--- deliantra/server/ext/help.ext	2007/04/18 17:32:06	1.2
+++ deliantra/server/ext/help.ext	2007/09/19 21:56:30	1.10
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 our $TOPIC;
 
-sub load_topics($) {
-   my ($path) = @_;
+sub load_topics($$) {
+   my ($type, $path) = @_;
 
    my $paragraphs = cf::pod::load_pod "$PODDIR/$path.pod"
       or die "unable to load $path";
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
       Coro::cede;
       if ($par->{type} eq "head2") {
          if ($par->{markup} =~ /^(\S+)/) {
-            push @topics, $1 => [$par];
+            push @topics, $1 => [$type => $par];
             $level = $par->{level};
          }
       } elsif ($par->{level} > $level) {
@@ -28,26 +28,64 @@
 
 sub reload() {
    $TOPIC = {
-      load_topics "dmcommand_help",
-      load_topics "emote_help",
-      load_topics "command_help",
-      load_topics "generic_help",
+      (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";
       reload;
       undef $guard;
    };
 };
 
-cf::register_command xhelp => sub {
+# 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->reply (undef, "help files are being loaded currently, try again in a few seconds.");
       return;
    }
+
+   $topic = $1 if $topic =~ /(\S+)/;
+
+   if (!length $topic) {
+      # sort..
+
+      my %topics;
+      while (my ($k, $v) = each %$TOPIC) {
+         push @{$topics{$v->[0]}}, $k;
+      }
+
+      my $res;
+      while (my ($k, $v) = each %topics) {
+         $res .= "B<$k:>\n" . (join " ", sort @$v) . "\n\n";
+      }
+
+      $pl->reply (undef, $res);
+
+   } elsif (my $item = $TOPIC->{$topic}) {
+      my ($type, @pars) = @$item;
+      $pl->reply (undef, cf::pod::as_cfpod \@pars);
+
+   } else {
+      $pl->reply (undef, "'$topic' no such help topic, try just 'help' to get a list of topics.");
+   }
 };
+