Contrib: Added a new, alternative login system, using menus. Also edited the ways unlogged commands are started by the engine, by using a standardized system command name (it does not need to be "look" anymore).

src/commands/cmdhandler.py

@@ -50,11 +50,17 @@ COMMAND_PARSER = utils.mod_import(*settings.COMMAND_PARSER.rsplit('.', 1))
 # allow for custom behaviour when the command handler hits
 # special situations -- it then calls a normal Command
 # that you can customize! 
+# Import these variables and use them rather than trying
+# to remember the actual string constants. 
 
 CMD_NOINPUT = "__noinput_command"
 CMD_NOMATCH = "__nomatch_command"
 CMD_MULTIMATCH = "__multimatch_command"
-CMD_CHANNEL = "__send_to_channel"
+CMD_CHANNEL = "__send_to_channel_command"
+# this is the name of the command the engine calls when the player
+# connects. It is expected to show the login screen.
+CMD_LOGINSTART = "__unloggedin_look_command" 
+
 
 class NoCmdSets(Exception):
     "No cmdsets found. Critical error."

src/commands/default/unloggedin.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from src.comms.models import Channel
 
 from src.utils import create, logger, utils, ansi
 from src.commands.default.muxcommand import MuxCommand
+from src.commands.cmdhandler import CMD_LOGINSTART
 
 CONNECTION_SCREEN_MODULE = settings.CONNECTION_SCREEN_MODULE
 
@@ -221,10 +222,12 @@ class CmdQuit(MuxCommand):
 class CmdUnconnectedLook(MuxCommand):
     """
     This is an unconnected version of the look command for simplicity. 
-    All it does is re-show the connect screen. 
+
+    This is called by the server and kicks everything in gear. 
+    All it does is display the connect screen. 
     """
-    key = "look"
-    aliases = "l"
+    key = CMD_LOGINSTART
+    aliases = ["look", "l"]
     locks = "cmd:all()"
     
     def func(self):