From 0d8ea81dbd8df357b606ccdae5bc136aedc91394 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: saces <saces@c-base.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 23:47:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] demobot: emulate startup behavior from simplematrixbotlib

---
 smal/src/demobot/demobot.py | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/smal/src/demobot/demobot.py b/smal/src/demobot/demobot.py
index 0fdc282..f8e32e4 100644
--- a/smal/src/demobot/demobot.py
+++ b/smal/src/demobot/demobot.py
@@ -61,10 +61,25 @@ class DemoBot(SMALBot):
 
         logger.info(f"ignored a message: {msg}")
 
+    def listjoinedrooms(self):
+        roomlist = self.joinedrooms()
+        for room in roomlist:
+            if room["is_direct"]:
+                txt = "Hey, I'm back for secret talk :)"
+            else:
+                txt = "I'm back online."
+            self.sendnotice(room["roomid"], txt)
+
 
 def main():
-    # create and run the bot
+    # create and initialize the bot
     bot = DemoBot(DEFAULT_PREFIX)
+
+    # the bot's matrix client is ready to use now
+    # request the list of joined rooms
+    bot.listjoinedrooms()
+
+    # start syncing forever (listen for incommmig messages/events)
     bot.run()