From 0b101d662e794274be28e8e2ca90b8e3a948c418 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nestpebble <waveoctave@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 02:26:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] trying to simplify nodeid entry...

---
 mesh_bot.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mesh_bot.py b/mesh_bot.py
index 9301016..d975fbb 100755
--- a/mesh_bot.py
+++ b/mesh_bot.py
@@ -478,8 +478,10 @@ def handle_bbspost(message, message_from_id, deviceID):
             return "example: bbspost $subject #message"
     elif "@" in message and not "example:" in message:
         toNode = message.split("@")[1].split("#")[0]
-        toNode = toNode.rstrip().strip("!")
-        if toNode.isalpha() or not toNode.isnumeric():
+        toNode = toNode.rstrip()
+        if "!" in toNode and toNode.strip("!").ishex():
+            toNode = toNode.strip("!")
+        elif toNode.isalpha() or not toNode.isnumeric():
             toNode = get_num_from_short_name(toNode, deviceID)
             if toNode == 0:
                 return "Node not found " + message.split("@")[1].split("#")[0]