Custom Emoticons

Siebe · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 7:16 pm Post subject:

Ok, so first let me explain how CE's are being send..

First you need to make the MSNObjects for the images (just like with DP's), but only with the type set to 2. Then, when you want to display the emoticons in a message you need to send it's shortcut (the code you use which must be repalced with the emoticon) and the MSNObject so MSN know's what to request from you.

Now, I was wondering, what do you think is the easiest way to implent this? I was thinking something like this:

The user calls a sub like $self->custom_emotes("path/to/emotes"); in which the path is a <*lazy*>directory. The script then reads all files from the directory (if they are PNG's of course), and stores them in a hash.

Then, when someone wants to sends a message with custom emoticons he can feed it with null characters. So for example:

eric256 · Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 3:55 pm Post subject:

A bit slow but here is my input. Instead of registering the whole directory let the person do more like.

Siebe · Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 4:07 pm Post subject:

You can have more than 5 occurences (try it in MSN, you'll see that you can send 5 different ones at max, but you CAN send those 5 multiple times).

Hmm, ok, I hadn't thought of if that way Smile

Anyways, so if the user sends something, MSN.pm will do this: (don't mind the syntax Wink

)

for all hash elements {
if(message contains element) {
load emoticon
}
}

eric256 · Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 4:11 pm Post subject:

Yep exactly what i was thinking.

Siebe · Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 4:12 pm Post subject:

Okay, I'll mess with it a bit after dinner (-:

Siebe · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 1:26 pm Post subject:

Okay, here goes (-:
I've added custom emoticon support, and it works Razz

People can add custom emoticons like Eric said, but then with add_emoticon(, , );. A little screen shot:

And below is the new attached MSN.pm.
Let me know if there are problems so I can fix them Smile

eric256 · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 2:29 pm Post subject:

Whats the socket add for?

Siebe · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 2:39 pm Post subject:

$self->add_emoticon invokes this.

The user can call it as add_emoticon(, , ) or $self->(, ); Smile

eric256 · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 2:43 pm Post subject:

I don't understand why you are adding emoticons to an individual socket.

Siebe · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 2:46 pm Post subject:

You aren't, the $self will later on refer to the Master, not to individual sockets.

eric256 · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 2:48 pm Post subject:

Ahh okay.

Siebe · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 2:51 pm Post subject:

Yeah sorry for the confusion, but I'm not "used" to using $self-> constructs, I'd rather call a function by placing the variables in the () Wink

.. Like the socket thing Razz

eric256 · Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 3:15 pm Post subject:

There are advantages to the $self->add_emoticon("name","file") way though. For instance the MSN module doens't have to export any of its functions because the $self part is a ref to MSN so it knows to pretend that $self->add_emoticon is realy MSN::add_emoticon($self,"name","file");. Besides we are working with objects and thats the standard notation for objects.

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