Make an example bot

Move the IRC commands into a separate bot.

example.py

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+#
+# Example miniirc-based bot
+#
+# © 2018 by luk3yx
+#
+
+import os, socket, sys, atexit
+from miniirc import IRC
+
+# Variables
+nick     = 'miniirc-test' + str(hash('.'))[1:4] # Make a unique(-ish) nickname
+ident    = nick
+realname = 'Example miniirc bot - https://gitlab.com/luk3yx/stdinbot'
+identity = None
+# identity = '<username> <password>'
+debug    = False
+channels = ['#lurk']
+prefix   = '`'
+
+ip = 'xeroxirc.net'
+port = 6697
+
+# Welcome!
+print('Welcome to {}!'.format(nick), file=sys.stderr)
+irc = IRC(ip, port, nick, channels, ident = ident, realname = realname,
+    ns_identity = identity, debug = debug, auto_connect = False)
+
+# Handle normal messages
+# This could probably be better than a large if/else statement.
+@irc.Handler('PRIVMSG')
+def handle_privmsg(irc, hostmask, args):
+    channel = args[0]
+    args = args[-1][1:].split(' ')
+    cmd = args[0].lower()
+    # Unprefixed commands here
+    if cmd.startswith("meep"):
+        irc.msg(channel, "Meep™!")
+    elif cmd.startswith(prefix):
+        # Prefixed commands
+        cmd = cmd[1:]
+        if cmd == 'yay':
+            irc.msg(channel, "\u200bYay!")
+        elif cmd == 'rev':
+            if len(args) > 1:
+                irc.msg(channel, "{}: {}".format(hostmask[0], ' '.join(args[1:])[::-1]))
+            else:
+                irc.msg(channel, "Invalid syntax! Syntax: <rev <string>")
+        elif cmd == 'about':
+            irc.msg(channel, 'I am {}, an example miniirc bot.'.format(irc.nick))
+        elif print_cmds and cmd != '':
+            print(' '.join(args)[1:])
+
+# Connect
+irc.connect()

stdinbot.py

@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ identity = False
 print_cmds = False
 
 channels = ['#lurk']
-
-connected = False
+debug    = False
 
 ip = 'xeroxirc.net'
 port = 6697
@@ -27,31 +26,7 @@ port = 6697
 # Welcome!
 print("Welcome to stdinbot!", file=sys.stderr)
 irc = IRC(ip, port, nick, channels, ident = ident, realname = realname,
-    ns_identity = identity, debug = True, auto_connect = False)
-
-# Handle normal messages
-@irc.Handler('PRIVMSG')
-def handle_privmsg(irc, hostmask, args):
-    channel = args[0]
-    args = args[-1][1:].split(' ')
-    cmd = args[0].lower()
-    # Unprefixed commands here
-    if cmd.startswith("meep"):
-        irc.msg(channel, "Meep™!")
-    elif cmd.startswith('<'):
-        # Prefixed commands
-        cmd = cmd[1:]
-        if cmd == 'yay':
-            irc.msg(channel, "\u200bYay!")
-        elif cmd == 'rev':
-            if len(args) > 1:
-                irc.msg(channel, "{}: {}".format(hostmask[0], ' '.join(args[1:])[::-1]))
-            else:
-                irc.msg(channel, "Invalid syntax! Syntax: <rev <string>")
-        elif cmd == 'about':
-            irc.msg(channel, 'I am stdinbot, a simple IRC bot that reads text from stdin and prints it to a channel.')
-        elif print_cmds and cmd != '':
-            print(' '.join(args)[1:])
+    ns_identity = identity, debug = debug, auto_connect = False)
 
 # Read stdin
 @irc.Handler('001')