Quick and dirty IRC trivia bot.

It's my first time writing Python, so my code
will look ugly to more competent programmers.

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How to set up quizclown

1. Get some questions and answers into the
   questions.txt file. See questions-spec.txt for
   details on the file format.

   The script import-moxquizz.py will import the 
   moxquizz question database into quizclown (for details, 
   see the comments in import-moxquizz.py).

2. Set up parameters (IRC server, port, channel, bot owner)
   by editing config.txt

3. At the shell, type
         ./bot2.py	(Unix)
   or    bot2.py	(Windows).

   Alternately, you can double-click on bot2.py on
   Windows.

   There is a ./quizclownd script available, which
   daemon-ifies quizclown. Make sure to read the
   comments in it and set up your system to use
   it properly if you want to use that script.

Updating quizclown

   Replace the *.py files in your quizclown directory
   with the latest ones from the quizclown repository,
   keeping your custom config.txt and questions.txt files
   intact.

Custom login scripts

   A 1-line custom login command can be put in
   a file named "login-command.txt". It will be executed
   after connection to the chat server, and the channel
   will only be JOINed after a 20-second delay.

"Lurk" mode

   By setting the lurkmode variable to true in bot2.py,
   "Lurk" mode is activated. In this mode, the bot asks
   questions only once every 1 to 1.5 minute.

Saved games

   If a game is quit using !squit, the game is saved
   into the file sgam.pickle, which is automatically
   checked for when quizclown boots up.

Exec shell
   
   By setting this option to true in the top of bot2.py,
   stdin/stdout will be a python shell, while the bot log
   will go to stderr. For example, you can do: (Linux syntax)

	$ ./bot2.py 2>>log.txt
	python exec shell:
	% scores['bob'] = 9000
	% print scores
	{'bob': 9000}
	% 

   And perhaps look at log.txt on another terminal.
   This is meant to be useful if something goes weird
   while the bot is online.