added listsettings option to evennia launcher, to easier inspect the values of the currently chosen settings file.

evennia/commands/default/unloggedin.py

@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ You are not yet logged into the game. Commands available at this point:
   {wquit{n - abort the connection
 
 First create an account e.g. with {wcreate Anna c67jHL8p{n
-(If you have spaces in your name, use quotes: {wcreate "Anna the Barbarian"  c67jHL8p{n
+(If you have spaces in your name, use quotes: {wcreate "Anna the Barbarian" c67jHL8p{n
 Next you can connect to the game: {wconnect Anna c67jHL8p{n
 
 You can use the {wlook{n command if you want to see the connect screen again.

evennia/server/evennia_launcher.py

@@ -745,6 +745,32 @@ def run_dummyrunner(number_of_dummies):
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         pass
 
+def list_settings(keys):
+    """
+    Display the server settings. We only display
+    the Evennia specific settings here.
+    """
+    from importlib import import_module
+    from evennia.utils import evtable
+
+    evsettings = import_module(SETTINGS_DOTPATH)
+    if len(keys) == 1 and keys[0].upper() == "ALL":
+        # show a list of all keys
+        # a specific key
+        table = evtable.EvTable()
+        confs = dict((key,var) for key, var in evsettings.__dict__.items() if key.isupper())
+        for i in range(0, len(confs), 4):
+            table.add_row(*confs.keys()[i:i+4])
+    else:
+        # a specific key
+        table = evtable.EvTable(width=131)
+        keys = [key.upper() for key in keys]
+        confs = dict((key,var) for key, var in evsettings.__dict__.items() if key in keys)
+        for key, val in confs.items():
+            table.add_row(key, str(val))
+    print table
+
+
 def run_menu():
     """
     This launches an interactive menu.
@@ -898,6 +924,8 @@ def main():
                       help="Start given processes in interactive mode.")
     parser.add_argument('--init', action='store', dest="init", metavar="name",
                         help="Creates a new game directory 'name' at the current location.")
+    parser.add_argument('-l', nargs='+', action='store', dest='listsetting', metavar="key",
+                      help="List values for server settings. Use 'all' to list all available keys.")
     parser.add_argument('--profiler', action='store_true', dest='profiler', default=False,
                       help="Start given server component under the Python profiler.")
     parser.add_argument('--dummyrunner', nargs=1, action='store', dest='dummyrunner', metavar="N",
@@ -914,25 +942,29 @@ def main():
     args, unknown_args = parser.parse_known_args()
 
     # handle arguments
-
     option, service = args.option, args.service
 
+    # make sure we have everything
     check_main_evennia_dependencies()
 
     if not args:
+        # show help pane
         print CMDLINE_HELP
         sys.exit()
     elif args.init:
+        # initialization of game directory
         create_game_directory(args.init)
         print CREATED_NEW_GAMEDIR.format(gamedir=args.init,
                                          settings_path=os.path.join(args.init, SETTINGS_PATH))
         sys.exit()
 
     if args.show_version:
+        # show the version info
         print show_version_info(option=="help")
         sys.exit()
 
     if args.altsettings:
+        # use alternative settings file
         sfile = args.altsettings[0]
         global SETTINGSFILE, SETTINGS_DOTPATH
         SETTINGSFILE = sfile
@@ -943,6 +975,10 @@ def main():
         # launch the dummy runner
         init_game_directory(CURRENT_DIR, check_db=True)
         run_dummyrunner(args.dummyrunner[0])
+    elif args.listsetting:
+        # display all current server settings
+        init_game_directory(CURRENT_DIR, check_db=False)
+        list_settings(args.listsetting)
     elif option == 'menu':
         # launch menu for operation
         init_game_directory(CURRENT_DIR, check_db=True)