Phenny2, now being tested on Freenode as the main phenny.

modules/info.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+info.py - Phenny Information Module
+Copyright 2008, Sean B. Palmer, inamidst.com
+Licensed under the Eiffel Forum License 2.
+
+http://inamidst.com/phenny/
+"""
+
+def doc(phenny, input): 
+   """Shows a command's documentation, and possibly an example."""
+   name = input.group(1)
+   name = name.lower()
+
+   if phenny.doc.has_key(name): 
+      phenny.reply(phenny.doc[name][0])
+      if phenny.doc[name][1]: 
+         phenny.say('e.g. ' + phenny.doc[name][1])
+doc.rule = ('$nick', '(?i)help +([A-Za-z]+)(?:\?+)?$')
+doc.example = '$nickname: help tell?'
+doc.priority = 'low'
+
+def commands(phenny, input): 
+   # This function only works in private message
+   if input.startswith('#'): return
+   names = ', '.join(sorted(phenny.doc.iterkeys()))
+   phenny.say('Commands I recognise: ' + names + '.')
+   phenny.say(("For help, do '%s: help example?' where example is the " + 
+               "name of the command you want help for.") % phenny.nick)
+commands.commands = ['commands']
+commands.priority = 'low'
+
+def help(phenny, input): 
+   response = (
+      'Hi, I\'m a bot. Say ".commands" to me in private for a list ' + 
+      'of my commands, or see http://inamidst.com/phenny/ for more ' + 
+      'general details. My owner is %s.'
+   ) % phenny.config.owner
+   phenny.reply(response)
+help.rule = ('$nick', r'(?i)help(?:[?!]+)?$')
+help.priority = 'low'
+
+if __name__ == '__main__': 
+   print __doc__.strip()