Add the initial proof-of-concept version of Jetryl's new idea for messages...

...in game. See
http://www.allacrost.org/staff/user/jetryl/Wesnoth/DialogueTest.jpg
for a screenshot of the intended idea (which this version doesn't
achive.

Added one of Kitty's new transperant images to test.

data/gui/default/window/message.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+###
+### Test window to show messages to the user, test version to test with Jetryl's
+### new message dialog and Kitty's portraits.
+###
+
+[window_definition]
+	id = "message_test"
+	description = "bar"
+
+	[resolution]
+
+		[background]
+
+			[draw]
+
+			[/draw]
+
+		[/background]
+
+		[foreground]
+
+			[draw]
+
+				[image]
+					x = 5
+					y = 5
+					# NOTE this image can be removed once we move to the final code.
+					name = "arch_fem200.png"
+				[/image]
+
+			[/draw]
+
+		[/foreground]
+
+	[/resolution]
+
+[/window_definition]
+
+#define BASE_NAME
+	"translucent65" #enddef
+
+[panel_definition]
+	id = "message_test"
+	description = "bar"
+
+	[resolution]
+
+		left_border = 10
+		right_border = 13
+		top_border = 10
+		bottom_border = 13
+
+		[background]
+
+			[draw]
+
+				[image]
+					name = "dialogs/" + {BASE_NAME} + "-border-topleft.png"
+				[/image]
+
+				[image]
+					x = 5
+					y = 0
+					w = "(width - 14)"
+					stretch = "true"
+					name = "dialogs/" +  {BASE_NAME} + "-border-top.png"
+				[/image]
+
+				[image]
+					x = "(width - 9)"
+					y = 0
+					name = "dialogs/" +  {BASE_NAME} + "-border-topright.png"
+				[/image]
+
+				[image]
+					x = "(width - 9)"
+					y = 5
+					h = "(height - 14)"
+					stretch = "true"
+					name = "dialogs/" +  {BASE_NAME} + "-border-right.png"
+				[/image]
+
+				[image]
+					x = "(width - 9)"
+					y = "(height - 9)"
+					name = "dialogs/" +  {BASE_NAME} + "-border-botright.png"
+				[/image]
+
+				[image]
+					x = 5
+					y = "(height - 9)"
+					w = "(width - 14)"
+					stretch = "true"
+					name = "dialogs/" +  {BASE_NAME} + "-border-bottom.png"
+				[/image]
+
+				[image]
+					x = 0
+					y = "(height - 9)"
+					name = "dialogs/" +  {BASE_NAME} + "-border-botleft.png"
+				[/image]
+
+				[image]
+					x = 0
+					y = 5
+					h = "(height - 14)"
+					stretch = "true"
+					name = "dialogs/" +  {BASE_NAME} + "-border-left.png"
+				[/image]
+
+				[image]
+					x = 5
+					y = 5
+					w = "(width - 14)"
+					h = "(height - 14)"
+					name = "dialogs/" +  {BASE_NAME} + "-background.png"
+				[/image]
+
+			[/draw]
+
+		[/background]
+
+		[foreground]
+
+			[draw]
+
+			[/draw]
+
+		[/foreground]
+
+	[/resolution]
+
+[/panel_definition]
+
+#unddef BASE_NAME
+
+[window]
+	id = "message_test"
+	description = "Test dialog to test Jetryl's new message style and Kitty's portraits."
+
+	[resolution]
+		definition = "message_test"
+
+		automatic_placement = "true"
+		vertical_placement = "bottom"
+		horizontal_placement = "center"
+		
+		[grid]
+
+			[row]
+
+				[column]
+
+					# This spacer makes sure the dialog is at least 200 pixels high.
+					[spacer]
+						width = 0
+						height = 200
+					[/spacer]
+
+				[/column]
+
+				[column]
+					vertical_alignment = "bottom"
+
+					[panel]
+						definition = "message_test"
+							
+						[grid]
+							[row]
+								[column]
+									border = "all"
+									border_size = 5
+									horizontal_alignment = "left"
+									[spacer]
+										id = "image_place_holder"
+
+										width = 200
+										height = 0
+									[/spacer]
+
+								[/column]
+
+								[column]
+									grow_factor = 1
+									border = "all"
+									border_size = 5
+									horizontal_alignment = "left"
+
+									[label]
+										id = "message"
+										definition = "default"
+									[/label]
+
+								[/column]
+
+							[/row]
+
+						[/grid]
+
+					[/panel]
+
+				[/column]
+
+			[/row]
+
+		[/grid]
+
+	[/resolution]
+
+[/window]
+	
+

data/scenario-test.cfg

@@ -127,6 +127,23 @@ Xu          , Xu          , Qxu         , Qxu         , Ql          , Ql
         text="Open the hell"
     [/label]
 
+	[label]
+		x,y=12,7
+		text="show me more"
+	[/label]
+
+	[event]
+		name=moveto
+        first_time_only=no
+        [filter]
+            x,y,side=12,7,1
+        [/filter]
+
+		[message_test]
+			message="Test message."
+		[/message_test]
+	[/event]
+
     turns=36
     id=test
 

src/game_events.cpp

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include "dialogs.hpp"
 #include "game_errors.hpp"
 #include "game_events.hpp"
+#include "gui/widgets/window.hpp"
+#include "gui/widgets/window_builder.hpp"
 #include "image.hpp"
 #include "language.hpp"
 #include "log.hpp"
@@ -1875,6 +1877,23 @@ namespace {
 		lg::wml_error << message << '\n';
 	}
 
+	// Test function to show the new message dialog.
+	// NOTE this event is undocumented since it's only added as test hack and will
+	// be removed without further notice.
+	WML_HANDLER_FUNCTION(message_test,/*handler*/,/*event_info*/,cfg)
+	{
+		const std::string message = cfg["message"];
+		gui2::init();
+		gui2::twindow window = gui2::build(screen->video(), "message_test");
+
+		gui2::tcontrol* label = dynamic_cast<gui2::tcontrol*>(window.find_widget("message", false));
+		assert(label);
+		label->set_label(message);
+
+		window.recalculate_size();
+		window.show();
+	}
+
 	WML_HANDLER_FUNCTION(debug_message,/*handler*/,/*event_info*/,cfg)
 	{
 		const std::string log_level = cfg["logger"];