From 0ac5d6d9e2a16cb51e8191176d96d5a9c21bf464 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric House <eehouse@eehouse.org>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 18:30:23 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] don't send more than three unanswered chats per boot -- to
 avoid filling up the queues in a way that doesn't reflect real use.

---
 xwords4/linux/cursesmain.c | 8 ++++++--
 xwords4/linux/cursesmain.h | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xwords4/linux/cursesmain.c b/xwords4/linux/cursesmain.c
index e87955aff..c3cd2eb44 100644
--- a/xwords4/linux/cursesmain.c
+++ b/xwords4/linux/cursesmain.c
@@ -1517,8 +1517,10 @@ curses_util_makeStreamFromAddr(XW_UtilCtxt* uc, XP_PlayerAddr channelNo )
 
 #ifdef XWFEATURE_CHAT
 static void
-curses_util_showChat( XW_UtilCtxt* XP_UNUSED(uc), const XP_UCHAR* const msg )
+curses_util_showChat( XW_UtilCtxt* uc, const XP_UCHAR* const msg )
 {
+    CursesAppGlobals* globals = (CursesAppGlobals*)uc->closure;
+    globals->nChatsSent = 0;
     XP_LOGF( "%s: got \"%s\"", __func__, msg );
 }
 #endif
@@ -1721,7 +1723,8 @@ chatsTimerFired( gpointer data )
 {
     CursesAppGlobals* globals = (CursesAppGlobals*)data;
 
-    if ( COMMS_RELAYSTATE_ALLCONNECTED == globals->commsRelayState ) {
+    if ( COMMS_RELAYSTATE_ALLCONNECTED == globals->commsRelayState 
+         && 3 > globals->nChatsSent ) {
         XP_UCHAR msg[128];
         struct tm* timp;
         struct timeval tv;
@@ -1734,6 +1737,7 @@ chatsTimerFired( gpointer data )
                   timp->tm_hour, timp->tm_min, timp->tm_sec );
         XP_LOGF( "%s: sending \"%s\"", __func__, msg );
         server_sendChat( globals->cGlobals.game.server, msg );
+        ++globals->nChatsSent;
     }
 
     return TRUE;
diff --git a/xwords4/linux/cursesmain.h b/xwords4/linux/cursesmain.h
index 99f771730..fa158471b 100644
--- a/xwords4/linux/cursesmain.h
+++ b/xwords4/linux/cursesmain.h
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ struct CursesAppGlobals {
     const struct MenuList* menuList;
     XP_U16 nLinesMenu;
 
+    XP_U16 nChatsSent;
+
     union {
         struct {
             XWStreamCtxt* stream; /* how we can reach the server */