--- a/src/lua_objs.c	Tue Mar 31 20:33:45 2009 +0300
+++ b/src/lua_objs.c	Tue Mar 31 20:57:07 2009 +0300
@@ -88,9 +88,29 @@
     return 1;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Send a PRIVMSG to the channel
+ */
+static int lua_chan_say (lua_State *L)
+{
+    err_t err;
+
+    struct lua_chan *lua_chan = lua_obj_get_obj(L, __func__, "evirc.chan");
+    
+    // the message
+    const char *message = luaL_checkstring(L, 2);
+
+    // send
+    if ((err = irc_chan_PRIVMSG(lua_chan->chan, message)))
+        return luaL_error(L, "irc_chan_PRIVMSG: '%s': %s", message, error_name(err));
+    
+    // ok
+    return 0;
+}
 
 static const struct luaL_Reg lua_chan_methods[] = {
     {   "__tostring",       &lua_chan_tostring  },
+    {   "say",              &lua_chan_say       },
     {   NULL,               NULL                },
 };