Refactor game log to allow coloring of messages

src/game_log.rs

@@ -1,24 +1,18 @@
-/// A struct to hold the player's game log.
-#[derive(Default)]
-pub struct GameLog {
-    pub entries: Vec<String>,
-}
+//! Game Log
+//!
+//! Where the exploits of the current game are recorded
+mod builder;
+mod logstore;
 
-impl GameLog {
-    /// Convenience constructor that adds the first
-    /// entry to the game log.
-    pub fn new<S: ToString>(first_entry: S) -> Self {
-        let mut log = GameLog::default();
-        log.append(first_entry);
+use ::rltk::RGB;
+pub use builder::*;
+use logstore::*;
+pub use logstore::{clear_log, log_display};
 
-        log
-    }
-
-    /// Convenience method for adding an entry to the game log.
-    /// Generic on the [`ToString`] trait so that [`&str`], [`String`],
-    /// and `&String` types, all work without more type juggling
-    /// at the call site.
-    pub fn append<S: ToString>(&mut self, s: S) {
-        self.entries.push(s.to_string());
-    }
+/// A section of colored text for the game log
+pub struct LogFragment {
+    /// The color of the text
+    pub color: RGB,
+    /// The text fragment
+    pub text: String,
 }

src/game_log/builder.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+use ::rltk::prelude::*;
+
+use super::{append_entry, LogFragment};
+use crate::colors;
+
+/// The game log builder - builds one line at a time
+pub struct Logger {
+    current_color: RGB,
+    fragments: Vec<LogFragment>,
+}
+
+/// Convenience method to create a new [`Logger`] and
+/// immediately append text
+pub fn line<T: ToString>(text: T) -> Logger {
+    Logger::new().append(text)
+}
+
+impl Logger {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Logger {
+            current_color: colors::WHITE,
+            fragments: Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Sets the color of text to be added to the current line
+    pub fn color(mut self, color: RGB) -> Self {
+        self.current_color = color;
+
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// The original [`color`](Logger::color) method, using [`rltk`] color constants
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
+    pub fn rltk_color(mut self, color: (u8, u8, u8)) -> Self {
+        self.current_color = RGB::named(color);
+
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Appends text to the current line of the game log.
+    /// Generic on the [`ToString`] trait so that [`&str`], [`String`],
+    /// and `&String` types, all work without more type juggling
+    /// at the call site.
+    pub fn append<T: ToString>(mut self, text: T) -> Self {
+        self.fragments.push(LogFragment {
+            color: self.current_color,
+            text: text.to_string(),
+        });
+
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Convenience method to append text with a new color
+    pub fn append_color<T: ToString>(mut self, color: RGB, text: T) -> Self {
+        self.color(color).append(text)
+    }
+
+    /// Append the current line to the log output
+    pub fn log(self) {
+        append_entry(self.fragments);
+    }
+}

src/game_log/logstore.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+use std::sync::Mutex;
+
+use ::rltk::prelude::*;
+
+use super::LogFragment;
+
+lazy_static! {
+    static ref LOG: Mutex<Vec<Vec<LogFragment>>> = Mutex::new(Vec::new());
+}
+
+pub fn append_fragment(fragment: LogFragment) {
+    LOG.lock().unwrap().push(vec![fragment]);
+}
+
+pub fn append_entry(fragments: Vec<LogFragment>) {
+    LOG.lock().unwrap().push(fragments);
+}
+
+pub fn clear_log() {
+    LOG.lock().unwrap().clear();
+}
+
+pub fn log_display() -> TextBuilder {
+    let mut buf = TextBuilder::empty();
+
+    LOG.lock().unwrap().iter().rev().take(12).for_each(|log| {
+        log.iter().for_each(|frag| {
+            buf.fg(frag.color);
+            buf.line_wrap(&frag.text);
+        });
+        buf.ln();
+    });
+
+    buf
+}

src/gui.rs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ mod tooltip;
 
 use std::cmp::Ordering;
 
+use ::rltk::prelude::*;
 use ::rltk::{Point, Rltk, RGB};
 use ::specs::prelude::*;
 pub use enums::*;
@@ -15,8 +16,7 @@ use crate::components::{
     InBackpack, KnownSpells, MagicItem, MagicItemClass, Name, ObfuscatedName, Pools, StatusEffect,
     Viewshed, Weapon,
 };
-use crate::game_log::GameLog;
-use crate::{camera, colors, Map, MasterDungeonMap, State};
+use crate::{camera, colors, game_log, Map, MasterDungeonMap, State};
 
 pub fn get_item_color(ecs: &World, item: Entity) -> RGB {
     let dm = ecs.fetch::<crate::map::MasterDungeonMap>();
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ pub fn draw_hollow_box(
     fg: RGB,
     bg: RGB,
 ) {
-    use rltk::to_cp437;
-
     console.set(sx, sy, fg, bg, to_cp437('┌'));
     console.set(sx + width, sy, fg, bg, to_cp437('┐'));
     console.set(sx, sy + height, fg, bg, to_cp437('└'));
@@ -95,8 +93,6 @@ pub fn draw_hollow_box(
 }
 
 pub fn draw_ui(ecs: &World, ctx: &mut Rltk) {
-    use rltk::to_cp437;
-
     draw_hollow_box(ctx, 0, 0, 79, 59, colors::BOX_GRAY, colors::BLACK); // Overall box
     draw_hollow_box(ctx, 0, 0, 49, 45, colors::BOX_GRAY, colors::BLACK); // Map box
     draw_hollow_box(ctx, 0, 45, 79, 14, colors::BOX_GRAY, colors::BLACK); // Log box
@@ -329,14 +325,9 @@ pub fn draw_ui(ecs: &World, ctx: &mut Rltk) {
     }
 
     // Draw the log
-    let log = ecs.fetch::<GameLog>();
-    let mut y = 46;
-    for s in log.entries.iter().rev() {
-        if y < 59 {
-            ctx.print(2, y, s);
-        }
-        y += 1;
-    }
+    let mut block = TextBlock::new(1, 46, 79, 58);
+    block.print(&game_log::log_display());
+    block.render(&mut ::rltk::BACKEND_INTERNAL.lock().consoles[0].console);
 
     draw_tooltips(ecs, ctx);
 }