Redid that last commit.

core/irc.py

@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ class IRC(object):
 
     def set_nick(self, nick):
         self.cmd("NICK", [nick])
-        self.nick = nick
 
     def join(self, channel):
         """ makes the bot join a channel """

plugins/misc.py

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import socket
 import time
+import re
 
 from util import hook
 
 socket.setdefaulttimeout(10)
 
+nick_re = re.compile(":(.+?)!")
+
 
 # Auto-join on Invite (Configurable, defaults to True)
 @hook.event('INVITE')
@@ -50,6 +53,15 @@ def onkick(paraml, conn=None, chan=None):
             conn.join(paraml[0])
 
 
+@hook.event("NICK")
+def onnick(paraml, conn=None, raw=None):
+    old_nick = nick_re.search(raw).group(1)
+    new_nick = str(paraml[0])
+    if old_nick == conn.nick:
+        conn.nick = new_nick
+        print "Bot nick changed from '{}' to '{}'.".format(old_nick, new_nick)
+
+
 @hook.singlethread
 @hook.event('004')
 def keep_alive(paraml, conn=None):