Updated "pyexec.py" script

scripts/python/pyexec.py

@@ -4,25 +4,31 @@
 	License: GPL version 2 or later
 """
 
-version = "0.1"
+version = "0.2"
 helptext = """  The WeeChat script-API is imported into the global namespace, you can
-  call all API functions (for instance get_nick_info) directly. The modules
+  call all API functions (for instance "get_info") directly. The modules
   "sys", "os" and "math" are imported by default.
   Any occurance of ";; " is treated as a newline.
 
-  For automatic string conversion, use:
+  For automatic argument conversion to string, use:
     "send" instead of "command"
     "echo" instead of "prnt" (prints only to current buffer)
     (also provided: "echo_server", "echo_infobar")
 
+  Additional shortcut functions:
+    "nicks()" returns a dictionary of nicknames for the current channel.
+    It takes a channelname and a servername as optional arguments.
+
   Examples:
     /pyexec for i in range(3): send(i+1);; echo("Done")
-    /pyexec for nick in ["nick1", "nick2"]: send("/op " + nick)
+    /pyexec for nick in nicks(): send("/voice " + nick)
+    /pyexec echo(2**64)
 """
 
 
-from weechat import *
+from __future__ import division
 import sys, os, math
+from weechat import *
 
 register("PyExec", version, "", "Run Python code in WeeChat")
 add_command_handler("pyexec", "pyexec", "  Runs Python code directly from the WeeChat command line.", "[Python code]", helptext)
@@ -39,12 +45,18 @@ def echo_infobar(time, text):
 def send(text):
 	return command(str(text))
 
+def nicks(channel=None, server=None):
+	if not server:
+		server = get_info("server")
+	if not channel:
+		channel = get_info("channel")
+	return get_nick_info(server, channel)
+
 def pyexec(server, pycode):
 	try:
-		for pyline in pycode.split(";; "):
-			exec pyline
+		exec pycode.replace(";; ", "\n")
 	except:
 		(e_type, e_value, e_trace) = sys.exc_info()
-		prnt("PyExec: %s [%s] in line: \"%s\"" % (e_type, e_value, pyline))
+		prnt("PyExec: %s: %s" % (str(e_type).replace("exceptions.", ""), e_value))
 	
 	return PLUGIN_RC_OK