Item have a clear serialization interface

levels/2d/2d-test

@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ Testlevel for 2d interactive files.
 
 [setup]
 
-echo "x = 10
-y = 5
-color = red" > apple
+echo "x = 100
+y = 50" > apple
+echo "x = 200
+y = 50" > pear
 git add .
 git commit -m "An apple a day"

levels/sequence

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+2d
 time-machine
 low-level

scenes/file_browser.gd

@@ -19,13 +19,15 @@ onready var world = $Panel/Margin/Rows/World
 onready var text_edit = $Panel/TextEdit
 onready var save_button = $Panel/TextEdit/SaveButton
 onready var title_label = $Panel/Margin/Rows/Title
-onready var player = $Panel/Margin/Rows/World/You
+#onready var player = $Panel/Margin/Rows/World/You
+var player
 
 func _ready():
 	update()
 	_set_mode(mode)
 	_set_title(title)
 	$PopupMenu.add_item("New file", 1)
+	#player.file_browser = self
 
 func _input(event):
 	if event.is_action_pressed("save"):
@@ -91,7 +93,6 @@ func update():
 						seed(item.label.hash())
 						item.position = Vector2(rand_range(0, world.rect_size.x), rand_range(0, world.rect_size.y))
 						randomize()
-						item.content = shell.run("cat " + file_path)
 						world.add_child(item)
 					#visible = is_visible				
 					

scenes/file_browser.tscn

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-[gd_scene load_steps=5 format=2]
+[gd_scene load_steps=4 format=2]
 
 [ext_resource path="res://scenes/file_browser.gd" type="Script" id=1]
 [ext_resource path="res://fonts/default.tres" type="DynamicFont" id=2]
 [ext_resource path="res://styles/theme.tres" type="Theme" id=3]
-[ext_resource path="res://scenes/item.tscn" type="PackedScene" id=6]
 
 [node name="FileBrowser" type="Control" groups=[
 "editors",
@@ -77,9 +76,6 @@ margin_bottom = 1064.0
 size_flags_horizontal = 3
 size_flags_vertical = 3
 
-[node name="You" parent="Panel/Margin/Rows/World" instance=ExtResource( 6 )]
-editable = false
-
 [node name="TextEdit" type="TextEdit" parent="Panel"]
 visible = false
 anchor_right = 1.0

scenes/item.gd

@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ export(IconStatus) var status setget _set_status
 export var label: String setget _set_label
 var type = "file"
 export var editable = true
-var content setget _set_content
+
+var attributes
+
 var held
 var GRID_SIZE = 60
 var file_browser
@@ -17,10 +19,27 @@ onready var status_icon = $Status
 func _ready():
 	_set_label(label)
 	_set_status(status)
-	if not editable:
-		type = "nothing"
+	
+	read_from_file()
+#	if not editable:
+#		type = "nothing"
 	#$PopupMenu.add_item("Delete file", 0)
 
+func read_from_file():
+	print(file_browser)
+	attributes = helpers.parse(file_browser.shell.run("cat '%s'" % label))	
+	position.x = int(attributes["x"])
+	position.y = int(attributes["y"])
+
+func write_to_file():
+	attributes["x"] = str(position.x)
+	attributes["y"] = str(position.y)
+	
+	var content = ""
+	for key in attributes:
+		content += "%s = %s\n" % [key, attributes[key]]
+	file_browser.shell.run("echo \"%s\" > %s" % [content, label])
+
 func _set_label(new_label):
 	label = new_label
 	if label_node:
@@ -56,17 +75,8 @@ func _set_status(new_status):
 				
 	status = new_status
 		
-func _set_content(new_content):
-	content = new_content
-	var attributes = helpers.parse(content)
-	if attributes.has("x") and attributes.has("y"):
-		position.x = int(attributes["x"]) * GRID_SIZE
-		position.y = int(attributes["y"]) * GRID_SIZE
-		
-func move(direction):
-	position += direction * GRID_SIZE
-	if label != "":
-		file_browser.shell.run("echo \"x = "+ String(position.x / GRID_SIZE) +"\ny = "+ String(position.y / GRID_SIZE) +"\" > " + label)
+func move(diff):
+	position += diff
+	write_to_file()
 	if held:
-		held.move(direction)
-		
+		held.move(diff)