track-chat-log shows something if you're not on a vessel to start with.

diff --git a/yoweb-scrape b/yoweb-scrape
index 517d5e1912a06d3dfb368ec217924b9337673b9e..c99b2b0c684362f3db3b4507823bba7af6bb2ce9 100755 (executable)
--- a/yoweb-scrape
+++ b/yoweb-scrape
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ class ChatLogTracker:
                self._lbuf = ''
                self._progress = [0, os.fstat(self._f.fileno()).st_size]
 
-       def _refresh(self):
+       def force_redisplay(self):
                self._need_redisplay = True
 
        def _onboard_event(self,timestamp,pirate,event):
@@ -448,14 +448,14 @@ class ChatLogTracker:
                        self._pl[pirate] = pa
                        self._v[pirate] = pa
                self._v['#lastaboard'] = timestamp
-               self._refresh()
+               self.force_redisplay()
                return pa
 
        def _trash_vessel(self, v):
                for pn in v:
                        if pn.startswith('#'): continue
                        del self._pl[pn]
-               self._refresh()
+               self.force_redisplay()
 
        def expire_garbage(self, timestamp):
                for (vn,v) in list(self._vl.iteritems()):
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ class ChatLogTracker:
                        if pa.v is self._v:
                                pa.last_chat_time = timestamp
                                pa.last_chat_chan = what
-                               self._refresh()
+                               self.force_redisplay()
                                return d(what+' chat')
 
                m = rm('(\\w+) (?:issued an order|ordered everyone) "')
@@ -721,6 +721,8 @@ def prep_chat_log(args, bu,
        track.catchup(progress)
        opts.debug += 1
 
+       track.force_redisplay()
+
        return (myself, track)
 
 def do_track_chat_log(args, bu):