diff -r 6c0609395889 -r dbf49689af0d modulecore.py
--- a/modulecore.py	Mon Jan 12 10:55:45 2015 +0200
+++ b/modulecore.py	Thu Jan 15 19:06:14 2015 +0200
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 Modules = {}
 Commands = {}
+Hooks = {}
 
 class CommandError (Exception):
 	def __init__ (self, value):
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
 	global Commands
 	global Modules
 	files = os.listdir ('.')
+	numHooks = 0
 
 	for fn in files:
 		if fn[0:4] != 'mod_' or fn[-3:] != '.py':
@@ -51,9 +53,19 @@
 
 				cmd['argnames'].append (argname)
 
+		if 'hooks' in module.ModuleData:
+			for key, hooks in module.ModuleData['hooks'].iteritems():
+				for hook in hooks:
+					if key not in Hooks:
+						Hooks[key] = []
+
+					Hooks[key].append ({'name': hook, 'func': getattr (module, hook)})
+					numHooks += 1
+
 		print "Loaded module %s" % fn
 
-	print 'Loaded %d commands in %d modules' % (len (Commands), len (Modules))
+	print ('Loaded %d commands and %d hooks in %d modules' %
+		(len (Commands), numHooks, len (Modules)))
 
 #
 # command_error (message)
@@ -178,7 +190,6 @@
 
 	if match == None:
 		# didn't match
-		print "regex: %s" % cmd['regex']
 		command_error ('invalid arguments\nusage: %s %s' % (cmd['name'], cmd['args']))
 
 	# .more is special as it is an interface to the page system.
@@ -205,12 +216,30 @@
 	commandObject['commandObject'] = commandObject
 	commandObject['info'] = cmd
 	commandObject['module'] = cmd['module']
+	commandObject['error'] = command_error
 	exec_command (commandObject)
 
 	# Print the first page of responses.
 	if cmdname != 'more':
 		print_responses (commandObject)
 
+def call_hook (bot, hookname, **kvargs):
+	global g_responsePages
+	global g_responsePageNum
+	hookObject = kvargs
+	hookObject['bot'] = bot
+	g_responsePages = [[]]
+	g_responsePageNum = 0
+
+	if 'replyto' in hookObject:
+		hookObject['reply'] = response_function
+
+	if hookname in Hooks:
+		for hook in Hooks[hookname]:
+			hook['func'] (**hookObject)
+
+	print_responses (hookObject)
+
 def confirm (cmd, yes):
 	global g_confirmCommand