minimal global dictionary support

fancy_demo/fancy.asc

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #define MAX_LINES 16
 #define MAX_TAG_NEST 6
 
+Dictionary* _tvdict;
+
 #region TEXT_TOKEN_REG
 enum TkType
 {
@@ -131,6 +133,10 @@ int _get_tag_data(String tag, TagType tag_type)
   if (p == 0) return -1;
   String data = tag.Substring(p, tag.Length-p);
   if (data.Chars[0] >= '0' && data.Chars[0] <= '9') return data.AsInt;
+  if (_tvdict.Contains(data)) {
+    String sval = _tvdict.Get(data);
+    return sval.AsInt;
+  }
   return 0;
 }
 
@@ -391,6 +397,10 @@ void _draw_tokens(FancyTextToken* tk_arr[], int tk_count, FancyState* fs, Drawin
 // ---------------- fancy module public interface -----------------------
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+static void Fancy::AddAlias(String key, int value)
+{
+  _tvdict.Set(key, String.Format("%d", value));
+}
 
 static FancyDrawingConfig* FancyDrawingConfig::Create(FontType font, int color, int outline_color, int outline_width, Alignment align, int line_spacing)
 {
@@ -520,3 +530,8 @@ void FancyTypedText::Start(String text)
   this._typed_token_len = 0;
   this._typed_token_count = 0;
 }
+
+void game_start()
+{
+  _tvdict = Dictionary.Create(eSorted, eCaseInsensitive);
+}

fancy_demo/fancy.ash

@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ managed struct FancyDrawingConfig {
   static import FancyDrawingConfig* Create(FontType font, int color, int outline_color = COLOR_TRANSPARENT, int outline_width = 1, Alignment align = eAlignBottomLeft, int line_spacing = 0); 
 };
 
+builtin managed struct Fancy {
+  // allows adding a global alias to a tag-value. Ex: AddAlias("red", 63488) allows using [c:red] instead of [c:63488].
+  import static void AddAlias(String key, int value);
+};
+
 struct FancyTextBase {  
   /// Setup text arrangement and display parameters
   import void SetDrawingConfig(FancyDrawingConfig* config);

fancy_demo/room1.asc

@@ -9,14 +9,16 @@ FancyTypedText fttb;
 
 function room_AfterFadeIn()
 {
+  Fancy.AddAlias("red", 64493);
+
   // surface extension
   DrawingSurface* surf = Room.GetDrawingSurfaceForBackground();
   surf.DrawFancyTextWrapped(10, 170, 60, 65535, eFontSpeechWithoutOutline, "[c:61025]A [o:33153]key[/o] [s:2042][/c]!");
 
   // using text base
   fttb.SetDrawingConfig(FancyDrawingConfig.Create(eFontSpeechWithoutOutline, 22422));
   fttb.SetDrawingArea(48, 48, 200);
-  fttb.Start("Hello!\n[o:8560]Can you find me the [c:27647]blue cup [s:2041][/c][/o]?\nI lost it in the [c:64493]dangerous [f:0]planet[/f][/c], somewhere.");
+  fttb.Start("Hello!\n[o:8560]Can you find me the [c:27647]blue cup [s:2041][/c][/o]?\nI lost it in the [c:red]dangerous [f:0]planet[/f][/c], somewhere.");
 }
 
 void repeatedly_execute_always()