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/**
 * The language handler.  This will keep track of the info on languages
 * Each language can be a written language or a spoken language and have
 * a garble object.
 *<p>
 * The function garble_say, garble_tell, garble_shout and
 * garble_written shoud be defined on the garbling object.
 * They should return the entire string to print.  So if the
 * routine returns 0 nothing is printed.
 *
 * @author Pinkfish
 */

#include <language.h>

#define L_NEW 512

#define REPLACEMENTS ({" ne1 ", " anyone ", " u ", " you ", " r ", " are "})

mapping languages;

void create() {
  languages = ([
  "common" : ({ L_SPOKEN|L_WRITTEN|L_DISTANCE/*|L_NEW */,
                "/std/languages/common", 10 }),
  "thieves' cant" : ({ L_SPOKEN|L_WRITTEN,
                "/std/languages/cant", 100 }),
  "grunt" : ({ L_SPOKEN, "/std/languages/grunt", 100 }),
  "wizard spells" : ({ L_WRITTEN|L_MAGIC|L_SIZED,
                "/std/languages/wizard_spells", 100 }),
  "dwarven" : ({ L_SPOKEN|L_WRITTEN|L_DISTANCE,
                "/std/languages/dwarven", 10 }),
  "gnomish" : ({ L_SPOKEN|L_WRITTEN|L_DISTANCE,
                "/std/languages/gnomish", 10 }),
  "djelian" : ({ L_SPOKEN|L_WRITTEN|L_DISTANCE|L_NEW,
                "/std/languages/djelian", 10 }),
  "ephebian" : ({ L_SPOKEN|L_WRITTEN|L_DISTANCE|L_NEW,
                "/std/languages/ephebian", 10 }),
    "agatean" : ({ L_SPOKEN|L_WRITTEN|L_DISTANCE|L_NEW,
            "/std/languages/agatean", 10 }),
/* Four magic languages of the elements: */
  "aquateel" : ({ L_WRITTEN|L_MAGIC|L_SIZED,
                "/std/languages/aquateel", 100 }),
  "echthonica" : ({ L_WRITTEN|L_MAGIC|L_SIZED,
                "/std/languages/echthonica", 100 }),
  "flagraris" : ({ L_WRITTEN|L_MAGIC|L_SIZED,
                "/std/languages/flagraris", 100 }),
  "zephyrial" : ({ L_WRITTEN|L_MAGIC|L_SIZED,
                "/std/languages/zephyrial", 100 }),
  "wommon" : ({ L_WRITTEN|L_SPOKEN|L_DISTANCE|L_MAGIC,
                "/std/languages/wommon", 10 }),
  "tuandor" : ({ L_WRITTEN|L_SPOKEN|L_DISTANCE|L_NEW,
                 "/std/languages/tuandor", 10 }),
  "vostrum" : ({ L_SPOKEN, "/std/languages/vostrum", 100 }),
  "iarkin" : ({ L_WRITTEN|L_SPOKEN|L_DISTANCE|L_NEW,
                "/std/languages/iarkin", 10 }),
  "delsan" : ({ L_WRITTEN|L_SPOKEN|L_DISTANCE|L_NEW,
               "/std/languages/delsan", 10 }),
              ]);
} /* create() */

/**
 * Determine if the language is spoken.
 *
 * @param str the language name to test
 * @return 1 if the language is spoken, 0 if it is not
 */
int query_language_spoken(string str) {
  if (!languages[str])
    return 0;
  return languages[str][0]&L_SPOKEN;
} /* query_language_spoken() */

/**
 * Determine if the language is written.
 *
 * @param str the language name to test
 * @return 1 if the language is written, 0 if it is not
 */
int query_language_written(string str) {
  if (!languages[str])
    return 0;
  return languages[str][0]&L_WRITTEN;
} /* query_language_written() */

/**
 * Determine if the language is spoken.
 * Distance languages can be used with tell and shout.
 *
 * @param str the language name to test
 * @return 1 if it is distance language, 0 if it is not
 */
int query_language_distance(string str) {
  if (!languages[str])
    return 0;
  return languages[str][0]&L_DISTANCE;
} /* query_language_distance() */


/**
 * @ignore yes
 */
int query_language_new(string str) {
  if (!languages[str])
     return 0;
  return languages[str][0]&L_NEW;
} /* query_language_new() */

/**
 * Determine if it is a magical language.
 * A magical langage gets a function called on it's object whenever it
 * is read even if the person knows the language.  It is also the language
 * spells are written in.
 *
 * @param str the language to test
 * @return 1 if it is magical, 0 if it is not
 */
int query_language_magic(string str) {
  if (!languages[str])
    return 0;
  return languages[str][0]&L_MAGIC;
} /* query_language_magic() */

/**
 * This method returns the size of the language (used by add_read_mess()).
 * Some languages have bigger letters and stuff than others.
 * @param lang the language to get the size of
 * @return the size of each letter in standard handwriting
 * @see /std/basic/read_desc->add_read_mess()
 */
int query_language_size( string lang ) {
    if( !languages[lang] )
        return 0;
    return languages[lang][2];
} /* query_language_size() */

