Remove jump-to-end-on-focus entirely

Two debounce attempts (recent-append recency, then sustained-unfocus
streak) both failed to stop it firing on almost every incoming line
while the toggle was on. Rather than keep chasing GetFocus() polling
noise, removed the whole feature: poll_output_focus, jump_notepad_to_end,
toggle_jump_to_end, the Ctrl+Alt+J accelerator/alias, the polling timer,
the jump_to_end_on_focus variable, and the now-unused GetFocus/
EM_SCROLLCARET Alien bindings. SmartAppendToNotepad (the actual smart-
scroll fix, unrelated to this and confirmed working) is untouched.
Updated the readme to drop the Ctrl+Alt+J entry.

cosmic rage/worlds/plugins/output_functions.xml

@@ -170,31 +170,8 @@ omit_from_command_history="y"
 send_to="12"
 sequence="100">
 </alias>
-
-<alias
-match="toggle_jump_to_end"
-enabled="y"
-script="toggle_jump_to_end"
-omit_from_output="y"
-omit_from_log="y"
-omit_from_command_history="y"
-send_to="12"
-sequence="100">
-</alias>
 </aliases>
 
-<!--  Timers  -->
-
-<timers>
-<timer
- enabled="y"
- second="0.2"
- script="poll_output_focus"
->
-</timer>
-</timers>
-
-
 <!--  Get our standard constants -->
 
 <include name="constants.lua"/>
@@ -222,7 +199,6 @@ Accelerator("ctrl+shift+n","endline")
 Accelerator("ctrl+shift+y","topline")
 Accelerator("ctrl+shift+h","whichline")
 Accelerator("ctrl+shift+alt+s","snap_shot")
-Accelerator("ctrl+alt+j","toggle_jump_to_end")
 
 function selectscr(eol)
  buffercheck()
@@ -332,9 +308,6 @@ GetModuleHandle:types{ ret = "pointer", "string", abi = "stdcall" }
 local GetProcAddress = kernel32.GetProcAddress
 GetProcAddress:types{ ret = "pointer", "pointer", "string", abi = "stdcall" }
 
-local GetFocus = user32.GetFocus
-GetFocus:types{ ret = "pointer", abi = "stdcall" }
-
 -- EM_GETSEL's wParam/lParam are *pointers* to DWORD (needed to get the
 -- real 32-bit selection range - the classic packed-return form is capped
 -- at 64K). SendMessage above is already typed with "uint"/"long" for its
@@ -349,7 +322,6 @@ local EM_GETFIRSTVISIBLELINE = 0x00CE
 local EM_LINESCROLL          = 0x00B6
 local EM_GETSEL              = 0x00B0
 local EM_SETSEL              = 0x00B1
-local EM_SCROLLCARET         = 0x00B7
 
 local my_pid = GetCurrentProcessId()
 
@@ -431,84 +403,12 @@ function SmartAppendToNotepad(title, text)
   end
 end
 
--- Moves the caret to the very end of a notepad and scrolls it into view.
-local function jump_notepad_to_end(edit)
-  local len = SendMessage(edit, WM_GETTEXTLENGTH, 0, 0)
-  SendMessage(edit, EM_SETSEL, len, len)
-  SendMessage(edit, EM_SCROLLCARET, 0, 0)
-end
-
-function toggle_jump_to_end()
- if GetVariable("jump_to_end_on_focus") == "0" then
-  SetVariable("jump_to_end_on_focus", "1")
-  Execute("tts_interrupt Jump to end when switching to output: on")
- else
-  SetVariable("jump_to_end_on_focus", "0")
-  Execute("tts_interrupt Jump to end when switching to output: off")
- end
-end
-
--- Polls for the "output" notepad gaining focus (mouse click, Ctrl+Tab
--- between MDI windows, ActivateNotepad from a script, etc.), so the
--- jump-to-end behaviour applies regardless of how the user switches to
--- it. MUSHclient's own Accelerator/hotkey system can't see keystrokes
--- while a separate notepad window has focus (confirmed by Nick Gammon on
--- the MUSHclient forum), so this can't be event-driven - polling every
--- 0.2s is the safe, non-hooking way to catch it.
---
--- GetFocus() genuinely reports "not focused" for a single poll tick now
--- and then, even while the user never left the window and nothing was
--- just appended (confirmed via logging - one case was 7+ seconds after
--- the last append) - just noise from MUSHclient's own UI thread being
--- momentarily busy. A single such blip was enough to make this treat
--- the very next tick as "just switched to the window" and jump, on
--- practically every incoming line. Requiring several *consecutive*
--- unfocused ticks before the next focused tick counts as a genuine
--- switch filters that out.
-was_output_focused = false
-unfocused_streak = 0
-FOCUS_DEBOUNCE_TICKS = 3  -- ~0.6s of sustained unfocus at the 0.2s poll rate
-
-function poll_output_focus()
- if GetVariable("jump_to_end_on_focus") == "0" then
-  was_output_focused = false
-  unfocused_streak = 0
-  return
- end
- local edit = find_notepad_edit("output")
- if not edit then
-  was_output_focused = false
-  unfocused_streak = 0
-  return
- end
- local focused = GetFocus()
- -- Compare by string representation, not raw "==": Alien's pointer
- -- returns are full userdata objects, so two separate calls returning
- -- the same real HWND don't reliably compare equal with "==" (which
- -- falls back to identity comparison).
- local is_focused = (tostring(focused) == tostring(edit))
-
- if is_focused then
-   if not was_output_focused and unfocused_streak >= FOCUS_DEBOUNCE_TICKS then
-     jump_notepad_to_end(edit)
-   end
-   unfocused_streak = 0
-   was_output_focused = true
- else
-   unfocused_streak = unfocused_streak + 1
-   was_output_focused = false
- end
-end
-
 ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 function OnPluginInstall()
  if GetVariable("output") == nil then
   SetVariable("output","1")
  end
- if GetVariable("jump_to_end_on_focus") == nil then
-  SetVariable("jump_to_end_on_focus","1")
- end
  modes = {}
  cline = 1
  lastcount=0

readme.md

@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ MushClient is a portable client designed specifically for Cosmic Rage. The game
 The soundpack mirrors game text into a separate notepad-style window titled "output", useful for reviewing text with a screen reader without losing your place when new lines arrive.
 
 - **Ctrl + Alt + O**: Toggle whether output is mirrored to the output window
-- **Ctrl + Alt + J**: Toggle whether switching to the output window jumps you to the newest line
 - **Ctrl + Shift + C**: Clear the output buffer
 - **Ctrl + Alt + Shift + C**: Clear the output window
 - **Ctrl + Shift + I**: Speak the current line