class for handling IRC user messages. Includes some utilities for handling
the message, for example in plugins. The message member will have
any bot addressing "^bot: " removed (address? will return true in
this case)
for PRIVMSGs, true if the message was a CTCP ACTION (CTCP stuff will be
stripped from the message)
:channel
[R]
channel the message was in, nil for privately addressed messages
:params
[R]
for plugin messages, the rest of the message, with the plugin name removed
:plugin
[R]
for plugin messages, the name of the plugin invoked by the message
:replyto
[R]
convenience member. Who to reply to (i.e. would be sourcenick for a
privately addressed message, or target (the channel) for a publicly
addressed message
convenience method to reply to a message, useful in plugins. It's the same
as doing: @bot.say m.replyto, string So if the message is private,
it will reply to the user. If it was in a channel, it will reply in the
channel.