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+/* 
+ * Evennia webclient library. Load this into your <head> html page
+ * template with 
+ *
+ * <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.3.min.js"></script>
+ * <script webclient/js/evennia.js</script>
+ *
+ * In your template you can then put elements with specific ids that
+ * evennia will look for.  Evennia will via this library relay text to
+ * specific divs if given, or to the "text" div if not. 
+ *
+ */
+
+/* 
+ * global vars 
+ */
+var websocket;
+
+/*
+ * Configuration variables
+ * (set by the user)
+ */
+
+var echo_to_textarea = true;
+
+/*
+ * Evennia OOB command map; this holds custom js functions
+ * that the OOB handler supports. Each key is the name
+ * of a js callback function. External development is
+ * done by adding functions func(data) to this object,
+ * where data is the data object sent from the server.
+ */
+
+oob_commands = {
+    "text": function(data) {
+        // basic div redistributor making
+        // use of the default text relay.
+        // Use in combination with the
+        // divclass oob argument to send
+        // text to different DOM element classes.
+        var msg = data.text;
+        var divclass = data.divclass;
+        toClass(divclass, msg);
+    }
+};
+
+/*
+ * Send text to given element class
+ */
+toClass = function(divclass, data) {
+    // loop over all objects of divclass
+    //console.log("toClass: " + divclass + " " + data);
+    $("." + divclass).each(function() {
+        switch (divclass) {
+            case "textarea": 
+                // update the bottom of the normal text area
+                // and scroll said area.
+                var oldtext = $.trim($(this).val());
+                $(this).val(oldtext + "\n" + data);
+                $(this).scrollTop($(this)[0].scrollHeight);
+                break;
+            case "lookarea":
+                // update the look text box
+                $(this).val(data);
+                break;
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+/*
+ * Send data to Evennia. This data is always sent
+ * as an JSON object. {key:arg, ...}
+ *    key "cmd" - a text input command (in arg)
+ *    other keys - interpreted as OOB command keys and their args
+ *                 (can be an array)
+ */
+dataSend = function(classname, data) {
+    // client -> Evennia. 
+    var outdata = {classname: data}; // for testing 
+    //websocket.send(JSON.stringify(data)) // send to Evennia
+}
+
+/*
+ * Data coming from Evennia to client. This data 
+ * is always on the form of a JSON object {key:arg}
+ */
+dataRecv = function(event) {
+    // Evennia -> client
+    var data = JSON.parse(event.data);
+     
+    // send to be printed in element class
+    for (var cmdname in data) {
+        if (data.hasOwnProperty(cmdname) &&  cmdname in oob_commands) {
+            try {
+                oob_commands[cmdname](data);
+            }
+            catch(error) {
+                alert("Crash in function " + cmdname + "(data): " + error);
+            }
+        } 
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Input history objects
+ */
+
+historyObj = function () {
+    // history object storage
+    return {"current": undefined, // save the current input
+            "hpos": 0,   // position in history
+            "store": []}   // history steore
+}
+addHistory = function(obj, lastentry) {
+    // Add text to the history
+    if (!obj.hasOwnProperty("input_history")) {
+        // create a new history object
+        obj.input_history = new historyObj();
+    }
+    if (lastentry && obj.input_history.store && obj.input_history.store[0] != lastentry) {
+        // don't store duplicates.
+        obj.input_history.store.unshift(lastentry);
+        obj.input_history.hpos = -1;
+        obj.input_history.current = undefined;
+    }
+}
+getHistory = function(obj, lastentry, step) {
+    // step +1 or -1 in history
+    if (!obj.hasOwnProperty("input_history")) {
+        // create a new history object
+        obj.input_history = new historyObj();
+    }
+    var history = obj.input_history;
+    var lhist = history.store.length;
+    var hpos = history.hpos + step;
+
+    if (typeof(obj.input_history.current) === "undefined") {
+        obj.input_history.current = lastentry;
+    }
+    if (hpos < 0) {
+        // get the current but remove the cached one so it
+        // can be replaced.
