OpenTTDDevBlackBook/IConsole/History

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Development History.

Contents 1 Revision #1 2 Revision #2 3 Revision #3 4 Revision #4 [planned] 5 Revision #5 [planned]

[edit] Revision #1

console features:

• console window like in 3d ego shooters
• internal command and variable handler
• 80 lines console screen buffer [scrolling not possible yet]
• error / debug message output
• direct c++ integration over pointer access
• dynamic string allocation

commands:

• list_cmds [filter]
• list_vars [filter]
• echo [string]
• echoc [color-code] [string]
• printf [formatstring] [var] [var] [var]....
• printfc [color-code] [formatstring] [var] [var] [var]....
• screenshot ["big"]
• debug_level [0-9]
• exit

variables:

• * developer
  • -> 0 = no output
  • -> 1 = console error output [like command not found]
  • -> 2 = console error and debug output

• *cursor_rate
  • -> 1-12 = defines the cursor blink interval

[edit] Revision #2

console features:

• scroll up CURSOR-UP PAGE-UP
• scroll down CURSOR-DOWN PAGE-DOWN

console language features:

• c-language independent variables
• *temp_uint16 << random
• the "<<" allows to put a return value of a function into an variable

new console commands:

• help
• quit
• random (implented to test value passing to variable)
• dump_vars [filter]

[edit] Revision #3

Console Language Enhancements:

• Copy data from one data to another
• Passing of variable-references

Console Enhancements:

• new command buffer: saves 20 commandlines [UP and DOWN KEYS]
• scrolling: SHIFT + UP / DOWN / PG_UP / PG_DOWN

new/changed commands:

• screenshot [big/no_con]
• varinfo

new variables:

• *con_developer
  • -> true = console debugging output
  • -> false = no output

[edit] Revision #4 [planned]

Console Language Enhancements:

• allowing script files with "exec [filename]"
• dumping console to files with "script [filename]"
• command and variable hooking
  • ACCESS
  • BEFORE_CHANGE
  • AFTER_CHANGE
  • BEFORE_EXEC
  • AFTER_EXEC
• some more commands

[edit] Revision #5 [planned]

• access to configuration and patch variables
• dumping variables to file