Adventure Game/adventure_game/Handler.py

@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ class Handler(npyscreen.ButtonPress):
     3: re-render the screen
     """
     def whenPressed(self):
+        self.parent.parentApp.log.debug('Send button pressed!')
         # This is the raw command from the user
         raw_command = self.parent.dialogueBox.value
+        self.parent.dialogueBox.value = '' # Clear the dialogue box, TODO: This may become unneeded if issue #8 is fixed
 
         # This is the raw command from the user
         parsed_command = raw_command.split()
@@ -18,11 +20,12 @@ class Handler(npyscreen.ButtonPress):
         try:
             command = parsed_command.pop(0)
         except IndexError:
-            pass
-        arguments = parsed_command
+            self.parent.parentApp.log.warn('Command "{0}" could not be split, was it malformed or incomplete?'.format(raw_command))
+            command = ''
+        arguments = parsed_command # Whatever is left in the list, are arguments.
 
+        self.parent.parentApp.log.info('Parsed command "{0}" with arguments "{1}"'.format(command, arguments))
         self.parent.update_log('command: ' + command)
         self.parent.update_log('args: {0}'.format(arguments))
-        self.parent.dialogueBox.value = ''
         self.parent.artContent.display()
         self.parent.parentApp.switchForm('GAME')