* Some new skeleton files for area messages + some conceptual thoughts

core/fse--class.js

@@ -0,0 +1,236 @@
+/* jslint node: true */
+'use strict';
+
+var ViewController			= require('./view_controller.js').ViewController;
+var ansi					= require('./ansi_term.js');
+var theme					= require('./theme.js');
+var MultiLineEditTextView	= require('./multi_line_edit_text_view.js').MultiLineEditTextView;
+var Message					= require('./message.js');
+
+var async					= require('async');
+var events					= require('events');
+var assert					= require('assert');
+var _						= require('lodash');
+
+module.exports				= FullScreenEditor;
+
+function FullScreenEditor(options) {
+	events.EventEmitter.call(this);
+
+	assert(_.isObject(options.client));
+	assert(_.isObject(options.art));
+	assert(_.isString(options.editorType));
+
+	var self = this;
+
+	//
+	//	options.client
+	//	options.art{}			: name -> artAsset
+	//	options.font			: optional
+	//	options.editorMode	(view|edit|quote) | (editMenu|)
+	//	
+	//	options.editorType		: email | area
+
+	this.client			= options.client;
+	this.art			= options.art;
+	this.font			= options.font;
+	this.editorType		= options.editorType;
+
+	this.mciData		= {};
+
+	this.editorMode		= 'edit';	//	view | edit | editMenu | 
+
+	this.getFooterName = function(editorMode) {
+		editorMode = editorMode || this.editorMode;
+		return 'footer' + _.capitalize(editorMode);	//	e.g.. 'footerEditMenu'
+	};
+
+	this.getFormId = function(name) {
+		return {
+			header			: 0,
+			body			: 1,
+			footerEdit		: 2,
+			footerEditMenu	: 3,
+			footerView		: 4,
+
+			help			: 50,
+		}[name];
+	};
+
+	this.redrawFooter = function(options, cb) {
+		async.waterfall(
+			[
+				function moveToFooterPosition(callback) {
+					//
+					//	Calculate footer staring position
+					//
+					//	row = (header height + body height)
+					//
+					//	Header: mciData.body.height
+					//	Body  : We must find this in the config / theme
+					//
+					//	:TODO: don't hard code this -- allow footer height to be part of theme/etc.
+					self.client.term.rawWrite(ansi.goto(23, 1));
+					callback(null);
+				},
+				function clearFooterArea(callback) {
+					if(options.clear) {
+						self.client.term.rawWrite(ansi.reset() + ansi.deleteLine(3));
+					}
+					callback(null);
+				},
+				function displayFooterArt(callback) {
+					var footerArt = self.art[options.footerName];
+
+					theme.displayThemedAsset(
+						footerArt,
+						self.client,
+						{ font : self.font },
+						function displayed(err, artData) {
+							callback(err, artData);
+						}
+					);
+				}
+			],
+			function complete(err, artData) {
+				cb(err, artData);
+			}
+		);
+	};
+
+	this.redrawAll = function(options, cb) {
+		var artComponents	= [ 'header', 'body' ];
+		var art				= self.art;
+
+		self.client.term.rawWrite(ansi.resetScreen());
+
+		async.series(
+			[
+				function displayHeaderAndBody(callback) {
+					async.eachSeries( artComponents, function dispArt(n, next) {
+						theme.displayThemedAsset(
+							art[n],
+							self.client,
+							{ font : self.font },
+							function displayed(err, artData) {
+								if(options.initMci) {