/* This is called to resize the text if it doesnt fit... */
/**
 * @ignore yes
 */
mixed squidge_text(string lang, mixed str, int size) {
  if (!languages[lang])
    return 0; /* Don't add it... */
  if (!(languages[lang][0]&L_MAGIC))
    return str[0..(size/languages[lang][2])];
  return (mixed)languages[lang][1]->squidge_text(str, size);
} /* squish_text() */

/* Shjould not really allow this...
int add_language(string name, int flags, mixed ob, int size) {
  languages[name] = ({ flags, ob, size });
} * add_language() */

/**
 * Return all the flags for the language.
 *
 * @param name the language to get the flags of
 * @return all the flags
 * @see /include/language.h
 */
int query_flags(string name) {
  if (!languages[name])
    return 0;
  return languages[name][0];
} /* query_flags() */

/**
 * Figure out the garble object.  This returns the garble object for the
 * language.  The garble object is used to modify the text so that
 * player does not see plain text if they do not know the language.
 *
 * @param name the language to get the garble object for
 * @return the garble object
 */
string query_garble_object(string name) {
  if (!languages[name])
    return 0;
  return languages[name][1];
} /* query_garble_object() */

/**
 * Names of all the languages.
 * @return the names of all the languages
 */
string *query_languages() {
  return m_indices(languages);
} /* query_languages() */

/**
 * Determine if this is a language.
 * @return 1 if it is a language, 0 if it s not
 * @param str the language to check
 */
int test_language(string str) {
  return pointerp(languages[str]);
} /* test_language() */

/**
 * The skill for the spoken language.  This gets the skill name in the skill
 * tree for the spoken part of the language.
 * @param lang the language to get the skill of
 * @return the skill name
 */
string query_language_spoken_skill(string lang) {
  return LANGUAGE_SKILL_START + replace(lang, " ", "_") + "." + SPOKEN_SKILL;
} /* query_language_spoken_skill() */

/**
 * The skill for the written language.  This gets the skill name in the skill
 * tree for the written part of the language.
 * @param lang the language to get the skill of
 * @return the skill name
 */
string query_language_written_skill(string lang) {
  return LANGUAGE_SKILL_START + replace(lang, " ", "_") + "." + WRITTEN_SKILL;
} /* query_language_written_skill() */

/**
 * This garbles a say.  Called from the events class to garble the text
 * that players see.  This looks up the garble object and calls the
 * correct function on it.  The returned array contains the
 * garbled start and message.
 *
 * @param lang the language spoken in
 * @param start the start bit
 * @param mess the message itself
 * @param player the player hearing
 * @param from the player speaking
 * @param type 'say', 'tell', 'shout' etc
 * @return an array <code>({ start, mess })</code>
 */
mixed garble_say(string lang, string start, string mess,
                 object player, object from, string type) {
   string garble_ob;

   mess = replace(mess, REPLACEMENTS);
   if (query_language_new(lang)) {
      garble_ob = query_garble_object(lang);
      if (garble_ob) {
         return garble_ob->garble_say(start, mess, player, from, type,
                                      query_language_spoken_skill(lang),
                                      type == SHOUT_TYPE);
      }
   } else {
      if (player->query_skill(query_language_spoken_skill(lang)) < 99) {
         garble_ob = query_garble_object(lang);
         if(garble_ob)
           return garble_ob->garble_say(start, mess, player, type);
         else
           debug_printf("Error, %s has no garble object.", lang);
      }
   }
   return ({ start, mess });
} /* garble_say() */

/**
 * Garble written text.  This is the same as garble_say, but it works on written
 * text.
 *
 * @param lang the language written in
 * @param text the text which has been written
 * @param thing the thing which is written on
 * @param player the player doing the reading
 * @return the garbled text as a string
 */
string garble_text(string lang, mixed text, object thing, object player ) {
   string garble_ob;

   if (functionp(text)) {
      text = evaluate(text);
   }

   if (query_language_new(lang)) {
      garble_ob = query_garble_object(lang);
      if (garble_ob) {
         return garble_ob->garble_text(text, thing, player,
                                       query_language_written_skill(lang));
      }
   } else {
      if (player->query_skill(query_language_written_skill(lang)) < 99) {
         garble_ob = query_garble_object(lang);
         if(!garble_ob) return "This item has a buggy language set, please report it.\n";
         return garble_ob->garble_text(text, thing, player);
      }
      if (query_language_magic(lang)) {
         garble_ob = query_garble_object(lang);
         return garble_ob->magical_text(text, thing, player);
      }
      return text;
   }

   if (query_language_magic(lang))
      return 0;

   return "Text written in " + lang + " could not have been written.  "
          "There are "
          "broken bits of letters scattered over the page, looks like "
          "someone had a bad game of scrabble.\n";
} /* garble_text() */