diff -r b6b183fbf373 -r f00661136ac2 src/nexus.c
--- a/src/nexus.c	Wed Apr 01 00:57:34 2009 +0300
+++ b/src/nexus.c	Wed Apr 01 01:41:08 2009 +0300
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "nexus.h"
-#include "signals.h"
+#include "lua_config.h"
 #include "log.h"
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -16,15 +16,16 @@
     OPT_HELP            = 'h',
     OPT_DEFAULTS        = 'D',
     OPT_NETWORK         = 'n',
-    OPT_CHANNEL         = 'c',
     OPT_MODULE          = 'm',
-    OPT_CONFIG          = 'C',
+    OPT_CONF            = 'C',
     OPT_DEBUG           = 'd',
+    OPT_CONFIG          = 'c',
     
     /** Options without short names */
     _OPT_EXT_BEGIN      = 0x00ff,
     
     OPT_CONSOLE,
+    OPT_CHANNEL,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -36,13 +37,19 @@
     {"network",         1,  NULL,   OPT_NETWORK     },
     {"channel",         1,  NULL,   OPT_CHANNEL     },
     {"module",          1,  NULL,   OPT_MODULE      },
-    {"config",          1,  NULL,   OPT_CONFIG      },
+    {"conf",            1,  NULL,   OPT_CONF        },
     {"debug",           0,  NULL,   OPT_DEBUG       },
     {"console",         0,  NULL,   OPT_CONSOLE     },
+    {"config",          1,  NULL,   OPT_CONFIG      },
     {0,                 0,  0,      0               },
 };
 
 /**
+ * Short command-line option defintion
+ */
+const char *short_options = "hn:c:m:C:d";
+
+/**
  * Display --help output on stdout.
  *
  * If nexus is given, --config options for loaded modules are also listed
@@ -54,10 +61,11 @@
     printf(" --help / -h            display this message\n");
     printf(" --defaults / -D        set the IRC client default info using '<nickname>:<username>:<realname>'\n");
     printf(" --network / -n         add an IRC network using '<name>:<hostname>[:<port>[:ssl]]' format\n");
-    printf(" --channel / -c         add an IRC channel using '<network>:<channel>' format\n");
+    printf(" --channel              add an IRC channel using '<network>:<channel>' format\n");
     printf(" --module / -m          add a module using '<name>:<path>' format\n");
     printf(" --config / -C          add a module configuration option using '<mod_name>:<name>[:<value>]' format\n");
     printf(" --debug / -d           set logging level to DEBUG\n");
+    printf(" --config / -c          load a Lua config file from '<path>'\n");
     printf(" --console              use the interactive console\n");
     
     // dump loaded module configs
@@ -232,9 +240,9 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Parse and apply a --config option, calling the module's conf func.
+ * Parse and apply a --conf option, calling the module's conf func.
  */
-static err_t apply_config (struct nexus *nexus, char *opt, struct error_info *err)
+static err_t apply_conf (struct nexus *nexus, char *opt, struct error_info *err)
 {
     struct module *module;
     const char *module_name, *conf_name;
@@ -294,6 +302,16 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * Load the lua config file from \a path
+ */
+static err_t apply_config (struct nexus *nexus, char *path, struct error_info *err)
+{
+    log_info("loading lua config from %s", path);
+    
+    return lua_config_load(nexus->lua, path, err);
+}
+
+/**
  * Parse arguments and apply them to the given nexus
  */
 static err_t parse_args (struct nexus *nexus, int argc, char **argv, struct error_info *err)
@@ -301,7 +319,7 @@
     int opt, option_index;
     
     // parse options
-    while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hn:c:m:C:", options, &option_index)) != -1) {
+    while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, short_options, options, &option_index)) != -1) {
         switch (opt) {
             case OPT_HELP:
                 usage(nexus, argv[0]);
@@ -333,8 +351,8 @@
 
                 break;
 
-            case OPT_CONFIG:
-                if (apply_config(nexus, optarg, err))
+            case OPT_CONF:
+                if (apply_conf(nexus, optarg, err))
                     return ERROR_CODE(err);
 
                 break;
@@ -348,6 +366,12 @@
                     return ERROR_CODE(err);
                 
                 break;
+            
+            case OPT_CONFIG:
+                if (apply_config(nexus, optarg, err))
+                    return ERROR_CODE(err);
+
+                break;
 
             case '?':
                 usage(nexus, argv[0]);