pda_chat

Chat log data type, stores information about the recipient, the messages themselves and other metadata.

Vars
cached_job	The cached job of the recipient
cached_name	The cached name of the recipient, so we can identify this chat even after the recipient is deleted
can_reply	Used to determine if you can talk in a chat
message_draft	Saved draft of a message so the sender can leave and come back later
messages	A list of messages in this chat
recipient	Weakref to the recipient messenger
unread_messages	Number of unread messages in this chat
visible_in_recents	Used to determine if we should show this in recents
Procs
add_message	Adds a message to the chat log and optionally shows the chat in recents. Call this instead of adding to messages directly.
get_recipient_job	Returns the messenger's job, caches the job in case the recipient becomes invalid later.
get_recipient_name	Returns the messenger's name, caches the name in case the recipient becomes invalid later.
get_ui_data	Returns this datum as an associative list, used for ui_data calls.

Var Details

var
cached_job
–

The cached job of the recipient

var
cached_name
–

The cached name of the recipient, so we can identify this chat even after the recipient is deleted

var
can_reply
–

Used to determine if you can talk in a chat

var
message_draft
–

Saved draft of a message so the sender can leave and come back later

var
messages
– /list/datum/pda_message

A list of messages in this chat

var
recipient
– /datum/weakref

Weakref to the recipient messenger

var
unread_messages
–

Number of unread messages in this chat

var
visible_in_recents
–

Used to determine if we should show this in recents

Proc Details

proc
add_message
(/datum/pda_message/message, show_in_recents)

Adds a message to the chat log and optionally shows the chat in recents. Call this instead of adding to messages directly.

proc
get_recipient_job
()

Returns the messenger's job, caches the job in case the recipient becomes invalid later.

proc
get_recipient_name
()

Returns the messenger's name, caches the name in case the recipient becomes invalid later.

proc
get_ui_data
(/mob/user)

Returns this datum as an associative list, used for ui_data calls.

pda_chat /datum/pda_chat

Vars

Procs

Var Details

var cached_job –

var cached_name –

var can_reply –

var message_draft –

var messages – /list/datum/pda_message

var recipient – /datum/weakref

var unread_messages –

var visible_in_recents –