Improve bridging capabilities

src/eventbus.py

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class Message:
     source: (str, any)
     id: int
     attachments: list[discord.Attachment]
+    reply: (AuthorInfo, str) = None
 
 evbus_messages = prometheus_client.Counter("abr_evbus_messages", "Messages processed by event bus", ["source_type"])
 evbus_messages_dropped = prometheus_client.Counter("abr_evbus_messages_dropped", "Messages received by event bus but dropped by rate limits", ["source_type"])

src/irc_link.py

@@ -54,14 +54,39 @@ async def initialize():
         msg = eventbus.Message(eventbus.AuthorInfo(event.source.nick, str(event.source), None), [" ".join(event.arguments)], (util.config["irc"]["name"], event.target), util.random_id(), [])
         asyncio.create_task(eventbus.push(msg))
 
+    def bytewise_truncate(x, max):
+        x = x[:max]
+        while True:
+            try:
+                return x, x.decode("utf-8")
+            except UnicodeDecodeError:
+                x = x[:-1]
+
+    def render_line(author, content):
+        # colorize for aesthetics
+        # add ZWS to prevent pinging
+        return f"<{random_color(author.id)}{author.name[0]}\u200B{author.name[1:]}{color_code('')}> {content}"
+
     async def on_bridge_message(channel_name, msg):
         if channel_name in util.config["irc"]["channels"]:
             if channel_name not in joined: conn.join(channel_name)
-            # ping fix - zero width space embedded in messages
+            if msg.reply:
-            line = f"<{random_color(msg.author.id)}{msg.author.name[0]}\u200B{msg.author.name[1:]}{color_code('')}> " + render_formatting(msg.message)[:400]
+                reply_line = render_line(msg.reply[0], render_formatting(msg.reply[1])).encode("utf-8")
-            conn.privmsg(channel_name, line)
+                reply_line_new, reply_line_u = bytewise_truncate(reply_line, 300)
+                if reply_line_new != reply_line:
+                    reply_line_u += " ..."
+                conn.privmsg(channel_name, f"[Replying to {reply_line_u}]")
+            lines = []
+            content = render_formatting(msg.message).encode("utf-8")
+            # somewhat accursedly break string into valid UTF-8 substrings with <=400 bytes
+            while content:
+                next_line, next_line_u = bytewise_truncate(content, 400)
+                lines.append(next_line_u)
+                content = content[len(next_line):]
+            for line in lines:
+                conn.privmsg(channel_name, render_line(msg.author, line))
             for at in msg.attachments:
-                conn.privmsg(channel_name, f"-> {at.filename}: {at.proxy_url}")
+                conn.privmsg(channel_name, render_line(msg.author, f"-> {at.filename}: {at.proxy_url}"))
         else:
             logging.warning("IRC channel %s not allowed", channel_name)
 

src/telephone.py

@@ -113,8 +113,12 @@ class Telephone(commands.Cog):
         if msg.content == "" and len(msg.attachments) == 0: return
         if (msg.author == self.bot.user and msg.content[0] == "<") or msg.author.discriminator == "0000": return
         channel_id = msg.channel.id
+        reply = None
+        if msg.reference and msg.reference.cached_message:
+            replying_to = msg.reference.cached_message
+            reply = (eventbus.AuthorInfo(replying_to.author.name, replying_to.author.id, str(replying_to.author.avatar_url), replying_to.author.bot), parse_formatting(self.bot, replying_to.content))
         msg = eventbus.Message(eventbus.AuthorInfo(msg.author.name, msg.author.id, str(msg.author.avatar_url), msg.author.bot), 
-            parse_formatting(self.bot, msg.content), ("discord", channel_id), msg.id, [ at for at in msg.attachments if not at.is_spoiler() ])
+            parse_formatting(self.bot, msg.content), ("discord", channel_id), msg.id, [ at for at in msg.attachments if not at.is_spoiler() ], reply=reply)
         await eventbus.push(msg)
 
     def cog_unload(self):