Added nice looking ASCII boxes/menus.

boxes.py

@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+from colorama import Fore, Back, Style
+
+
+def merge(color_string):
+    """ Given a string of colorama ANSI, merge them if you can. """
+    return color_string.replace("m\x1b[", ";")
+
+
+class Boxes(object):
+    """ Boxes makes nice ASCII graphic menus
+
+    Example:
+
+        c1 = merge(Style.BRIGHT + Fore.CYAN)
+        c2 = merge(Style.NORMAL + Fore.CYAN)
+
+        # Set the size of the box to 40  (Important!)
+        box = Boxes(40, color=c1)
+
+        self.queue_game.put(box.top())
+        # format string "{0:^40}".format("Text Centered")
+        # This centers the text into the size of the box.
+
+        self.queue_game.put(box.row(c1 + "{0:^40}".format("Scripts")))
+
+        # this draws the middle line.  (The line that goes across, but is
+        # connected on both sides to the one above it).
+        self.queue_game.put(box.middle())
+
+
+        def menu_item(ch, desc):
+            # Again we want the final string to be 40!
+            # c1 and c2 (below) take 0 space.
+            # We have " " + ch + " " + "-" + " " .. which equals 5
+            # So desc needs {:35} to pad out string out to 40 print chars.
+
+            row = " {0}{1} {2}-{3} {4:35}".format(c1, ch, c2, c1, desc)
+            # self.queue_game.put(
+            #     " " + c1 + ch + c2 + " - " + c1 + desc + self.nl
+            # )
+            self.queue_game.put(box.row(row))
+
+        menu_item("1", "Ports (Trades between two sectors)")
+        menu_item("2", "Explore (Strange new sectors)")
+        menu_item("3", "Space... the final frontier...")
+        menu_item("X", "eXit")
+        self.queue_game.put(box.bottom())
+
+    """
+
+    box_styles = (
+        {
+            "tl": "\xc9",
+            "tr": "\xbb",
+            "top": "\xcd",
+            "side": "\xba",
+            "bl": "\xc8",
+            "br": "\xbc",
+            "ml": "\xcc",
+            "mr": "\xb9",
+        },
+    )
+
+    def __init__(self, size: int, color="", style=0):
+        """ Construct box
+
+        size is width of text inside the box.
+        (so actual width is size + 2).
+
+        color = Style of color to use.  
+        If color is blank, we don't use the RESET_ALL.
+
+        style=0  Is double lines.  
+        FUTURE:  Support all line types.
+        """
+        self.size = size
+        self.style = 0  # style
+        self.color = color
+
+        # default colors
+        # self.c = merge(Style.BRIGHT + Fore.WHITE + Back.BLUE)
+        # self.cp = merge(Style.BRIGHT + Fore.YELLOW + Back.BLUE)
+
+        # useful consts
+        self.r = Style.RESET_ALL
+        self.nl = "\n\r"
+        # self.bsb = "\b \b"
+
+    def top(self):
+        """ Output the TOP line. """
+        if self.color == "":
+            c = ""
+            r = ""
+        else:
+            c = self.color
+            r = self.r
+        s = self.box_styles[self.style]
+        return self.nl + c + s["tl"] + s["top"] * self.size + s["tr"] + r + self.nl
+
+    def middle(self):
+        """ Output MIDDLE line.
+
+        This solid line goes completely across.
+        The edges connect to the top and bottom.
+        """
+        if self.color == "":
+            c = ""
+            r = ""
+        else:
+            c = self.color
+            r = self.r
+        s = self.box_styles[self.style]
+        return c + s["ml"] + s["top"] * self.size + s["mr"] + r + self.nl
+
+    def row(self, line):
+        """ Output content line.
+
+        NOTE:  the line length must match the box size.
+        Use "{0:30}".format(content) to match size of 30.
+        """
+        if self.color == "":
+            c = ""
+            r = ""
+        else:
+            c = self.color
+            r = self.r
+        s = self.box_styles[self.style]
+        return c + "{0}{1}{2}".format(s["side"], r + line + c, s["side"]) + r + self.nl
+
+    def bottom(self):
+        """ Output BOTTOM line. """
+        if self.color == "":
+            c = ""
+            r = ""
+        else:
+            c = self.color
+            r = self.r
+        s = self.box_styles[self.style]
+        return c + s["bl"] + s["top"] * self.size + s["br"] + r + self.nl
+

