 Channel instance.
 ###
 TOPICREGEX = /[#|@]([\w-]+)/g
-MENTIONREGEX = /@([\w-]+)/g
 
 class Chat12345 extends AppController
   {mq} = bongo

        @broadcastOwnMessage messageBody, PUBLIC, name

    # Delegates to the channel to handle received message
    @broadcaster.on channelName, (msg) =>
      @deliverMessageToChannel channel, msg

    @channels[name] = channel


  loadView:(mainView)->
    @joinChannel "@#{@username}"
    @joinChannel PUBLIC

  joinChannel: (name) ->
    view = @getOptions().view
    channelPaneInstance = view.addChannelTab name

    if channel = @channels[name]      
      return channel

    # When the tab is closed, remove the channel reference
    # and sign the user off from the channel
