moved config to a file, the config module now looks in ~/.brathuhn.cfg,

$CWD/brathuhn.cfg and /etc/brathuhn/config.cfg
An example config-file:
[Account]
NAME = brathuhn
SRV  = n0g.at
PWD = secret

[Conference]
ROOM = gladio@conference.n0g.at
PWD_ROOM = terces

;ROOM = debug@conference.n0g.at
;PWD_ROOM = this is a comment

brathuhn.py

@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ def connect_and_join():
 	con=cl.connect()
 	if not con:
 		print 'could not connect!'
-		raise 'could not connect!'
+		raise Exception('could not connect!')
 	print 'connected'
 
 	cl.RegisterHandler('message',__messageCB)
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ def connect_and_join():
 	auth=cl.auth(NAME,PWD,resource=jid.getResource())
 	if not auth:
 		print 'could not authenticate!'
-		raise 'could not authenticate!'
+		raise Exception('could not authenticate!')
 	print 'auth'
 
 

config.py

@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
-NAME = "brathuhn"
+from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
-SRV  = "n0g.at"
+import os
-PWD = "123huhn"
 
-ROOM = "gladio@conference.n0g.at"
+cp = ConfigParser()
-PWD_ROOM = "secret"
+cp.read(["/etc/brathuhn/config.cfg","brathuhn.cfg",os.path.expanduser('~/.brathuhn.cfg')])
+
+NAME = cp.get("Account","NAME")
+SRV  = cp.get("Account","SRV")
+PWD = cp.get("Account","PWD")
+
+ROOM = cp.get("Conference","ROOM")
+PWD_ROOM = cp.get("Conference","PWD_ROOM")
+
+print NAME,SRV
 
-#ROOM = "debug@conference.n0g.at"
-#PWD_ROOM = ""