run it I get the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 2255, in command_hook
File "", line 1323, in call
File "", line 1456, in wrapper
IndexError: list index out of range
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 2255, in command_hook
File "", line 1323, in call
File "", line 1456, in wrapper
IndexError: list index out of range
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 2255, in command_hook
File "", line 1323, in call
File "", line 1456, in wrapper
IndexError: list index out of range
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 2255, in command_hook
File "", line 1323, in call
File "", line 1456, in wrapper
IndexError: list index out of range

[OboTheHobo]

as well I have tried many alternatives and yes, it does work using /splay

[RyanWolfe556]

I am having the same issue.

However, I have discovered a way around this, use
/alerts set <alert> sound [<soundfile>|OFF]
and that works just fine.

A side note of this, if you install HexChat outside of main C:\ then you cannot find the audio files.

[tyrope]

Is this a HexChat limitation, or a plugin limitation? Seems silly that %appdata% isn't accessible outside a C:\ install, perhaps we need to run it with admin privileges?

[Poikilos]

@tyrope The purpose of %APPDATA% is storing user-specific settings and data without admin priveleges. The problem may be spaces in the path, or assuming C: when translating from unix-like paths, if that is a problem somewhere in the code. @RyanWolfe556 By "outside of main c:" do you mean on another drive letter, or somewhere deeper? What is the install path that does not work?

[Poikilos]

@dewiniaid Are you here? The issue seems to be a missing length checking for the params list. The same occurs in 2.14.3 on Fedora 31:

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/home/owner/.config/hexchat/addons/alerts.py", line 2255, in command_hook
     event.call()
   File "/home/owner/.config/hexchat/addons/alerts.py", line 1323, in call
     self.fn(self)
   File "/home/owner/.config/hexchat/addons/alerts.py", line 1456, in wrapper
     args.append(event.word_eol[max_args - 1])

Expected behavior:

• If the param after /alert is a setting, say: print("Your syntax is incorrect. To set variables you must do /alerts set <alert> {setting_name} <value>.".format(setting_name=params[0])) or where params[0] is the setting that should instead be a command.