Bug/Idea/Typo

[Saffire]

I'm pretty sure every MUD has some form of these commands. The bug command is obviously used to report bugs to the administration. Typo would work pretty much the same, but it would be for tracking typos, and likewise for the idea command, but it would keep a list of player-submitted ideas. These commands allow the administration of a MUD to easily keep track of bugs, typos, and ideas, and fix/implement them at their leisure.

Each entry should be assigned a unique number. Entries should only be viewable by admins. Using the [bug/idea/typo] show command without an entry number would give a list of all unresolved bugs/typos/ideas. Admins should also have the ability to delete bugs. It might not be needed at the moment, but I think a good idea for the future would be giving admins the additional ability to add notes onto each entry, to keep track of progress or additional information.

Syntax:

bug [problem]
typo [error]
idea [suggestion]

bug show <entry number>
typo show <entry number>
idea show <entry number>

bug delete [entry number]
typo delete [entry number]
idea delete [entry number]

bug append [entry number] [additional information]
typo append [entry number] [additional information]
idea append [entry number] [additional information]

[Justin]

Noooooooo!

If you show interest, I will have to work on it 

Anyhow, I don't think this would be difficult at all. Perhaps a project for this weekend...

[Saffire]

Noooooooo!

If you show interest, I will have to work on it 

Anyhow, I don't think this would be difficult at all. Perhaps a project for this weekend...

Haha. You don't have to.

I think it'd be a useful feature though, and I couldn't quite figure out how to do it myself.

[Justin]

I have an implementation up on the KoA server if you want to check it out and comment on it.

[Saffire]

That looks awesome. I can't think of anything to add to make it better than that.

[Justin]

Hm. I keep finding myself wanting to do stuff like BUG 1 ADD or IDEA 2 DEL rather than BUG ADD 1 or IDEA DEL 2. Any preference?

[Saffire]

I don't have any preference. MUDs generally use both types, so it's not like there's some sort of common precedent set for those sorts of commands. Players will become used to whatever way you give them.

[Justin]

I couldn't decide, so either one will work.

[Saffire]

I made a quick tweak to the issue code. Creating a new issue is still the same, but if you type 'bug new' with nothing else, it'll take you to the editor to write your issue.

Change this line:

Code:

when /^(bug|typo|idea)\s+(\d+)\s+(show|del|add|status)(\s+(.+))?$/i

to this:

Code:

when /^(bug|typo|idea)\s+(\d+)\s+(show|del|add|status|new)(\s+(.+))?$/i

And these lines:

Code:

when "new"
    issue = Issues.add_issue event[:itype], player.name, event[:value]
    player.output "Thank you for submitting #{event[:itype]} ##{issue[:id]}."

To these:

Code:

when "new"
    if event[:value]
        issue = Issues.add_issue event[:itype], player.name, event[:value]
        player.output "Thank you for submitting #{event[:itype]} ##{issue[:id]}."
    else
        player.editor([], 50) do |data|
            unless data.nil?
                issue = Issues.add_issue event[:itype], player.name,data
                player.output "Thank you for submitting #{event[:itype]} ##{issue[:id]}."
            end
        end
        end