[2577409]: minor improvements to the shopping interface.

git-svn-id: https://crawl-ref.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/crawl-ref/trunk@8979 c06c8d41-db1a-0410-9941-cceddc491573

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/itemname.cc b/crawl-ref/source/itemname.cc
index 9098999a0f..f63fe61e5c 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/itemname.cc
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/itemname.cc
@@ -1892,9 +1892,10 @@ bool item_names( const item_def *it1,
            < it2->name(DESC_PLAIN, false, false, false);
 }
 
-void check_item_knowledge()
+bool check_item_knowledge(bool quiet)
 {
     std::vector<const item_def*> items;
+    bool rc = true;
 
     const object_class_type idx_to_objtype[5] = { OBJ_WANDS, OBJ_SCROLLS,
                                                   OBJ_JEWELLERY, OBJ_POTIONS,
@@ -1902,6 +1903,7 @@ void check_item_knowledge()
     const int idx_to_maxtype[5] = { NUM_WANDS, NUM_SCROLLS,
                                     NUM_JEWELLERY, NUM_POTIONS, NUM_STAVES };
 
+
     for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
     {
         for (int j = 0; j < idx_to_maxtype[i]; j++)
@@ -1922,9 +1924,14 @@ void check_item_knowledge()
     }
 
     if (items.empty())
-        mpr("You don't recognise anything yet!");
+    {
+        rc = false;
+        if (!quiet)
+            mpr("You don't recognise anything yet!");
+    }
     else
     {
+        rc = true;
         std::sort(items.begin(), items.end(), item_names);
         InvMenu menu;
         menu.set_title("You recognise:");
@@ -1937,7 +1944,9 @@ void check_item_knowledge()
               iter != items.end(); ++iter )
             delete *iter;
     }
-}                               // end check_item_knowledge()
+
+    return (rc);
+}
 
 
 // Used for: Pandemonium demonlords, shopkeepers, scrolls, random artefacts