establish a per-module option that specifies whether or not active commands to it need to be prefixed with the bot's name. doesn't help stuff like Seen's reimplementation of on_pubmsg, since it would want to do the tracking regardless of this option. also, work around this addition in the countdown module, so it doesn't show up in lists.

Module.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 """
 
+from ConfigParser import NoSectionError, NoOptionError
 import inspect
 import re
 import sys
@@ -101,7 +102,13 @@ class Module(object):
         addressed_pattern = '^' + connection.get_nickname() + '[:,]?\s+'
         addressed_re = re.compile(addressed_pattern)
 
-        if not addressed_re.match(what):
+        need_prefix = True
+        try:
+            need_prefix = self.config.getboolean(self.__class__.__name__, 'meta.pubmsg_needs_bot_prefix')
+        except NoOptionError: pass
+        except NoSectionError: pass
+
+        if not addressed_re.match(what) and need_prefix:
             return
         else:
             what = addressed_re.sub('', what)

modules/Countdown.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-from ConfigParser import NoOptionError
+from ConfigParser import NoOptionError, NoSectionError
 from datetime import datetime
 
 from dateutil.parser import *
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@ class Countdown(Module):
                 try:
                     cdlist = self.config.options(self.__class__.__name__)
                     cdlist.remove('debug')
-                    cdlist.remove('pubmsg_needs_bot_prefix')
+                    # if this option has been provided, don't print it
+                    try:
+                        self.config.get(self.__class__.__name__, 'meta.pubmsg_needs_bot_prefix')
+                        cdlist.remove('meta.pubmsg_needs_bot_prefix')
+                    except NoOptionError: pass
                     cdlist.sort()
                     liststr = ', '.join(cdlist)
                     return self.reply(connection, replypath, liststr)