* (bug 4295) Add an option to view Tremulous news to the main menu

5 files changed, 101 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/ui/ui_local.h b/src/ui/ui_local.h
index 241cb6d8..1f7ecf40 100644
--- a/src/ui/ui_local.h
+++ b/src/ui/ui_local.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ int UI_AdjustTimeByGame( int time );
 void UI_ClearScores( void );
 void UI_LoadArenas( void );
 void UI_ServerInfo( void );
+void UI_UpdateNews( qboolean );
 
 void UI_RegisterCvars( void );
 void UI_UpdateCvars( void );
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ void UI_DrawConnectScreen( qboolean overlay );
 #define MAX_DISPLAY_SERVERS 2048
 #define MAX_SERVERSTATUS_LINES 128
 #define MAX_SERVERSTATUS_TEXT 1024
+#define MAX_NEWS_LINES 50
+#define MAX_NEWS_LINEWIDTH 85
 #define MAX_FOUNDPLAYER_SERVERS 16
 #define MAX_MODS 64
 #define MAX_DEMOS 256
@@ -148,6 +151,15 @@ serverStatusInfo_t;
 
 typedef struct
 {
+  char text[MAX_NEWS_LINES][MAX_NEWS_LINEWIDTH];
+  int numLines;
+  qboolean refreshActive;
+  int refreshtime;
+}
+newsInfo_t;
+
+typedef struct
+{
   const char *modName;
   const char *modDescr;
 }
@@ -262,6 +274,9 @@ typedef struct
 
   serverStatus_t serverStatus;
 
+  // for showing the game news window
+  newsInfo_t newsInfo;
+
   // for the showing the status of a server
   char serverStatusAddress[MAX_ADDRESSLENGTH];
   serverStatusInfo_t serverStatusInfo;
@@ -365,6 +380,7 @@ int        trap_LAN_AddServer( int source, const char *name, const char *addr );
 void      trap_LAN_RemoveServer( int source, const char *addr );
 void      trap_LAN_ResetPings( int n );
 int        trap_LAN_ServerStatus( const char *serverAddress, char *serverStatus, int maxLen );
+qboolean    trap_GetNews( qboolean force );
 int        trap_LAN_CompareServers( int source, int sortKey, int sortDir, int s1, int s2 );
 int        trap_MemoryRemaining( void );
 void      trap_R_RegisterFont( const char *pFontname, int pointSize, fontInfo_t *font );
diff --git a/src/ui/ui_main.c b/src/ui/ui_main.c
index 3eb63c5d..ab96fa3e 100644
--- a/src/ui/ui_main.c
+++ b/src/ui/ui_main.c
@@ -1138,6 +1138,8 @@ void UI_Refresh( int realtime )
     UI_BuildServerStatus( qfalse );
     // refresh find player list
     UI_BuildFindPlayerList( qfalse );
+    // refresh news
+    UI_UpdateNews( qfalse );
   }
 
