From 542dcd04831a799d5c975ad9331c0a146eebfc27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcel van der Boom <marcel@hsdev.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 16:42:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Allow non-text changes to plugins

Implemented by:

- disabling the check for msg.text == nil
- setting the match text to [msg.media.type]
---
 bot/bot.lua | 11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bot/bot.lua b/bot/bot.lua
index 1392564..12f9f33 100644
--- a/bot/bot.lua
+++ b/bot/bot.lua
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@
   end
 
   function msg_valid(msg)
-    if msg.text == nil then
-      return false
-    end
     --if msg.from.id == our_id then
     --  return false
     --end
@@ -49,9 +46,6 @@
     if msg.date < now then
       return false
     end
-    if msg.text == nil then
-      return false
-    end
     if msg.unread == 0 then
       return false
     end
@@ -61,6 +55,11 @@
   function do_action(msg)
     local receiver = get_receiver(msg)
     local text = msg.text
+    if msg.text == nil then
+       -- Not a text message, make text the same as what tg shows so
+       -- we can match on it. The plugin is resposible for handling
+       text = '['..msg.media.type..']'
+    end
     -- print("Received msg", text)
     for name, desc in pairs(plugins) do
       -- print("Trying module", name)