New method to escape markdown.

Improvements to patterns.lua.

bot.lua

@@ -84,10 +84,7 @@ on_msg_receive = function(msg) -- The fn run whenever a message is received.
 				msg.chat.id_str = tostring(msg.chat.id)
 				msg.from.id_str = tostring(msg.from.id)
 				msg.text_lower = msg.text:lower()
-				msg.from.name = msg.from.first_name
-				if msg.from.last_name then
-					msg.from.name = msg.from.first_name .. ' ' .. msg.from.last_name
-				end
+				msg.from.name = build_name(msg.from.first_name, msg.from.last_name)
 
 				local success, result = pcall(function()
 					return v.action(msg)

plugins/patterns.lua

@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
  -- he upset himself over the very thought of me doing so.
 
 local triggers = {
-	'^/s/.-/.-/?$'
+	'^/?s/.-/.-/?$'
 }
 
 local action = function(msg)
 
 	if not msg.reply_to_message then return end
 	local output = msg.reply_to_message.text or ''
-	output = output:gsub(
-		msg.text:match('^/s/(.-)/(.-)/?$')
-	)
+	local m1, m2 = msg.text:match('^/?s/(.-)/(.-)/?$')
+	if not m2 then return true end
+	output = output:gsub(m1, m2)
 	output = 'Did you mean:\n"' .. output:sub(1, 4000) .. '"'
 	sendReply(msg.reply_to_message, output)
 

plugins/whoami.lua

@@ -12,12 +12,7 @@ local action = function(msg)
 
 	if msg.reply_to_message then
 		msg = msg.reply_to_message
-	end
-
-	if msg.from.last_name then
-		msg.from.name = msg.from.first_name .. ' ' .. msg.from.last_name
-	else
-		msg.from.name = msg.from.first_name
+		msg.from.name = build_name(msg.from.first_name, msg.from.last_name)
 	end
 
 	local chat_id = math.abs(msg.chat.id)

utilities.lua

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ local lc_list = {
  -- Replaces letters with corresponding Cyrillic characters.
 latcyr = function(str)
 	for k,v in pairs(lc_list) do
-		str = string.gsub(str, k, v)
+		str = str:gsub(k, v)
 	end
 	return str
 end
@@ -140,6 +140,15 @@ table_size = function(tab)
 
 end
 
+ -- Just an easy way to get a user's full name.
+build_name = function(first, last)
+	if last then
+		return first .. ' ' .. last
+	else
+		return first
+	end
+end
+
 resolve_username = function(input)
 
 	input = input:gsub('^@', '')
@@ -186,10 +195,7 @@ user_from_message = function(msg)
 
 	if not target.first_name then target.first_name = 'User' end
 
-	target.name = target.first_name
-	if target.last_name then
-		target.name = target.first_name .. ' ' .. target.last_name
-	end
+	target.name = build_name(target.first_name, target.last_name)
 
 	return target
 
@@ -264,12 +270,3 @@ function string:md_escape()
 	text = text:gsub('`', '\\`')
 	return text
 end
-
- -- Just an easy way to get a user's full name.
-build_name = function(first, last)
-	if last then
-		return first .. ' ' .. last
-	else
-		return first
-	end
-end