From 47c052acf47848a35987c6c41d9c20d390894f3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florent Le Coz <louiz@louiz.org>
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:15:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add a send_message() function for plugins

---
 src/core.py | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/core.py b/src/core.py
index 88c926a9..1f60e252 100644
--- a/src/core.py
+++ b/src/core.py
@@ -1637,3 +1637,13 @@ class Core(object):
         if not self.running or self.background is True:
             return
         curses.doupdate()
+
+    def send_message(self, msg):
+        """
+        Function to use in plugins to send a message in the current conversation.
+        Returns False if the current tab is not a conversation tab
+        """
+        if not isinstance(self.current_tab(), tabs.ChatTab):
+            return False
+        self.current_tab().command_say(msg)
+        return True