+									self.mciData[n] = artData;
+								}
+								next(err);
+							}
+						);
+					}, function complete(err) {
+						callback(err);
+					});
+				},
+				function displayFooter(callback) {
+					//	we have to treat the footer special
+					self.redrawFooter( { clear : false, footerName : self.getFooterName() }, function footerDisplayed(err) {
+						if(self.initMci) {
+							self.mciData[footerName] = artData;
+						}
+						callback(err);
+					});
+				},
+				function refreshViews(callback) {
+					if(options.refreshViews) {
+						artComponents.push(self.getFooterName());
+
+						artComponents.forEach(function artComp(n) {
+							self.viewControllers[n].redrawAll();
+						});
+					}
+					callback(null);					
+				}
+			],
+			function complete(err) {
+				cb(err);
+			}
+		);	
+	};
+
+	this.createViewsForEmail = function() {
+		var menuLoadOpts = { callingMenu : self	};
+
+		async.series(
+			[
+				function header(callback) {
+					menuLoadOpts.formId = self.getFormId('header');
+					menuLoadOpts.mciMap	= self.mciData.header.mciMap;
+
+					self.addViewController(
+						'header', 
+						new ViewController( { client : self.client, formId : menuLoadOpts.formId } )
+					).loadFromMenuConfig(menuLoadOpts, function headerReady(err) {
+						callback(err);
+					});
+				},
+				function body(callback) {
+					menuLoadOpts.formId	= self.getFormId('body');
+					menuLoadOpts.mciMap	= self.mciData.body.mciMap;
+
+					self.addViewController(
+						'body',
+						new ViewController( { client : self.client, formId : menuLoadOpts.formId } )
+					).loadFromMenuConfig(menuLoadOpts, function bodyReady(err) {
+						callback(err);
+					});
+				},
+				function footer(callback) {
+					var footerName = self.getFooterName();
+
+					menuLoadOpts.formId = self.getFormId(footerName);
+					menuLoadOpts.mciMap = self.mciData[footerName].mciMap;
+
+					self.addViewController(
+						footerName,
+						new ViewController( { client : self.client, formId : menuLoadOpts.formId } )
+					).loadFromMenuConfig(menuLoadOpts, function footerReady(err) {
+						callback(err);
+					});
+				}
+			],
+			function complete(err) {
+				var bodyView = self.viewControllers.body.getView(1);
+				//self.updateTextEditMode(bodyView.getTextEditMode());
+				//self.updateEditModePosition(bodyView.getEditPosition());
+
+				//self.viewControllers.body.setFocus(false);
+				//self.viewControllers.header.switchFocus(1);
+
+				cb(err);
+			}
+		);
+	};
+
+}
+
+require('util').inherits(FullScreenEditor, events.EventEmitter);
+
+FullScreenEditor.prototype.enter = function() {
+
+	var self = this;
+
+	async.series(
+		[
+			function drawScreen(callback) {
+				self.redrawAll( { initMci : true }, function allDrawn(err) {
+					callback(err);
+				});
+			},
+			function createViews(callback) {
+				var createViewsFor = 'createViewsFor' + _.capitalize(self.editorType);	//	e.g. 'createViewsForEmail'
+				self[createViewsFor](function viewsCreated(err) {
+					callback(err);
+				});
+			}
+		],
+		function complete(err) {
+			self.emit('error', err);
+		}
+	);
+};
+
+FullScreenEditor.prototype.leave = function() {
+
+};

