Fixed a bug that caused the webclient input line to suddenly reset every three minutes. Thanks to use "lusid" for supplying the hint on fixing this one! Also added a more consistent way of parsing the incoming address.

src/server/serversession.py

@@ -272,7 +272,10 @@ class ServerSession(Session):
         if self.logged_in and hasattr(self, "player") and self.player:
             symbol = "(#%s)" % self.player.id
         try:
+            if hasattr(self.address, '__iter__'):
                 address = ":".join([str(part) for part in self.address])
+            else:
+                address = self.address
         except Exception:
             address = self.address
         return "%s%s@%s" % (self.uname, symbol, address)

src/web/media/javascript/evennia_webclient.js

@@ -105,8 +105,9 @@ function webclient_receive(){
     });
 };
 
-function webclient_input(arg){
+function webclient_input(arg, no_update){
     // Send an input from the player to the server
+    // no_update is used for sending idle messages behind the scenes.
 
     var outmsg = typeof(arg) != 'undefined' ? arg : $("#inputfield").val();
 
@@ -122,9 +123,11 @@ function webclient_input(arg){
 
         success: function(data){
             //if (outmsg.length > 0 ) msg_display("inp", outmsg) // echo input on command line
+            if (no_update == undefined) {
                 history_add(outmsg);
                 HISTORY_POS = 0;
                 $('#inputform')[0].reset();                     // clear input field
+            }
         },
         error: function(XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown){
             msg_display("err", "Error: Server returned an error or timed out. Try resending or reloading the page.");
@@ -284,7 +287,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
     }, 500);
     // set an idle timer to avoid proxy servers to time out on us (every 3 minutes)
     setInterval(function() {
-        webclient_input("idle");
+        webclient_input("idle", true);
     }, 60000*3);
 });