socket = require("socket")

-- Connect to IRC, make sure the nick is free, give IRC our credentials

print("Connecting to IRC...")
socket = socket.connect("irc.ascentemu.com",6667)
-- socket:send("PRIVMSG NickServ :ghost CDC panstarefun\n") This was just to ghost nicks using ours
socket:send("NICK LuaBotTest\n")
socket:send("USER CDC bogus. this.is.ignored :CDC\n")

-- [[ Display all the crap IRC sends back; we're looking for the PING and for the moment to ID the nick. When we find the PING we PONG back. A debugging line allows us to see what commands we're getting from the IRC server. ]]

--repeat
    feedback = socket:receive("*l")
    print(feedback)
    cmd = parseline(feedback)
--  printtable(cmd)

    if (cmd["command"] == "PING") then
        print("Found PING!!!")
        socket:send("PONG "..cmd[1].."\n")
    end
--[[ until ( feedback == ":NickServ!services@services.slashnet.org NOTICE CDC :If you do not change your nickname within one minute, it will be changed automatically.") --]]

-- End of the intro crap, we now deliver the nick ID command

print("Sending IDENTIFY command.")
-- socket:send("PRIVMSG NickServ :IDENTIFY pantsarefun\n") Not registered nick yet
feedback = socket:receive("*l")
print(feedback)

-- We're now connected, and enter #cdc on command
-- io.input()
print("Connected. Ready to join the channel")
x = io.read("*l")
print(x)
socket:send("JOIN #moon++\n")