From 6fbbee7b68afee43bee0e0913f8ade903e93f6b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ENGO150 <v.smejkal06@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 09:05:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added command handling to why2_communicate_thread

---
 src/chat/misc.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/chat/misc.c b/src/chat/misc.c
index 378aac4..b28ecaa 100644
--- a/src/chat/misc.c
+++ b/src/chat/misc.c
@@ -162,7 +162,12 @@ void *why2_communicate_thread(void *arg)
 
         if (received == NULL) return NULL; //FAILED; EXIT THREAD
 
-        if (strcmp(received, "!exit\n") == 0) break; //USER REQUESTED PROGRAM EXIT
+        if (received[0] == '!') //COMMANDS
+        {
+            if (strcmp(received, "!exit\n") == 0) break; //USER REQUESTED EXIT
+
+            continue; //IGNORE MESSAGES BEGINNING WITH '!'
+        }
 
         printf("Received:\n%s\n\n", received);