flexible.py

@@ -635,6 +635,7 @@ class ScriptPort(object):
         elif self.state == 6:
             if re.match(r"Command \[TL=.* \(\?=Help\)\? :", prompt):
                 if self.fixable:
+                    self.queue_game.put("Ok! Let's fix this by going to the other sector..." + self.nl)
                     log.msg("Fixing...")
                     if self.this_sector == self.sector1:
                         self.this_sector = self.sector2
@@ -1471,6 +1472,7 @@ class ScriptSpace(object):
                 self.deactivate()
 
 
+from boxes import Boxes
 
 class ProxyMenu(object):
     """ Display ProxyMenu 
@@ -1486,8 +1488,8 @@ class ProxyMenu(object):
         self.nl = "\n\r"
         self.c = merge(Style.BRIGHT + Fore.YELLOW + Back.BLUE)
         self.r = Style.RESET_ALL
-        self.c1 = merge(Style.BRIGHT + Fore.BLUE)
-        self.c2 = merge(Style.NORMAL + Fore.CYAN)
+        self.c1 = merge(Style.BRIGHT + Fore.WHITE + Back.BLUE)
+        self.c2 = merge(Style.NORMAL + Fore.CYAN + Back.BLUE)
         # self.portdata = None
         self.game = game
         self.queue_game = game.queue_game
@@ -1530,14 +1532,21 @@ class ProxyMenu(object):
         return self.defer
 
     def menu(self):
+        box = Boxes(30, color=self.c)
+
+        self.queue_game.put(box.top())
         self.queue_game.put(
-            self.nl + self.c + "TradeWars Proxy active." + self.r + self.nl
-        )
+            box.row(self.c + "{0:^30}".format("TradeWars Proxy Active")))
+        self.queue_game.put(box.middle())
+
 
         def menu_item(ch: str, desc: str):
-            self.queue_game.put(
-                " " + self.c1 + ch + self.c2 + " - " + self.c1 + desc + self.nl
-            )
+            row = self.c1 + " {0} {1}- {2}{3:25}".format(ch, self.c2, self.c1, desc)
+            self.queue_game.put(box.row(row))
+
+            # self.queue_game.put(
+            #     " " + self.c1 + ch + self.c2 + " - " + self.c1 + desc + self.nl
+            # )
 
         menu_item("D", "Display Report again")
         # menu_item("Q", "Quest")
@@ -1554,6 +1563,8 @@ class ProxyMenu(object):
         menu_item("T", "Trading Report")
         menu_item("S", "Scripts")
         menu_item("X", "eXit")
+
+        self.queue_game.put(box.bottom())
         self.queue_game.put("   " + self.c + "-=>" + self.r + " ")
 
     def awake(self):
@@ -1772,15 +1783,24 @@ class ProxyMenu(object):
         c1 = merge(Style.BRIGHT + Fore.CYAN)
         c2 = merge(Style.NORMAL + Fore.CYAN)
 
+        box = Boxes(40, color=c1)
+
+        self.queue_game.put(box.top())
+        self.queue_game.put(box.row(c1 + "{0:^40}".format("Scripts")))
+        self.queue_game.put(box.middle())
+
         def menu_item(ch, desc):
-            self.queue_game.put(
-                " " + c1 + ch + c2 + " - " + c1 + desc + self.nl
-            )
+            row = " {0}{1} {2}-{3} {4:35}".format(c1, ch, c2, c1, desc)
+            # self.queue_game.put(
+            #     " " + c1 + ch + c2 + " - " + c1 + desc + self.nl
+            # )
+            self.queue_game.put(box.row(row))
 
         menu_item("1", "Ports (Trades between two sectors)")
         menu_item("2", "Explore (Strange new sectors)")
         menu_item("3", "Space... the final frontier...")
         menu_item("X", "eXit")
+        self.queue_game.put(box.bottom())
         self.queue_game.put("   " + c1 + "-=>" + self.r + " ")
 
     def scripts_player(self, chunk: bytes):