--- deliantra/server/ext/help.ext	2008/04/06 17:08:51	1.11
+++ deliantra/server/ext/help.ext	2008/09/23 05:01:41	1.16
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 our $TOPIC;
 
+our $HELP_CHANNEL = {
+   id      => "help",
+   title   => "Help",
+   reply   => "help ",
+   tooltip => "Online Help",
+};
+
 sub load_topics($$) {
    my ($type, $path) = @_;
 
@@ -27,39 +34,31 @@
 }
 
 sub reload() {
+   my $guard = cf::lock_acquire "ext::help::loading";
+
+   local $Coro::current->{desc} = "help loader";
+
    $TOPIC = {
       (load_topics "DM Commands" => "dmcommand_help"),
       (load_topics "Emotes" => "emote_help"),
       (load_topics "Commands" => "command_help"),
       (load_topics "Generic Help Topics" => "generic_help"),
    };
+
+   ()
 }
 
-cf::sync_job {
-   my $guard = cf::lock_acquire "ext::help::loading";
-   cf::async_ext {
-      $Coro::current->{desc} = "help loader";
+cf::post_init {
+   cf::async {
       reload;
-      undef $guard;
    };
 };
 
-# for lack of a better place: "media tags"
-#  b            bold
-#  i            italic
-#  ul           underlined
-#  fixed        font
-#  arcane       font
-#  hand         font
-#  strange      font
-#  print        font (default)
-#  color=xxx
-
 cf::register_command help => sub {
    my ($pl, $topic) = @_;
 
    if (cf::lock_active "ext::help::loading") {
-      $pl->reply (undef, "help files are being loaded currently, try again in a few seconds.");
+      $pl->send_msg ($HELP_CHANNEL => "help files are being loaded currently, try again in a few seconds.", cf::NDI_REPLY | cf::NDI_CLEAR);
       return;
    }
 
@@ -75,17 +74,17 @@
 
       my $res;
       while (my ($k, $v) = each %topics) {
-         $res .= "B<$k:>\n" . (join " ", sort @$v) . "\n\n";
+         $res .= "T<$k:>\n\n" . (join "    ", sort @$v) . "\n\n";
       }
 
-      $pl->reply (undef, $res);
+      $pl->send_msg ($HELP_CHANNEL => $res, cf::NDI_REPLY | cf::NDI_CLEAR);
 
    } elsif (my $item = $TOPIC->{$topic}) {
       my ($type, @pars) = @$item;
-      $pl->reply (undef, cf::pod::as_cfpod \@pars);
+      $pl->send_msg ($HELP_CHANNEL => (cf::pod::as_cfpod \@pars), cf::NDI_REPLY | cf::NDI_CLEAR);
 
    } else {
-      $pl->reply (undef, "'$topic' no such help topic, try just 'help' to get a list of topics.");
+      $pl->send_msg ($HELP_CHANNEL => "'$topic' no such help topic, try just 'help' to get a list of topics.", cf::NDI_REPLY);
    }
 };