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+"""
+Help - handle !help commands by interrogating modules for help text
+Copyright (C) 2011  Mike Bloy <mike@bloy.org>
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""
+
+import re
+import sqlite3
+
+from Module import Module
+
+__author__ = "Mike Bloy <mike@bloy.org>"
+__date__ = "2011-01-08"
+
+class Help(Module):
+
+    def __init__(self, irc, config, server):
+        """
+        Upon creation, determine the save file location
+        """
+
+        Module.__init__(self, irc, config, server)
+
+        self.helpre = re.compile('^!help(\s+(\S+)(\s+(.+))?)?\s*$')
+
+    def do(self, connection, event, nick, userhost, what, admin_unlocked):
+        """look for karma strings at the start of messages"""
+
+        match = self.helpre.search(what)
+        if (match):
+            (module, key) = match.group(2,4)
+            if (module == None):
+                return self.help_descriptions()
+            elif (key == None):
+                return self.help_module(module)
+            else:
+                return self.help_detail(module, key)
+
+    def help_descriptions(self):
+        return "asked for general help"
+
+    def help_module(self, module):
+        return "asked for help on module %s" % (module)
+
+    def help_detail(self, module, key):
+        return "asked for help on module %s detail %s" % (module, key)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print "Hello World"
+
+# vi:tabstop=4:expandtab:autoindent