Added support for multiline commands inside dfhack.init and the script command.

NEWS

@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 DFHack Future
+    Internals
+    Fixes
+    New Plugins
+    New Scripts
+    New Tweaks
+    Removed
+    Misc Improvements
+        Multiline commands are now possible inside dfhack.init scripts. See dfhack.init-example for example usage.
 
 DFHack 0.40.24-r1
     Internals

Readme.rst

@@ -242,6 +242,9 @@ To include a double quote character, use ``\"`` inside double quotes.
 If the first non-whitespace character of a line is ``#``, the line is treated
 as a comment, i.e. a silent no-op command.
 
+When reading commands from dfhack.init or with the ``script`` command, if the final character on a line is a backslash then the next uncommented line is considered a continuation of that line, with the backslash converted to a space character.
+Commented lines are skipped, so it is possible to comment out parts of a command with the ``#`` character.
+
 If the first non-whitespace character is ``:``, the command is parsed in a special
 alternative mode: first, non-whitespace characters immediately following the ``:``
 are used as the command name; the remaining part of the line, starting with the first

dfhack.init-example

@@ -195,7 +195,23 @@ enable search
 enable automaterial
 
 # Other interface improvement tools
-enable dwarfmonitor mousequery automelt autotrade buildingplan resume trackstop zone stocks autochop stockpiles
+# enable dwarfmonitor mousequery automelt autotrade buildingplan resume trackstop zone stocks autochop stockpiles
+enable \
+ dwarfmonitor \
+ mousequery \
+ automelt \
+ autotrade \
+ buildingplan \
+ resume \
+ trackstop \
+ zone \
+ stocks \
+ autochop \
+ stockpiles
+#end a line with a backslash to make it continue to the next line. The \ is converted to a space for the final command.
+# Multiline commands are ONLY supported for scripts like dfhack.init. You cannot do multiline command manually on the DFHack console.
+# You cannot extend a commented line.
+# You can comment out the extension of a line.
 
 # allow the fortress bookkeeper to queue jobs through the manager
 stockflow enable

library/Core.cpp

@@ -824,22 +824,36 @@ bool Core::loadScriptFile(color_ostream &out, string fname, bool silent)
     if(!silent)
         out << "Loading script at " << fname << std::endl;
     ifstream script(fname.c_str());
-    if (script.good())
-    {
-        string command;
-        while (getline(script, command))
-        {
-            if (!command.empty())
-                runCommand(out, command);
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-    else
+    if ( !script.good() )
     {
         if(!silent)
             out.printerr("Error loading script\n");
         return false;
     }
+    string command;
+    while(script.good()) {
+        string temp;
+        getline(script,temp);
+        bool doMore = false;
+        if ( temp.length() > 0 ) {
+            if ( temp[0] == '#' )
+                continue;
+            if ( temp[temp.length()-1] == '\r' )
+                temp = temp.substr(0,temp.length()-1);
+            if ( temp.length() > 0 ) {
+                if ( temp[temp.length()-1] == '\\' ) {
+                    temp[temp.length()-1] = ' ';
+                    doMore = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        command = command + temp;
+        if ( (!doMore || !script.good()) && !command.empty() ) {
+            runCommand(out, command);
+            command = "";
+        }
+    }
+    return true;
 }
 
 static void run_dfhack_init(color_ostream &out, Core *core)