Added supybot.brackets for specifying what valid bracket characters are.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+	* Added supybot.brackets, a configuration variable for specifying
+	which set of matching brackets to use for nested commands.  Valid
+	values are [] (the default), {}, <>, and ().
 	* Added a configuration variable to ChannelLogger, timestamp,
 	which determines whether the bot will timestamp its logfiles.
 	This is a channel-specific variable, of course.

src/callbacks.py

@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ class Tokenizer:
     def __init__(self, tokens=''):
         # Add a '|' to tokens to have the pipe syntax.
         self.validChars = self.validChars.translate(string.ascii, tokens)
+        if len(tokens) >= 2:
+            self.left = tokens[0]
+            self.right = tokens[1]
 
     def _handleToken(self, token):
         if token[0] == token[-1] and token[0] in self.quotes:
@@ -187,10 +190,10 @@ class Tokenizer:
         while True:
             token = lexer.get_token()
             if not token:
-                raise SyntaxError, 'Missing "]".'
-            elif token == ']':
+                raise SyntaxError, 'Missing "%s".' % self.right
+            elif token == self.right:
                 return ret
-            elif token == '[':
+            elif token == self.left:
                 ret.append(self._insideBrackets(lexer))
             else:
                 ret.append(self._handleToken(token))
@@ -214,10 +217,10 @@ class Tokenizer:
                 ends.append(args)
                 args = []
             elif conf.supybot.bracketSyntax():
-                if token == '[':
+                if token == self.left:
                     args.append(self._insideBrackets(lexer))
-                elif token == ']':
-                    raise SyntaxError, 'Spurious "]".'
+                elif token == self.right:
+                    raise SyntaxError, 'Spurious "%s".' % self.right
                 else:
                     args.append(self._handleToken(token))
             else:
@@ -241,7 +244,7 @@ def tokenize(s):
             _lastTokenized = s
             tokens = ''
             if conf.supybot.bracketSyntax():
-                tokens = '[]'
+                tokens = conf.supybot.brackets()
             if conf.supybot.pipeSyntax():
                 tokens = '%s|' % tokens
             _lastTokenizeResult = Tokenizer(tokens).tokenize(s)

src/conf.py

@@ -199,6 +199,15 @@ supybot.register('bracketSyntax', registry.Boolean(True, """Supybot allows
 nested commands. If this option is enabled users can nest commands using a
 bracket syntax, for example: 'bot: bar [foo]'."""))
 
+class ValidBrackets(registry.OnlySomeStrings):
+    validStrings = ('[]', '<>', '{}', '()')
+    
+supybot.register('brackets', ValidBrackets('[]', """Supybot allows you to
+specify what brackets are used for your nested commands.  Valid sets of
+brackets include [], <>, and {} ().  [] has strong historical motivation, as
+well as being the brackets that don't require shift.  <> or () might be
+slightly superior because they cannot occur in a nick."""))
+
 supybot.register('pipeSyntax', registry.Boolean(False, """Supybot allows
 nested commands. Enabling this option will allow nested commands with a syntax
 similar to UNIX pipes, for example: 'bot: foo | bar'."""))

src/registry.py

@@ -296,6 +296,16 @@ class String(Value):
         except ValueError: # This catches utils.safeEval(s) errors too.
             raise InvalidRegistryValue, '%r is not a string.' % s
 
+class OnlySomeStrings(String):
+    validStrings = ()
+    def setValue(self, s):
+        if s in self.validStrings:
+            String.setValue(self, s)
+        else:
+            raise InvalidRegistryValue, \
+                  '%r is not a valid value.  Valid values include %s.' % \
+                  (utils.commaAndify(map(repr, self.validStrings)))
+
 class NormalizedString(String):
     def set(self, s):
         s = utils.normalizeWhitespace(s.strip())