rework config to be more flexible, and comment more

idk about stuff.py's changes

.gitignore

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 venv
 pass.txt
+local_config.py
+log.txt
+
 # ---> Python
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/

config.py

@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
-class config:
+# default config file, copy the contents into local_config.py and modify
+if __name__ == "local_config":
+    from config import config
+else:
+
+    class config:  # dummy, so the local config can simply be a copy of this template
+        ...
+
+
+class config(config):
     class self:
         nick = "bot6"
-        username = "jan6_bot"  # you can set it to your username
+        username = "jan6_bot"
+        # you should probably indicate yourself to be the owner of the bot, in username, or realname, or both
         realname = "jan6's bot"
-        source = "https://tildegit.org/jan6/bot6"
+        source = "https://tildegit.org/jan6/bot6"  # so far only used for ctcp response, perhaps we're running a fork?
 
     class server:
         name = "libera"
@@ -13,28 +23,40 @@ class config:
         nickserv_auth = True
         # get password from secret file
         nickserv_pass = open("pass.txt", "r").read().strip()
-        nickserv_recover = "RECOVER" #might be GHOST sometimes?
-        channel = "##jan6"
-        autojoin = ["##share", "#1337331"]
+        nickserv_recover = "RECOVER"  # I recall it being GHOST on some networks?
+        channel = "#bots"
+        autojoin = ["#some-other", "##channels"]
 
     class admin:
-        accounts = ["jan6"]
-        hostmasks = ["jan6!jan6@mischievous.deity","jan6!~jan6@mischievous.deity"]
+        # ircv3 account-tag based admin
+        accounts = ["jan6", "totally-not-jan6"]
+        # hostmask-based admin, if at all possible, you should try to use a vhost or reverse dns, to prevent fakery
+        hostmasks = ["jan6!jan6@mischievous.deity", "jan6!~jan6@mischievous.deity"]
 
     class cmd:
+        # right now, single-character prefixes only (plus bot's own nick)
         prefixes = ["6", "'"]
-        # disabled commands, won't run via normal means, probably
+        # disabled commands, won't run via normal means...probably
         disabled = []
         # admin-only override,
         # useful for testing broken commands which should still be normal-user accessible
+        # commands which should only ever be used by admins, should be designated as such in code, not through here (e.g. exit)
         admin_only = []
 
-    capabilities = [
-        "message-tags",
-        "multi-prefix",
-        "account-tag",
-        "batch",
-        "account-notify",
-        "chghost",
-        "away-notify",
+    capabilities = [  #    what capabilities shall we request?
+        "message-tags",  # needed for account-tag!
+        "account-tag",  #  account tag allows us to identify people without needing custom login!
+        "multi-prefix",  # perhaps eventually useful for detecting people's status, such as +v AND +o ?
+        "batch",  #        we wouldn't want to trigger on historic message playback (only usage of it I've seen)
+        "away-notify",  #  no functionality deals with away status yet
+        "account-notify",  #  I don't remember why I try requesting this lol
+        "chghost",  #         uh, same, forgot
     ]
+
+
+# you can remove the following lines if you're editing local_config.py
+if __name__ == "config":
+    try:
+        from local_config import config
+    except ModuleNotFoundError:
+        print("\x1b[31m!!! you should probably set up local config !!!\x1b[0m")

stuff.py

@@ -93,9 +93,10 @@ def stuff(bot, sock):
 
         for line in recv_lines:
             try:
-              server.parse_tokens(line)
+                server.parse_tokens(line)
             except IndexError:
-              print("\x1b[31;1mNGIRCD SUCKS\x1b[0m ",line)
+                print("\x1b[31;1mNGIRCD SUCKS\x1b[0m ", line)
+                continue
             stri = line.format()
             for k, v in util.dict.items():
                 stri = stri.replace(k, v)