mods/menu.json

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 	/*
 		Menu Configuration
 
+		Tip: demjson's jsonlint is an excellent tool for linting JSON files
+		that contains comments:
+			jsonlint -S menu.json
+
 		Some concept/ideas:
 			"mci" : {
 				"BT1" : {
@@ -236,7 +240,7 @@
 				},
 				{
 					"value"		: { "command" : "M" },
-					"action"	: "@menu:messageAreaMenu"
+					"action"	: "@menu:messageArea"
 				},
 				{
 					"value"		: 1,
@@ -247,6 +251,32 @@
 		///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 		//	Message Area Related
 		///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+		"messageArea" : {
+			"module"	: "msg_area",
+			"art"		: "MSGAREA",
+			"options"	: { "cls" : true },
+			"prompt"	: "menuCommand",
+			"submit"	: [
+				{
+					"value"		: { "command" : "N" },
+					"action"	: "@menu:messageAreaNewPost"
+				}
+			]
+		},
+		"messageAreaNewPost" : {
+			"module"	: "msg_area_post",
+			"options"	: { "cls" : true },
+			"config"	: {
+				"fseArt" : {
+					"header"			: "demo_fse_netmail_header.ans",
+					"body"				: "demo_fse_netmail_body.ans",
+					"footerEdit"		: "demo_fse_netmail_footer_edit.ans",
+					"footerEditMenu"	: "demo_fse_netmail_footer_edit_menu.ans",
+					"footerView"		: "demo_fse_netmail_footer_view.ans",
+					"help"				: "demo_fse_netmail_help.ans"
+				}
+			}
+		},
 		"messageAreaMenu" : {
 			"module"	: "message_area",
 			"art"		: "MSGAREA",
@@ -273,36 +303,6 @@
 				}
 			]
 		},
-		"messageAreaNewFSE" :  {
-			"module"		: "fse",
-			"options"		: { "cls" : true },
-			"config"		: {
-				"editorType"	: "area",
-				"art"			: {
-					"header"			: "fse_area_header",
-					"body"				: "fse_area_body",
-					"footerEdit"		: "fse_footer_edit",
-					"footerEditMenu"	: "fse_footer_edit_menu",
-					"help"				: "fse_help"
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		/*"messageAreaEmailFSE" : {
-			"module"		: "fse",
-			"options"		: { "cls" : true },
-			"config"		: {
-				"editorType"	: "email",
-				"art"			: {
-					"header"			: "fse_email_header",
-					"body"				: "fse_email_body",
-					"footerEdit"		: "fse_email_footer_edit",
-					"footerEditMenu"	: "fse_email_footer_edit_menu",
-					"footerView"		: "fse_email_footer_view",
-					"help"				: "fse_help"
-				}
-			}
-		},
-		*/
 		///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 		//	Doors
 		///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

mods/msg_area.js

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+/* jslint node: true */
+'use strict';
+
+var MenuModule				= require('../core/menu_module.js').MenuModule;
+//var theme					= require('../core/theme.js');
+
+//var async					= require('async');
+//var assert					= require('assert');
+//var _						= require('lodash');
+
+exports.getModule			= MessageAreaModule;
+
+exports.moduleInfo = {
+	name	: 'Message Area',
+	desc	: 'Module for interacting with area messages',
+	author	: 'NuSkooler',
+};
+
+function MessageAreaModule(options) {
+	MenuModule.call(this, options);
+
+	var self = this;
+
+	this.menuMethods = {
+		changeArea : function(formData, extraArgs) {
+
+		}
+	};
+}
+
+require('util').inherits(MessageAreaModule, MenuModule);
+
+MessageAreaModule.prototype.mciReady = function(mciData, cb) {
+	this.standardMCIReadyHandler(mciData, cb);
+};
+

mods/msg_area_post.js

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/* jslint node: true */
+'use strict';
+
+var MenuModule				= require('../core/menu_module.js').MenuModule;
+var FullScreenEditor		= require('../core/fse--class.js');	//	:TODO: fix this
+//var theme					= require('../core/theme.js');
+
+var async					= require('async');
+var assert					= require('assert');
+var _						= require('lodash');
+
+exports.getModule			= MessageAreaPostModule;
+
+exports.moduleInfo = {
+	name	: 'Message Area Post',
+	desc	: 'Module posting a new message to an area',
+	author	: 'NuSkooler',
+};
+
+function MessageAreaPostModule(options) {
+	MenuModule.call(this, options);
+
+	var self = this;
+
+
+	this.initSequence = function() {
+		var fse = new FullScreenEditor( {
+			client		: this.client,
+			art			: this.menuConfig.config.fseArt,
+			font		: this.menuConfig.font,
+			editorType	: 'area',
+			editorMode	: 'edit',
+		});
+
+		fse.on('error', function fseError(err) {
+
+		});
+
+		fse.enter();
+	};
+}
+
+require('util').inherits(MessageAreaPostModule, MenuModule);
+
+/*
+MessageAreaPostModule.prototype.mciReady = function(mciData, cb) {
+	this.standardMCIReadyHandler(mciData, cb);
+};
+*/
+