def listen():
readbuffer = ""
while True: # loop FOREVER (exit with ctrl c)
# all of the code between set 1 and set 2 is just putting the message received from the server into a nice format for us
# set 1
readbuffer=readbuffer+s.recv(1024).decode() # store info sent from the server into
print("LTHREAD received data")
temp=readbuffer.split("\n") # remove \n from the readbuffer and store in a temp variable
readbuffer=temp.pop( ) # restore readbuffer to empty
#totranslate = ""
for line in temp: # parse through every line read from server
# turn line into a list
line=line.rstrip()
line=line.split()
# set 2
if(line[0]=="PING"): #if irc server sends a ping, pong back at it
# this assignment (indivserver) really should only be done once
indivserver = line[1]
PONG = True
print("LTHREAD PONG")
elif(line[2]==CHAN): #if a message comes in from the channel
print("LTHREAD message sent from " + CHAN)
thread = Thread(target = trans, args = (line, USER, userlang))
thread.handled = False
thread.start()
threads.append(thread)
#line[0] is user ident
elif(line[0][1:len(USER)+1] == USER and line[2]==NICK): #if user privmsg us
#transmesg(line, CHAN, chanlang)
thread = Thread(target = trans, args = (line, CHAN, chanlang))
thread.handled = False
thread.start()
threads.append(thread)