+        obj.input_history.hpos = -1; 
+        var current = obj.input_history.current;
+        obj.input_history.current = undefined;
+        return current;
+    }
+    hpos = Math.max(0, Math.min(hpos, lhist-1));
+    console.log("lhist: " + lhist + " hpos: " + hpos + " current: " + obj.input_history.current);
+    obj.input_history.hpos = hpos;
+    return history.store[hpos];
+}
+
+
+/* 
+ * Initialization
+ */
+
+initialize = function() {
+    
+    // register events
+
+    // single line input
+    $(".input_singleline").on("submit", function(event) {
+        // input from the single-line input field
+        event.preventDefault(); // stop form from switching page
+        var msg = $(this).children("input").val();
+        addHistory(this, msg);
+        $(this).children("input").val("");
+        dataSend("inputfield", msg);
+        if (echo_to_textarea) {
+            // echo to textfield
+            toClass("textarea", msg);
+            toClass("lookarea", msg);
+            toClass("listarea", msg);
+        }
+    });
+
+    $(".input_singleline :input").on("keyup", function(event) {
+        switch (event.keyCode) {
+            case 13: // Enter 
+                event.preventDefault();
+                $(this).trigger("submit"); 
+                break
+            case 38: // Up
+                event.preventDefault();
+                var lastentry = $(this).val();
+                var hist = getHistory(this.form, lastentry, 1);
+                if (hist) $(this).val(hist);
+                break
+            case 40: // Down
+                event.preventDefault();
+                var lastentry = $(this).val();
+                var hist = getHistory(this.form, lastentry, -1);
+                if (hist) $(this).val(hist);
+                break
+            default:
+        }
+    });
+
+    // textarea input 
+   
+    $(".input_multiline").on("submit", function(event) {
+        // input from the textarea input
+        event.preventDefault(); // stop form from switching page
+        var msg = $(this).children("textarea").val();
+        addHistory(this, msg);
+        $(this).children("textarea").val("");
+        dataSend("inputfield", msg);
+        if (echo_to_textarea) {
+            // echo to textfield
+            toClass("textarea", msg);
+            toClass("lookarea", msg);
+            toClass("listarea", msg);
+        }
+    });
+
+    $(".input_multiline :input").on("keyup", function(event) {
+        // Ctrl + <key> commands
+        if (event.ctrlKey) {
+            switch (event.keyCode) {
+                case 13: // Ctrl + Enter 
+                    event.preventDefault();
+                    $(this).trigger("submit"); 
+                    break
+                case 38: // Ctrl + Up
+                    event.preventDefault();
+                    var lastentry = $(this).val();
+                    var hist = getHistory(this.form, lastentry, 1);
+                    if (hist) $(this).val(hist);
+                    break
+                case 40: // Ctrl + Down
+                    event.preventDefault();
+                    var lastentry = $(this).val();
+                    var hist = getHistory(this.form, lastentry, -1);
+                    if (hist) $(this).val(hist);
+                    break
+                default:
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    // configurations
+    $(".echo").on("change", function(event) {
+        // configure echo on/off checkbox button
+        event.preventDefault();
+        echo_to_textarea = $(this).prop("checked");
+    });
+    
+    // initialize the websocket connection
+    //websocket = new WebSocket(wsurl);
+    //websocket.onopen = function(event) {};
+    //websocket.onclose = function(event) {};
+    //websocket.onerror = function(event) {};
+    //websocket.onmessage = dataOut;
+    
+}
+
+/* 
+ * Kick system into gear first when 
+ * the document has loaded fully.
+ */
+
+$(document).ready(function() {
+    // a small timeout to stop 'loading' indicator in Chrome
+    setTimeout(function () {
+        initialize();
+    }, 500);
+    // set an idle timer to avoid proxy servers to time out on us (every 3 minutes)
+    setInterval(function() {
+        dataSend("textinput", "idle");
+    }, 60000*3);
+});
+
