Re-add "long tap to punch" as a client-side setting

builtin/settingtypes.txt

@@ -185,6 +185,19 @@ fixed_virtual_joystick (Fixed virtual joystick) bool false
 #    Requires: touchscreen_gui
 virtual_joystick_triggers_aux1 (Virtual joystick triggers Aux1 button) bool false
 
+#    The gesture for for punching players/entities.
+#    This can be overridden by games and mods.
+#
+#    * short_tap
+#      Easy to use and well-known from other games that shall not be named.
+#
+#    * long_tap
+#      Known from the classic Minetest mobile controls.
+#      Combat is more or less impossible.
+#
+#    Requires: touchscreen_gui
+touch_punch_gesture (Punch gesture) enum short_tap short_tap,long_tap
+
 
 [Graphics and Audio]
 

doc/lua_api.md

@@ -9098,15 +9098,16 @@ Used by `minetest.register_node`, `minetest.register_craftitem`, and
     touch_interaction = {
         -- Only affects touchscreen clients.
         -- Defines the meaning of short and long taps with the item in hand.
-        -- The fields in this table have two valid values:
+        -- The fields in this table can be set to the following values:
+        -- * "user"                 (meaning depends on client-side settings)
         -- * "long_dig_short_place" (long tap  = dig, short tap = place)
         -- * "short_dig_long_place" (short tap = dig, long tap  = place)
         -- The field to be used is selected according to the current
         -- `pointed_thing`.
 
-        pointed_nothing = "long_dig_short_place",
-        pointed_node    = "long_dig_short_place",
-        pointed_object  = "short_dig_long_place",
+        pointed_nothing = "user",
+        pointed_node    = "user",
+        pointed_object  = "user",
     },
 
     sound = {

src/client/game.cpp

@@ -3280,8 +3280,10 @@ void Game::processPlayerInteraction(f32 dtime, bool show_hud)
 	if (pointed != runData.pointed_old)
 		infostream << "Pointing at " << pointed.dump() << std::endl;
 
-	if (g_touchscreengui)
-		g_touchscreengui->applyContextControls(selected_def.touch_interaction.getMode(pointed));
+	if (g_touchscreengui) {
+		auto mode = selected_def.touch_interaction.getMode(pointed.type);
+		g_touchscreengui->applyContextControls(mode);
+	}
 
 	// Note that updating the selection mesh every frame is not particularly efficient,
 	// but the halo rendering code is already inefficient so there's no point in optimizing it here

src/defaultsettings.cpp

@@ -490,6 +490,7 @@ void set_default_settings()
 	settings->setDefault("touch_use_crosshair", "false");
 	settings->setDefault("fixed_virtual_joystick", "false");
 	settings->setDefault("virtual_joystick_triggers_aux1", "false");
+	settings->setDefault("touch_punch_gesture", "short_tap");
 #ifdef ENABLE_TOUCH
 	settings->setDefault("clickable_chat_weblinks", "false");
 #else

src/gui/touchscreengui.cpp

@@ -1105,11 +1105,11 @@ void TouchScreenGUI::applyContextControls(const TouchInteractionMode &mode)
 	// Since the pointed thing has already been determined when this function
 	// is called, we cannot use this function to update the shootline.
 
+	sanity_check(mode != TouchInteractionMode_USER);
+	u64 now = porting::getTimeMs();
 	bool target_dig_pressed = false;
 	bool target_place_pressed = false;
 
-	u64 now = porting::getTimeMs();
-
 	// If the meanings of short and long taps have been swapped, abort any ongoing
 	// short taps because they would do something else than the player expected.
 	// Long taps don't need this, they're adjusted to the swapped meanings instead.

src/itemdef.cpp

@@ -40,24 +40,37 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 
 TouchInteraction::TouchInteraction()
 {
-	pointed_nothing = LONG_DIG_SHORT_PLACE;
-	pointed_node    = LONG_DIG_SHORT_PLACE;
-	// Map punching to single tap by default.
-	pointed_object  = SHORT_DIG_LONG_PLACE;
+	pointed_nothing = TouchInteractionMode_USER;
+	pointed_node    = TouchInteractionMode_USER;
+	pointed_object  = TouchInteractionMode_USER;
 }
 
-TouchInteractionMode TouchInteraction::getMode(const PointedThing &pointed) const
+TouchInteractionMode TouchInteraction::getMode(PointedThingType pointed_type) const
 {
-	switch (pointed.type) {
+	TouchInteractionMode result;
+	switch (pointed_type) {
 	case POINTEDTHING_NOTHING:
-		return pointed_nothing;
+		result = pointed_nothing;
+		break;
 	case POINTEDTHING_NODE:
-		return pointed_node;
+		result = pointed_node;
+		break;
 	case POINTEDTHING_OBJECT:
-		return pointed_object;
+		result = pointed_object;
+		break;
 	default:
 		FATAL_ERROR("Invalid PointedThingType given to TouchInteraction::getMode");
 	}
+
+	if (result == TouchInteractionMode_USER) {
+		if (pointed_type == POINTEDTHING_OBJECT)
+			result = g_settings->get("touch_punch_gesture") == "long_tap" ?
+					LONG_DIG_SHORT_PLACE : SHORT_DIG_LONG_PLACE;
+		else
+			result = LONG_DIG_SHORT_PLACE;
+	}
+
+	return result;
 }
 
 void TouchInteraction::serialize(std::ostream &os) const

src/itemdef.h

@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 #include "texture_override.h" // TextureOverride
 #include "tool.h"
 #include "util/pointabilities.h"
+#include "util/pointedthing.h"
+
 class IGameDef;
 class Client;
 struct ToolCapabilities;
-struct PointedThing;
 #ifndef SERVER
 #include "client/texturesource.h"
 struct ItemMesh;
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ enum TouchInteractionMode : u8
 {
 	LONG_DIG_SHORT_PLACE,
 	SHORT_DIG_LONG_PLACE,
+	TouchInteractionMode_USER, // Meaning depends on client-side settings
 	TouchInteractionMode_END, // Dummy for validity check
 };
 
@@ -67,7 +69,9 @@ struct TouchInteraction
 	TouchInteractionMode pointed_object;
 
 	TouchInteraction();
-	TouchInteractionMode getMode(const PointedThing &pointed) const;
+	// Returns the right mode for the pointed thing and resolves any occurrence
+	// of TouchInteractionMode_USER into an actual mode.
+	TouchInteractionMode getMode(PointedThingType pointed_type) const;
 	void serialize(std::ostream &os) const;
 	void deSerialize(std::istream &is);
 };

src/script/common/c_types.cpp

@@ -37,5 +37,6 @@ struct EnumString es_TouchInteractionMode[] =
 	{
 		{LONG_DIG_SHORT_PLACE, "long_dig_short_place"},
 		{SHORT_DIG_LONG_PLACE, "short_dig_long_place"},
+		{TouchInteractionMode_USER, "user"},
 		{0, NULL},
 	};