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+use strict;
+use vars qw($VERSION %IRSSI);
+
+use Irssi;
+
+$VERSION = '0.01';
+%IRSSI = (
+    authors	=> 'noname',
+    contact	=> 'noname@example.org',
+    name	=> 'example',
+    description	=> 'This script really does nothing. Sorry.',
+    license	=> 'Public Domain',
+    url		=> 'https://scripts.irssi.org/',
+    changed	=> '2019-06-07',
+    modules => '',
+    commands=> 'example',
+);
+
+my $help = << "END";
+%9Name%9
+  $IRSSI{name}
+%9Version%9
+  $VERSION
+%9description%9
+  $IRSSI{description}
+%9See also%9
+  null.pl
+  https://perldoc.perl.org/perl.html
+  https://github.com/irssi/irssi/blob/master/docs/perl.txt
+  https://github.com/irssi/irssi/blob/master/docs/signals.txt
+  https://github.com/irssi/irssi/blob/master/docs/formats.txt
+END
+
+my $test_str;
+
+sub cmd {
+	my ($args, $server, $witem)=@_;
+	if (defined $witem) {
+		$witem->printformat(MSGLEVEL_CLIENTCRAP, 'example_theme',
+			$test_str, $test_str, $test_str);
+	} else {
+		Irssi::printformat(MSGLEVEL_CLIENTCRAP, 'example_theme',
+			$test_str, $test_str, $test_str);
+	}
+}
+
+sub cmd_help {
+	my ($args, $server, $witem)=@_;
+	$args=~ s/\s+//g;
+	if ($IRSSI{name} eq $args) {
+		Irssi::print($help, MSGLEVEL_CLIENTCRAP);
+		Irssi::signal_stop();
+	}
+}
+
+sub sig_setup_changed {
+	$test_str= Irssi::settings_get_str($IRSSI{name}.'_test_str');
+}
+
+Irssi::theme_register([
+	'example_theme', '{hilight $0} $1 {error $2}',
+]);
+
+Irssi::signal_add('setup changed', \&sig_setup_changed);
+
+Irssi::settings_add_str($IRSSI{name} ,$IRSSI{name}.'_test_str', 'hello world!');
+
+Irssi::command_bind($IRSSI{name}, \&cmd);
+Irssi::command_bind('help', \&cmd_help);
+
+sig_setup_changed();