rsrc/dialogs/edit-talk-node.xml

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 <dialog defbtn='okay'>
 	<!-- OK button -->
 	<field name='who' top='26' left='186' width='64' height='16'/>
-	<field name='key1' top='54' left='165' width='52' height='16'/>
+	<field name='key1' top='54' left='165' width='52' height='16' max-chars='4'/>
-	<field name='key2' top='54' left='285' width='52' height='16'/>
+	<field name='key2' top='54' left='285' width='52' height='16' max-chars='4'/>
+	<text top='6' left='350' width='160' height='48'>The in-game "Buy" button checks for these response keys, in order: purc, sale, heal, iden, trai, ench</text>
+	<text relative='pos-in pos' rel-anchor='prev' top='0' left='0' width='160' height='50'>The "Sell" button checks for sell.</text>
 	<field name='extra1' top='114' left='344' width='64' height='16'/>
 	<field name='extra2' top='137' left='344' width='64' height='16'/>
 	<field name='extra3' top='160' left='344' width='64' height='16'/>

rsrc/schemas/dialog.xsd

@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@
 					</xs:simpleType>
 				</xs:attribute>
 				<xs:attribute name="tab-order" type="xs:integer"/>
+				<xs:attribute name="max-chars" type="xs:integer"/>
 				<xs:attributeGroup ref="rect-size"/>
 				<xs:attributeGroup ref="position"/>
 			</xs:extension>

src/dialogxml/widgets/field.cpp

@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ void cTextField::handleInput(cKey key, bool record) {
 			handleInput(deleteKey);
 			contents = getText();
 		}
+		if(maxChars < 0 || contents.size() < maxChars){
 			if(aTextInsert* ins = dynamic_cast<aTextInsert*>(current_action.get()))
 				ins->append(key.c);
 			else {
@@ -452,6 +453,7 @@ void cTextField::handleInput(cKey key, bool record) {
 			}
 			contents.insert(contents.begin() + insertionPoint, char(key.c));
 			selectionPoint = ++insertionPoint;
+		}
 	} else switch(key.k) {
 		case key_enter: break; // Shouldn't be receiving this anyway
 		case key_left: case key_word_left:
@@ -681,6 +683,9 @@ bool cTextField::parseAttribute(ticpp::Attribute& attr, std::string tagName, std
 	} else if(name == "tab-order"){
 		attr.GetValue(&tabOrder);
 		return true;
+	} else if(name == "max-chars"){
+		attr.GetValue(&maxChars);
+		return true;
 	}
 	return cControl::parseAttribute(attr, tagName, fname);
 }

src/dialogxml/widgets/field.hpp

@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ private:
 	rectangle text_rect;
 	std::vector<snippet_t> snippets;
 	int ip_row, ip_col;
+	/// Setting maxChars AFTER the player has a chance to type in the field would be a bad idea.
+	/// So would calling setText() with a string longer than maxChars.
+	/// Really, it should probably only be set in xml, as the attribute "max-chars".
+	int maxChars = -1;
 	friend class aTextInsert;
 	friend class aTextDelete;
 };

src/scenedit/scen.townout.cpp

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include <cstring>
 #include <stack>
 #include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
+#include <boost/algorithm/string/trim.hpp>
+#include <boost/algorithm/string/case_conv.hpp>
 #include "scen.global.hpp"
 #include "scenario/scenario.hpp"
 #include "scenario/town.hpp"
@@ -25,6 +27,9 @@
 #include "fileio/fileio.hpp"
 #include "fileio/resmgr/res_dialog.hpp"
 
+using boost::algorithm::trim;
+using boost::algorithm::to_lower;
+
 extern short cen_x, cen_y, overall_mode;
 extern bool mouse_button_held,change_made;
 extern short cur_viewing_mode;
@@ -932,13 +937,35 @@ static bool check_talk_key(cDialog& me, std::string item_hit, bool losing) {
 	if(!losing) return true;
 	std::string key = me[item_hit].getText();
 	bool passes = true;
+
+	// An empty string is fine, it just means there's only one key.
+	if(key.empty()){
+		// But there needs to be at least one.
+		if(me["key1"].getText() == me["key2"].getText()){
+			showError("At least one of the words in this node must be filled.");
+			return false;
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	// I'll always have trouble remembering that it should be 'purc'.
+	// So why not make it easy?
+	if(key == "buy"){
+		me[item_hit].setText("purc");
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	// We can convert upper-case letters
+	to_lower(key);
+	me[item_hit].setText(key);
 	if(key.length() != 4) passes = false;
 	for(size_t i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
-		if(i < key.length() && !islower(key[i]))
+		if(i < key.length() && !islower(key[i])){
 			passes = false;
 		}
+	}
 	if(!passes) {
-		showError("The words this node is the response to must be 4 characters long, and all characters must be lower case letters.", &me);
+		showError("The words this node is the response to must be 4 characters long, and all characters must be letters.", &me);
 		return false;
 	}
 	return true;
@@ -1088,8 +1115,10 @@ static bool save_talk_node(cDialog& me, std::stack<node_ref_t>& talk_edit_stack,
 	talk_node.personality = me["who"].getTextAsNum();
 	
 	std::string link = me["key1"].getText();
+	if(link.empty()) link = "    ";
 	std::copy(link.begin(), link.begin() + 4, talk_node.link1);
 	link = me["key2"].getText();
+	if(link.empty()) link = "    ";
 	std::copy(link.begin(), link.begin() + 4, talk_node.link2);
 	
 	for(int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
@@ -1118,9 +1147,12 @@ static void put_talk_node_in_dlog(cDialog& me, std::stack<node_ref_t>& talk_edit
 	
 	std::string link = "";
 	for(int i = 0; i < 4; i++) link += talk_node.link1[i];
+	// I don't want 4 spaces in the text fields
+	trim(link);
 	me["key1"].setText(link);
 	link = "";
 	for(int i = 0; i < 4; i++) link += talk_node.link2[i];
+	trim(link);
 	me["key2"].setText(link);
 	
 	int iDescBase = int(talk_node.type) * 7;