/* command, trial out by Turrican for a commands daemon. */
/*
* A news system for player announcements. It uses a bulletin board called:
* "announcements". Players will be able to read the news at anytime which
* should be an improvement over the current NEWS file which is shown
* on login only.
*/
#include <board.h>
inherit COMMAND_BASE;
object board;
string board_name = "announcements";
void do_list(int all);
int do_read(int num);
#define LOGON_LIMIT 10
#define MOST 1
#define ALL 2
#define SOME 0
mixed cmd(string str) {
int msg;
switch(str) {
case "help":
case "?":
case "h":
tell_object( this_player(),
"Usage:\n"
"To read next news item type: \"news\".\n"
"To read a specific news item type: \"news <num>\".\n"
"To list new news items type: \"news list\".\n"
"To list all news items type: \"news review\".\n");
break;
case "l":
case "list":
do_list(MOST);
break;
case "r":
case "review":
do_list(ALL);
break;
default:
if(str) sscanf(str, "%d", msg);
do_read(msg);
}
return 1;
}
int do_read(int num) {
mapping news_rc;
mixed *stuff;
news_rc = BOARD_HAND->query_newsrc(this_player()->query_name());
if ( !news_rc )
news_rc = ([ ]);
stuff = (mixed *)BOARD_HAND->get_subjects(board_name);
if(!num) {
num = sizeof(stuff);
while((num > 0) && (stuff[num - 1][B_TIME] > news_rc[board_name]))
num--;
if(num == sizeof(stuff)) {
write("No news is good news.\n");
return 1;
}
num++;
}
if(num < 0)
num = sizeof(stuff) + num + 1;
if(( num < 1) || (num > sizeof(stuff))) {
write("No news item of that number.\n");
return 1;
}
num--;
if(news_rc[ board_name ] < stuff[ num ][ B_TIME ]) {
news_rc[ board_name ] = stuff[ num ][ B_TIME ];
BOARD_HAND->set_newsrc(this_player()->query_name(), news_rc);
}
this_player()->more_string( "Note #"+ ( num + 1 ) +" Title: \""+
stuff[ num ][ B_SUBJECT ][ 0 .. (int)this_player()->query_cols() -
10 ] +"\"\n\n"+ (string)BOARD_HAND->get_message( board_name, num ),
"[Note "+ ( num + 1 ) +"]" );
return 1;
}
string the_date(int i) {
return ctime(i)[4..9];
}
void do_list(int all) {
int i, newones;
mixed *stuff;
string ret;
mapping news_rc;
ret = "";
stuff = (mixed *)BOARD_HAND->get_subjects(board_name);
if (!sizeof(stuff)) {
tell_object(this_player(), "No news is good news.\n");
return;
}
news_rc = BOARD_HAND->query_newsrc(this_player()->query_name());
if (!news_rc) {
news_rc = ([ ]);
}
newones = 0;
for (i = 0; i < sizeof(stuff); i++) {
if (news_rc[board_name] < stuff[i][B_TIME]) {
ret += sprintf("N %2d: %-=*s\n", i+1,
(int)this_player()->query_cols()-6,
stuff[i][B_SUBJECT]+" ("+the_date(stuff[i][B_TIME])+")");
newones += 1;
if (all == SOME) {
if (newones > LOGON_LIMIT) {
write("Plus more....\n");
break;
}
}
} else if(all == ALL) {
ret += sprintf(" %2d: %-=*s\n", i+1, (int)this_player()->query_cols()-6,
stuff[i][B_SUBJECT]+" ("+the_date(stuff[i][B_TIME])+")");
}
}
if(!newones && all != ALL) {
ret += "\nNo news is good news.\n";
}
if (all == SOME) {
ret += "\nUse 'news list' for all new news items and 'news review' for all news times.\n";
}
this_player()->more_string( ret, "News" );
}