   // draw cursor
@@ -2856,6 +2858,8 @@ static void UI_RunMenuScript( char **args )
     }
     else if( Q_stricmp( name, "loadServerInfo" ) == 0 )
       UI_ServerInfo();
+    else if( Q_stricmp( name, "getNews" ) == 0 )
+      UI_UpdateNews( qtrue );
     else if( Q_stricmp( name, "saveControls" ) == 0 )
       Controls_SetConfig( qtrue );
     else if( Q_stricmp( name, "loadControls" ) == 0 )
@@ -3356,6 +3360,8 @@ static int UI_FeederCount( float feederID )
     return uiInfo.serverStatus.numFeaturedServers;
   else if( feederID == FEEDER_SERVERSTATUS )
     return uiInfo.serverStatusInfo.numLines;
+  else if( feederID == FEEDER_NEWS )
+    return uiInfo.newsInfo.numLines;
   else if( feederID == FEEDER_FINDPLAYER )
     return uiInfo.numFoundPlayerServers;
   else if( feederID == FEEDER_PLAYER_LIST )
@@ -3524,6 +3530,13 @@ static const char *UI_FeederItemText( float feederID, int index, int column, qha
         return uiInfo.serverStatusInfo.lines[index][column];
     }
   }
+  else if( feederID == FEEDER_NEWS )
+  {
+    if( index >= 0 && index < uiInfo.newsInfo.numLines )
+    {
+      return uiInfo.newsInfo.text[index];
+    }
+  }
   else if( feederID == FEEDER_FINDPLAYER )
   {
     if( index >= 0 && index < uiInfo.numFoundPlayerServers )
@@ -4473,3 +4486,68 @@ void UI_UpdateCvars( void )
   for( i = 0, cv = cvarTable ; i < cvarTableSize ; i++, cv++ )
     trap_Cvar_Update( cv->vmCvar );
 }
+
+/*
+=================
+UI_UpdateNews
+=================
+*/
+void UI_UpdateNews( qboolean begin )
+{
+  char newsString[ MAX_NEWS_STRING ];
+  const char *c;
+  const char *wrapped;
+  int line = 0;
+  int linePos = 0;
+  qboolean finished;
+
+  if( begin && !uiInfo.newsInfo.refreshActive ) {
+    uiInfo.newsInfo.refreshtime = uiInfo.uiDC.realTime + 10000;
+    uiInfo.newsInfo.refreshActive = qtrue;
+  }
+  else if( !uiInfo.newsInfo.refreshActive ) // do nothing
+    return; 
+  else if( uiInfo.uiDC.realTime > uiInfo.newsInfo.refreshtime ) {
+    strcpy( uiInfo.newsInfo.text[ 0 ], 
+      "^1Error: Timed out while contacting the server.");
+    uiInfo.newsInfo.numLines = 1;
+    return; 
+  }
+
+  // start the news fetching
+  finished = trap_GetNews( begin );
+
+  // parse what comes back. Parse newlines and otherwise chop when necessary
+  trap_Cvar_VariableStringBuffer( "cl_newsString", newsString, 
+    sizeof( newsString ) );
+
+  wrapped = Item_Text_Wrap( newsString, .25, 300 );
+
+  for( c = wrapped; *c != '\0'; ++c ) {
+    if( linePos == (MAX_NEWS_LINEWIDTH - 1) || *c == '\n' ) {
+      uiInfo.newsInfo.text[ line ][ linePos ] = '\0';
+
+      if( line == ( MAX_NEWS_LINES  - 1 ) )
+        break;
+
+      linePos = 0;
+      line++;
+
+      if( *c != '\n' ) {
+        uiInfo.newsInfo.text[ line ][ linePos ] = *c;
+        linePos++;
+      }
+    } else if( isprint( *c ) ) {
+      uiInfo.newsInfo.text[ line ][ linePos ] = *c;
+      linePos++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  uiInfo.newsInfo.text[ line ] [linePos ] = '\0';
+  uiInfo.newsInfo.numLines = line + 1;
+
+  if( finished )
+    uiInfo.newsInfo.refreshActive = qfalse;
+
+}
+
diff --git a/src/ui/ui_public.h b/src/ui/ui_public.h
index 26c6fbd4..bcaf3d5c 100644
--- a/src/ui/ui_public.h
+++ b/src/ui/ui_public.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ typedef enum
   UI_PARSE_FREE_SOURCE,
   UI_PARSE_READ_TOKEN,
   UI_PARSE_SOURCE_FILE_AND_LINE,
+  UI_GETNEWS,
 
   UI_MEMSET = 100,
   UI_MEMCPY,
diff --git a/src/ui/ui_syscalls.asm b/src/ui/ui_syscalls.asm
index fb37c736..0880d419 100644
--- a/src/ui/ui_syscalls.asm
+++ b/src/ui/ui_syscalls.asm
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ equ trap_Parse_LoadSource             -82
 equ trap_Parse_FreeSource             -83
 equ trap_Parse_ReadToken              -84
 equ trap_Parse_SourceFileAndLine      -85
+equ trap_GetNews                      -86
 
 
 equ memset                            -101
diff --git a/src/ui/ui_syscalls.c b/src/ui/ui_syscalls.c
index f1d252cd..29938149 100644
--- a/src/ui/ui_syscalls.c
+++ b/src/ui/ui_syscalls.c
@@ -322,6 +322,11 @@ int trap_LAN_ServerStatus( const char *serverAddress, char *serverStatus, int ma
   return syscall( UI_LAN_SERVERSTATUS, serverAddress, serverStatus, maxLen );
 }
 
+qboolean trap_GetNews( qboolean force )
+{
+  return syscall( UI_GETNEWS, force );
+}
+
 void trap_LAN_SaveCachedServers( void )
 {
   syscall( UI_LAN_SAVECACHEDSERVERS );