patch 3ec451218b80bdd3c409b4aec91ae94ef4fa5c38
Author: E. Bosch <presidev@AT@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Jun 15 20:08:03 CEST 2023
  * telegram, irc: Add conversion of "mention:" (IRC style) to "@mention" in sent messages
diff -rN -u old-irgramd/irc.py new-irgramd/irc.py
--- old-irgramd/irc.py	2024-11-22 19:54:18.872517068 +0100
+++ new-irgramd/irc.py	2024-11-22 19:54:18.876517062 +0100
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@
             tgt = tgl
 
         if tgt in self.iid_to_tid:
+            message = self.tg.replace_mentions(message, me_nick='', received=False)
             telegram_id = self.iid_to_tid[tgt]
             tg_msg = await self.tg.telegram_client.send_message(telegram_id, message)
 
diff -rN -u old-irgramd/telegram.py new-irgramd/telegram.py
--- old-irgramd/telegram.py	2024-11-22 19:54:18.872517068 +0100
+++ new-irgramd/telegram.py	2024-11-22 19:54:18.876517062 +0100
@@ -395,22 +395,40 @@
                            'media': media
                          }
 
-    def replace_mentions(self, text, me_nick=''):
-        def repl_mentioned(text, me_nick):
-            if text and text[0] == '@':
-                part = text[1:].lower()
+    def replace_mentions(self, text, me_nick='', received=True):
+        # For received replace @mention to ~mention~
+        # For sent replace mention: to @mention
+        rargs = {}
+        def repl_mentioned(text, me_nick, received, mark, index, rargs):
+            if text and text[index] == mark:
+                if received:
+                    subtext = text[1:]
+                else:
+                    subtext = text[:-1]
+                part = subtext.lower()
                 if me_nick and part == self.tg_username:
-                    return replacement(me_nick)
+                    return replacement(me_nick, **rargs)
                 if part in self.irc.users:
-                    return replacement(self.irc.users[part].irc_nick)
+                    return replacement(self.irc.users[part].irc_nick, **rargs)
             return text
 
-        def replacement(nick):
-            return '{}{}{}'.format('~',nick, '~')
+        def replacement(nick, repl_pref, repl_suff):
+            return '{}{}{}'.format(repl_pref, nick, repl_suff)
 
-        if text.find('@') != -1:
+        if received:
+            mark = '@'
+            index = 0
+            rargs['repl_pref'] = '~'
+            rargs['repl_suff'] = '~'
+        else:
+            mark = ':'
+            index = -1
+            rargs['repl_pref'] = '@'
+            rargs['repl_suff'] = ''
+
+        if text.find(mark) != -1:
             words = text.split(' ')
-            words_replaced = [repl_mentioned(elem, me_nick) for elem in words]
+            words_replaced = [repl_mentioned(elem, me_nick, received, mark, index, rargs) for elem in words]
             text_replaced = ' '.join(words_replaced)
         else:
             text_replaced = text