runtime convenience for sending messages

diff --git a/plugins/messages/messages.js b/plugins/messages/messages.js
index 76f1fb3..e1871f0 100644 (file)
--- a/plugins/messages/messages.js
+++ b/plugins/messages/messages.js
@@ -108,6 +108,21 @@
     
 })(jQuery);
 
+// messages runtime -- convenience functions messages.fatal and the like
+// in addition, messages can get lost if the UI is not ready to accept them
+// so we use console.log in this case
+var messages = {
+    ready : false,
+    levels : ['fatal','error','warning','info','debug'],
+    handler : function (level,msg) {
+       if (messages.ready) $.publish("/messages/"+level+"/",msg);
+       else console.log("/messages/"+level+"/: "+msg);
+    },
+};
+for (var i in messages.levels) { var level=messages.levels[i]; messages[level]=function (msg) {messages.handler (level,msg)};}
+$(function(){messages.ready=true;})
+    
+
 /* turn this on for an auto-test on startup
 var messages_test = {
     // set this to 0 to disable