Switch "show chat history" into a line limit field and considerably

raise default (5->100).

4 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/src/defaults.cpp b/src/defaults.cpp
index 32084a1b5..eae83e1ab 100644
--- a/src/defaults.cpp
+++ b/src/defaults.cpp
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ void setConfigDefaults(Configuration &cfg)
     AddDEF("allowCommandsInChatTabs", true);
     AddDEF("serverMsgInDebug", true);
     AddDEF("hideShopMessages", true);
-    AddDEF("showChatHistory", true);
+    AddDEF("loadChatHistoryLines", 100);
     AddDEF("chatMaxLinesLimit", 100);
     AddDEF("chatColor", 0);
     AddDEF("showJob", true);
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/tabs/chat/chattab.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/tabs/chat/chattab.cpp
index 9809287d2..3773df55f 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/tabs/chat/chattab.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/tabs/chat/chattab.cpp
@@ -98,8 +98,9 @@ ChatTab::ChatTab(const Widget2 *const widget,
         chatWindow->addTab(this);
     mTextOutput->updateSize(true);
 
-    if (config.getBoolValue("showChatHistory"))
-        loadFromLogFile(logName);
+    const int maxLines = config.getIntValue("loadChatHistoryLines");
+    if (maxLines > 0)
+        loadFromLogFile(logName, maxLines);
 }
 
 ChatTab::~ChatTab()
@@ -513,12 +514,13 @@ void ChatTab::addRow(std::string &line)
         false);
 }
 
-void ChatTab::loadFromLogFile(const std::string &name)
+void ChatTab::loadFromLogFile(const std::string &name,
+                              const unsigned maxLines)
 {
     if (chatLogger != nullptr)
     {
         std::list<std::string> list;
-        chatLogger->loadLast(name, list, 5);
+        chatLogger->loadLast(name, list, maxLines);
         std::list<std::string>::const_iterator i = list.begin();
         while (i != list.end())
         {
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/tabs/chat/chattab.h b/src/gui/widgets/tabs/chat/chattab.h
index 7a3774fc2..7aeeeebdb 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/tabs/chat/chattab.h
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/tabs/chat/chattab.h
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ class ChatTab notfinal : public Tab
         bool hasRows() const A_WARN_UNUSED
         { return mTextOutput->hasRows(); }
 
-        void loadFromLogFile(const std::string &name);
+        void loadFromLogFile(const std::string &name,
+                             const unsigned maxLines);
 
         bool getAllowHighlight() const noexcept2 A_WARN_UNUSED
         { return mAllowHightlight; }
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/tabs/setup_chat.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/tabs/setup_chat.cpp
index f42f34c5a..ae9043962 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/tabs/setup_chat.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/tabs/setup_chat.cpp
@@ -148,11 +148,12 @@ Setup_Chat::Setup_Chat(const Widget2 *const widget) :
         MainConfig_true);
 
     // TRANSLATORS: settings option
-    new SetupItemCheckBox(_("Show chat history"),
+    new SetupItemIntTextField(_("Show chat history lines"),
         // TRANSLATORS: settings description
-        _("If this setting enabled, client will load old chat tabs content "
-         "from logs on startup instead of starting with empty chat tabs."),
-        "showChatHistory", this, "showChatHistoryEvent",
+        _("If this number is set to above 0, the client will load old chat"
+        " tabs content from logs on startup instead of starting with empty"
+        " chat tabs."),
+        "loadChatHistoryLines", this, "loadChatHistoryLinesEvent", 0, 10000,
         MainConfig_true);
 
     // TRANSLATORS: settings option