Display message on the board at startup

Drawing the board in the first second of running will display a short
message on top of it, to alert the user to the help-click possibility.

diff --git a/board.c b/board.c
index ff5a7f2..a368356 100644 (file)
--- a/board.c
+++ b/board.c
@@ -919,10 +919,12 @@ DrawPosition (int repaint, Board board)
     static int lastFlipView = 0;
     static int lastBoardValid[2] = {0, 0};
     static Board lastBoard[2];
-    static char lastMarker[BOARD_RANKS][BOARD_FILES];
+    static char lastMarker[BOARD_RANKS][BOARD_FILES], messedUp;
     int rrow, rcol;
     int nr = twoBoards*partnerUp;
 
+    repaint |= messedUp;
+
     if(DrawSeekGraph()) return; // [HGM] seekgraph: suppress any drawing if seek graph up
 
     if (board == NULL) {
@@ -1050,6 +1052,17 @@ DrawPosition (int repaint, Board board)
 
     FlashDelay(0); // this flushes drawing queue;
     if(nr) SwitchWindow(1);
+    else {
+       TimeMark now;
+       GetTimeMark(&now);
+       if(SubtractTimeMarks(&now, &programStartTime) < 1000) {
+           DrawSeekBackground(2*squareSize, 3*squareSize, 6*squareSize, 5*squareSize);
+           DrawText("Right-clicking dialog texts", 2*squareSize + 5, 3*squareSize + 5, 2);
+           DrawText("pops up help on them", 2*squareSize + 5, (int) (3.3*squareSize) + 5, 2);
+           GraphExpose(currBoard, 2*squareSize, 3*squareSize, 4*squareSize, 2*squareSize);
+           messedUp = TRUE;
+       } else messedUp = FALSE;
+    }
 }
 
 /* [AS] Arrow highlighting support */

diff --git a/draw.c b/draw.c
index 16c4b0d..8d3dbf4 100644 (file)
--- a/draw.c
+++ b/draw.c
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ DrawUnicode (cairo_surface_t *canvas, char *string, int x, int y, char id, int f
        cairo_destroy(cr);
 }
 
-static void
+void
 DrawText (char *string, int x, int y, int align)
 {
        int xx = x, yy = y;

diff --git a/draw.h b/draw.h
index 94dea75..1d1511f 100644 (file)
--- a/draw.h
+++ b/draw.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ void CreateGrid P((void));
 void DrawSegment P((int x, int y, int *lastX, int *lastY, int p));
 void DrawRectangle P((int left, int top, int right, int bottom, int side, int style));
 void DrawEvalText P((char *buf, int cbBuf, int y));
+void DrawText P((char *string, int x, int y, int align));
 extern Option *disp;
 extern char svgDir[];