Second comchar for info (issue #15) and Process question marks in the info...

Second comchar for info (issue #15) and Process question marks in the info plugin properly (issue #14); thanks, Nem0.

guppy

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ optional arguments:
                 #else continue out of try/except
 
             self.set(currentNetwork, 'host', "What is the IRC network address (eg. irc.example.org)?")
-            self.set(currentNetwork, 'channels', "What channels to automatically join (FULL channel names, comma-separated, no spaces)?")
+            self.set(currentNetwork, 'channels', "What channels to automatically join (comma-separated, no spaces)?")
             self.set(currentNetwork, 'nickname', "What nickname should I use?")
             self.set(currentNetwork, 'ident', "What username (ident) should I use?")
             self.set(currentNetwork, 'owner_nick', "What is YOUR nick (used to auth, you can set password later)?")
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ optional arguments:
             self.set(currentNetwork, 'use_ssl', 'Should I use ssl (yes/no)?', 'no')
             self.set(currentNetwork, 'ipv6', 'Should I use IPv6 to connect (yes/no)?', 'no')
             self.set(currentNetwork, "comchar", "What command char (other than my nick) should I respond to?", "-")
+            self.set(currentNetwork, "infochar", "What command char should I use for the info plugin?", "~")       ###N# Asks for and writes the infochar to the main.cfg
             list1 = os.listdir(self.homedir + "/plugins")
             list2 = [item.replace(".py", "") for item in list1 if not '__' in item]
             print("Available plugins are: " + " ".join(list2))
@@ -176,3 +177,4 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         print("Shutting down all connections...")
         c.stop()
         print("Quitting!")
+

plugins/info.py

@@ -27,8 +27,11 @@ class Info(object):
     """Infobot. Use 'learn X as Y' and 'what is X'"""
     def __init__(self, server):
         self.require_auth = False
-        self.plugin_trigger = "~"
         self.server = server
+        if 'infochar' in self.server.config:                     ##N# Sorry, this 
+            self.plugin_trigger = self.server.config["infochar"] ##N# masterpiece is
+        else:                                                    ##N# for backward
+            self.plugin_trigger = "~"                            ##N# compatibility.
         self.server.pluginManager.loadPlugin("Auth")
         server.handle("message", self.handle_message)
         self.commands = ["what", "who", "learn", "forget", "fulldb"]
@@ -109,8 +112,8 @@ class Info(object):
                     self.server.doMessage(channel, "...what should I learn?")
                 return
 
-            for i in range(0, len(args)):
-                args[i] = self.badchars.sub("", args[i])
+            ####for i in range(0, len(args)):                   ##N# Useless because it strips 
+            ####    args[i] = self.badchars.sub("", args[i])    #### the '?'' in the factoids.
 
             tmp = " ".join(args)
             ind = tmp.find(" as ")
@@ -142,8 +145,8 @@ class Info(object):
                     self.server.doMessage(channel, "...what should I forget?")
                 return
 
-            for i in range(0, len(args)):
-                args[i] = self.badchars.sub("", args[i])
+            ####for i in range(0, len(args)):                   ##N# If not commented out it's not
+            ####    args[i] = self.badchars.sub("", args[i])    ##N# possible to delete factoids with '?'
 
             key = " ".join(args).strip(" ")
             if key in self.infodb:
@@ -203,3 +206,5 @@ class Info(object):
 
         elif cmd == "fulldb":
             self.server.doMessage(channel, user + ": My database contains (separated by '|'): " + " | ".join(list(self.infodb.keys())))
+
+