Removed spam-possibilities with page command (issue100). Also did several other refinements to the comm system.

game/evennia.py

@@ -64,16 +64,19 @@ if os.name == 'nt':
         bat_file.write("@%s %%*" % twistd_path)
         bat_file.close()
         print """
-    INFO: Since you are running Windows, a twistd.bat file was created for you.
-    The twistd.bat is a simple batch file that tries to call the twisted 
-    executable. The system has determined this to be:
+    INFO: Since you are running Windows, a file 'twistd.bat' was
+    created for you. This is a simple batch file that tries to call
+    the twisted executable. Evennia determined this to be:
       
        %s
 
-    If you should run into errors you might need to edit twistd.bat to point to 
-    the correct location of the Twisted executable (usually called twistd.py).  
+    If you run into errors at startup you might need to edit
+    twistd.bat to point to the actual location of the Twisted
+    executable (usually called twistd.py) on your machine.
 
-    When you are ready, run this program again to retry the server restart.""" % twistd_path
+    This procedure is only done once. Run evennia.py again when you 
+    are ready to start the server.
+    """ % twistd_path       
         sys.exit()
 
     TWISTED_BINARY = 'twistd.bat'

game/gamesrc/commands/default/comms.py

@@ -733,11 +733,14 @@ class CmdPage(MuxCommand):
         caller = self.caller
         player = caller.player
 
-
-        # get the last message we sent
+        # get the last messages we sent
         messages = list(Msg.objects.get_messages_by_sender(player))
         pages = [msg for msg in messages 
                  if msg.receivers]
+
+        print messages
+        print pages
+
         if pages:
             lastpage = pages[-1]
 
@@ -746,16 +749,17 @@ class CmdPage(MuxCommand):
                 lastpages = messages[-10:]
             else:
                 lastpages = messages 
-            lastpages = "\n ".join(["%s to %s: %s" % (mess.date_sent, mess.receivers.all(), 
-                                                      mess.message)
-                                    for mess in messages])
+            lastpages = "\n ".join(["{w%s{n to {c%s{n: %s" % (page.date_sent, 
+                                    "{n,{c ".join([obj.name for obj in page.receivers]),
+                                                              page.message)
+                                    for page in pages])
             caller.msg("Your latest pages:\n %s" % lastpages )
-            return 
+            return
 
         if not self.args or not self.rhs:
             if pages:
-                string = "You last paged %s." % (", ".join([obj.name 
-                                                        for obj in lastpage.receivers.all()]))
+                string = "You last paged {c%s{n." % (", ".join([obj.name 
+                                                        for obj in lastpage.receivers]))
                 caller.msg(string)
                 return
             else:
@@ -773,7 +777,7 @@ class CmdPage(MuxCommand):
             receivers = self.lhslist        
         
         recobjs = []
-        for receiver in receivers:
+        for receiver in set(receivers):
             pobj = caller.search("*%s" % (receiver.lstrip('*')), global_search=True)
             if not pobj:
                 return
@@ -782,7 +786,7 @@ class CmdPage(MuxCommand):
         header = "{wPlayer{n {c%s{n {wpages:{n" % caller.key
         message = self.rhs
         # create the persistent message object
-        msg = create.create_message(caller, message, 
+        msg = create.create_message(player, message, 
                                     receivers=recobjs)
         # tell the players they got a message.
         for pobj in recobjs:

game/gamesrc/commands/default/objmanip.py

@@ -608,6 +608,8 @@ class CmdCreate(ObjManipCommand):
             else:
                 string = "You create a new %s: %s."
                 string = string % (obj.typeclass, obj.name)
+            # set a default desc
+            obj.db.desc = "You see nothing special."
             if 'drop' in self.switches:    
                 if caller.location:
                     obj.move_to(caller.location, quiet=True)

game/gamesrc/commands/default/unloggedin.py

@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ class CmdCreate(MuxCommand):
                                                   location=default_home,
                                                   typeclass=typeclass,
                                                   home=default_home)                
+
+                # set a default description
+                new_character.db.desc = "This is a Player."
+
                 new_character.db.FIRST_LOGIN = True                
                 new_player = new_character.player
                 new_player.db.FIRST_LOGIN = True