Automatic newline in message window?

[tdog]

Hey folks, and yes, I know it's very typical of me, that my very first post is a request; I'm sure I'll contribute to RMXP.org in the near future ; )

So yeah, basically I was wondering if there was a way to automatically output new lines in message boxes? If you're confused, what I mean is that, would be possible to not have to use those silly little arrows built in to the "Show Text" editor, and be able to type normally without having to worry about the text going off the edge of the window skin.

Such a feature is present in Neo Message System, but unfortunately it cuts words in half while doing it. I've talked to the author himself, and he's just as eager to fix the problem as I am.

So yeah, if anyone has any insight, please reply. Oh, and it would have to be flexible enough to work with large facesets, too.

 

[Brewmeister]

I need to do this for a system I'm working on for XP. To fix the problem with substitutions leaving too much blank space.

I plan to make a separate method that uses the logic from Tricksters "Show_Wrap_Text" method in the MACL to adjust
the newline characters in the string sent to the message window. So, it should work equally well in VX.
I won't be able to test it in VX, since my trial ran out & I haven't bothered to buy it yet. But, if no one has covered this
by the time I get it done, you're welcome to it.

Be Well

 

[regi]

What I did to fix this error was widening the text box by about 30-50 pixels in a message script.

I'm not sure if that's what you want, but it works for me.

 

[Brewmeister]

That's easier! :scruff:

But it still won't account for custom message commands. Where something like
"\FACE[faceset_12]" gets removed from the line leaving a big gap.

I expect they left a little extra space in the editor to account for the built-in substitutions (\v[10], \C[7], etc..). Allowing you to go past the arrow a bit
when you use them.

Be Well

 

[regi]

What I usually do (with ccoa's UMS) is put a "\ign" in front of a long line of code (to skip it), use the "Call Script" function rather than putting it in the text, or put "\face[]\nm[]" at the END of the paragraph. Shortcuts and "Batch Text Entry" are also very useful. But it seems you have a problem, pity you're using VX...

I suppose a new script for this would be the easiest method.

 

[Brewmeister]

I wrote this String method for XP. To use it in XP, you'd call it from the Window_Message 'refresh' method, right after the Gold Window substitution

      text.gsub!(/\\[Gg]/) { "\002" }
      # Rejustify the text
      text = text.justify_text(508)

I need to look at the VX scripts to see where to put it.

class String
  def justify_text(width = 448)
    self.gsub!(/\n/) {}
    words = self.scan(/[^ ]+/)
    bitmap = Bitmap.new(640, 32)
    space = bitmap.text_size(" ").width
    linesize = 0
    wordsize = 0
    output_string = ""
    for word in words
      wordsize = bitmap.text_size(word).width
      if linesize + wordsize < width
        output_string += word + " "
        linesize += wordsize + space
      else
        output_string += "\n" + word + " "
        linesize = wordsize + space
      end
    end
    return output_string
  end
end

 

[Yeyinde]

class Window_Message
  alias :justify_conversion :convert_special_characters
  def convert_special_characters
    justify_conversion
    @text.justify_text(508)
  end
end

Above code, converted for VX.