5 files changed, 47 insertions, 36 deletions

diff --git a/src/game.cpp b/src/game.cpp
index f6d569b1..6013e4d5 100644
--- a/src/game.cpp
+++ b/src/game.cpp
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ void do_input()
     {
         // TODO: one different value of tolerance is needed for each direction
         // This probably means the need for a tuning utility/window
-        int tolerance = config.getValue("joytolerance", 10);
+        int tolerance = (int)config.getValue("joytolerance", 10);
         SDL_JoystickUpdate();
         if (SDL_JoystickGetAxis(joypad, 0) > tolerance)
         {
diff --git a/src/gui/help.cpp b/src/gui/help.cpp
index cff36da8..3ff8f0f4 100644
--- a/src/gui/help.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/help.cpp
@@ -87,27 +87,11 @@ void HelpWindow::loadHelp(const std::string &helpFile)
 void HelpWindow::loadFile(const std::string &file)
 {
     ResourceManager *resman = ResourceManager::getInstance();
-    const std::string filePath = "help/" + file + ".txt";
-    int contentsLength;
-    char *fileContents = (char*)resman->loadFile(filePath, contentsLength);
+    std::vector<std::string> lines =
+        resman->loadTextFile("help/" + file + ".txt");
 
-    if (!fileContents)
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < lines.size(); ++i)
     {
-        logger->log("Couldn't load help file: %s", filePath.c_str());
-        return;
+        browserBox->addRow(lines[i]);
     }
-
-    // Reallocate and include terminating 0 character
-    fileContents = (char*)realloc(fileContents, contentsLength + 1);
-    fileContents[contentsLength] = '\0';
-
-    // Tokenize and add each line separately
-    char *line = strtok(fileContents, "\n");
-    while (line != NULL)
-    {
-        browserBox->addRow(line);
-        line = strtok(NULL, "\n");
-    }
-
-    free(fileContents);
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/updatewindow.cpp b/src/gui/updatewindow.cpp
index 75f94b4b..473cc171 100644
--- a/src/gui/updatewindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/updatewindow.cpp
@@ -127,25 +127,16 @@ void UpdaterWindow::action(const std::string& eventId)
 
 void UpdaterWindow::loadNews()
 {
-    browserBox->clearRows();
     ResourceManager *resman = ResourceManager::getInstance();
-    int contentsLength;
-    std::ifstream newsFile(TMW_DATADIR "data/news.txt");
-    if (!newsFile.is_open())
-    {
-        logger->log("Couldn't load news.txt");
-        browserBox->addRow("Error");
-        return;
-    }
+    std::vector<std::string> lines = resman->loadTextFile("news.txt");
 
-    // Tokenize and add each line separately
-    std::string line("");
-    while (!newsFile.eof())
+    browserBox->clearRows();
+
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < lines.size(); ++i)
     {
-        getline(newsFile, line);
-        browserBox->addRow(line);
+        browserBox->addRow(lines[i]);
     }
-    newsFile.close();
+
     scrollArea->setVerticalScrollAmount(0);
     setVisible(true);
 }
diff --git a/src/resources/resourcemanager.cpp b/src/resources/resourcemanager.cpp
index 50d0f4b8..6ed933e4 100644
--- a/src/resources/resourcemanager.cpp
+++ b/src/resources/resourcemanager.cpp
@@ -281,3 +281,32 @@ ResourceManager::loadFile(const std::string &fileName, int &fileSize)
 
     return buffer;
 }
+
+std::vector<std::string>
+ResourceManager::loadTextFile(const std::string &fileName)
+{
+    int contentsLength;
+    char *fileContents = (char*)loadFile(fileName, contentsLength);
+    std::vector<std::string> lines;
+
+    if (!fileContents)
+    {
+        logger->log("Couldn't load text file: %s", fileName.c_str());
+        return lines;
+    }
+
+    // Reallocate and include terminating 0 character
+    fileContents = (char*)realloc(fileContents, contentsLength + 1);
+    fileContents[contentsLength] = '\0';
+
+    // Tokenize and add each line separately
+    char *line = strtok(fileContents, "\n");
+    while (line != NULL)
+    {
+        lines.push_back(line);
+        line = strtok(NULL, "\n");
+    }
+
+    free(fileContents);
+    return lines;
+}
diff --git a/src/resources/resourcemanager.h b/src/resources/resourcemanager.h
index e3ad1e94..93c2dd85 100644
--- a/src/resources/resourcemanager.h
+++ b/src/resources/resourcemanager.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
+#include <vector>
 #include "resource.h"
 #include "image.h"
 #include "music.h"
@@ -114,6 +115,12 @@ class ResourceManager
         loadFile(const std::string &fileName, int &fileSize);
 
         /**
+         * Retrieves the contents of a text file.
+         */
+        std::vector<std::string>
+        loadTextFile(const std::string &fileName);
+
+        /**
          * Returns an instance of the class, creating one if it does not
          * already exist.
          */