--- deliantra/server/ext/help.ext	2007/04/19 21:54:41	1.4
+++ deliantra/server/ext/help.ext	2008/04/11 01:15:49	1.12
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 our $TOPIC;
 
+our $HELP_CHANNEL = {
+   id      => "help",
+   title   => "Help",
+   reply   => "help ",
+   tooltip => "Online Help",
+};
+
 sub load_topics($$) {
    my ($type, $path) = @_;
 
@@ -12,7 +19,7 @@
    my $level = 1e9;
 
    for my $par (@$paragraphs) {
-      Coro::cede;
+      cf::cede_to_tick;
       if ($par->{type} eq "head2") {
          if ($par->{markup} =~ /^(\S+)/) {
             push @topics, $1 => [$type => $par];
@@ -38,16 +45,28 @@
 cf::sync_job {
    my $guard = cf::lock_acquire "ext::help::loading";
    cf::async_ext {
+      $Coro::current->{desc} = "help loader";
       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;
    }
 
@@ -63,17 +82,17 @@
 
       my $res;
       while (my ($k, $v) = each %topics) {
-         $res .= "[b]$k:[/b]\n" . (sort join " ", @$v) . "\n\n";
+         $res .= "B<$k:>\n" . (join " ", sort @$v) . "\n\n";
       }
 
-      $pl->reply (undef, $res);
+      $pl->send_msg ($HELP_CHANNEL => $res, cf::NDI_REPLY | cf::NDI_CLEAR);
 
-   } elsif (my $topic = $TOPIC->{$topic}) {
-      my ($type, @pars) = @$topic;
-      $pl->reply (undef, cf::pod::as_text \@pars);
+   } elsif (my $item = $TOPIC->{$topic}) {
+      my ($type, @pars) = @$item;
+      $pl->send_msg ($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);
    }
 };