Add LOCALECHO client option for clients not supporting local echoing. Resolve #2258.

evennia/server/inputfuncs.py

@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ _CLIENT_OPTIONS = (
     "RAW",
     "NOCOLOR",
     "NOGOAHEAD",
+    "LOCALECHO",
 )
 
 
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ def client_options(session, *args, **kwargs):
         inputdebug (bool): Debug input functions
         nocolor (bool): Strip color
         raw (bool): Turn off parsing
+        localecho (bool): Turn on server-side echo (for clients not supporting it)
 
     """
     old_flags = session.protocol_flags
@@ -239,6 +241,8 @@ def client_options(session, *args, **kwargs):
             flags["RAW"] = validate_bool(value)
         elif key == "nogoahead":
             flags["NOGOAHEAD"] = validate_bool(value)
+        elif key == "localecho":
+            flags["LOCALECHO"] = validate_bool(value)
         elif key in (
             "Char 1",
             "Char.Skills 1",

evennia/server/portal/portalsessionhandler.py

@@ -441,6 +441,10 @@ class PortalSessionHandler(SessionHandler):
             session.cmd_last = now
             self.portal.amp_protocol.send_MsgPortal2Server(session, **kwargs)
 
+            # eventual local echo (text input only)
+            if 'text' in kwargs and session.protocol_flags.get('LOCALECHO', False):
+                self.data_out(session, text=kwargs['text'])
+
     def data_out(self, session, **kwargs):
         """
         Called by server for having the portal relay messages and data

evennia/server/session.py

@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ class Session:
             "INPUTDEBUG": False,
             "RAW": False,
             "NOCOLOR": False,
+            "LOCALECHO": False,
         }
         self.server_data = {}