--- a/mde/options.d	Mon Mar 24 17:53:28 2008 +0000
+++ b/mde/options.d	Tue Mar 25 12:24:04 2008 +0000
@@ -133,32 +133,77 @@
         logger = Log.getLogger ("mde.options");
     }
     //END Static
+    
+    //BEGIN Templates
+    template store(A...) {
+        alias A a;
+    }
+    template decRecurse(char[] A, B...) {
+        static if (B.length) const char[] decRecurse = A ~ ", " ~ decRecurse!(B);
+        else                 const char[] decRecurse = A;
+    }
+    template decBool(A...) {
+        const char[] decBool = "bool " ~ decRecurse!(A) ~ ";\n";
+    }
+    template decCharA(A...) {
+        const char[] decCharA = "char[] " ~ decRecurse!(A) ~ ";\n";
+    }
+    template decInt(A...) {
+        const char[] decInt = "int " ~ decRecurse!(A) ~ ";\n";
+    }
+    template aaRecurse(char[] A, B...) {
+        static if (B.length) const char[] aaRecurse = "\""~A~"\"[]:&"~A ~ ", " ~ aaRecurse!(B);
+        else                 const char[] aaRecurse = "\""~A~"\"[]:&"~A;
+    }
+    template aaBool(A...) {
+        const char[] aaBool = "optsBool = [" ~ aaRecurse!(A) ~ "];\n";
+    }
+    template aaInt(A...) {
+        const char[] aaInt = "optsInt = [" ~ aaRecurse!(A) ~ "];\n";
+    }
+    template aaCharA(A...) {
+        const char[] aaCharA = "optsCharA = [" ~ aaRecurse!(A) ~ "];\n";
+    }
+    //END Templates
 }
 
+/* NOTE: These Options classes use templates to ease inserting contents.
+*
+* Each entry has an I18nTranslation entry; see data/L10n/ClassName.mtt for descriptions.
+*
+* To create a new class, copy and paste, and update Options.
+*/
+
 /** A home for all miscellaneous options, at least for now. */
 class OptionsMisc : Options {
-    bool useThreads;    // set 0 to disable threading
-    char[] L10n;        // locale, e.g. en-GB
+    alias store!("useThreads") BOOL;
+    alias store!("logLevel") INT;
+    alias store!("L10n") CHARA;
     
-    int logLevel;       // tango logger level
+    mixin (decBool!(BOOL.a));
+    mixin (decInt!(INT.a));
+    mixin (decCharA!(CHARA.a));
     
     this () {
-        optsBool    = ["useThreads":&useThreads];
-        optsCharA   = ["L10n":&L10n];
-        optsInt     = ["logLevel":&logLevel];
+        mixin (aaBool!(BOOL.a));
+        mixin (aaInt!(INT.a));
+        mixin (aaCharA!(CHARA.a));
     }
 }
 
 /** All video options. */
 class OptionsVideo : Options {
-    int width, height;  // screen/window dimensions
-    bool fullscreen;
-    bool resizable;     // when not fullscreen, window can be resized
-    bool noFrame;       // when not fullscreen, don't draw the window decorations
-    bool hardware;      // use a hardware surface. Relevant with OpenGL?
+    alias store!("fullscreen","hardware","resizable","noFrame") BOOL;
+    alias store!("screenW","screenH","windowW","windowH") INT;
+    //alias store!() CHARA;
+    
+    mixin (decBool!(BOOL.a));
+    mixin (decInt!(INT.a));
+    //mixin (decCharA!(CHARA.a));
     
     this () {
-        optsBool    = ["fullscreen"[]:&fullscreen, "hardware":&hardware, "noFrame":&noFrame, "resizable":&resizable];
-        optsInt     = ["height"[]:&height, "width":&width];
+        mixin (aaBool!(BOOL.a));
+        mixin (aaInt!(INT.a));
+        //mixin (aaCharA!(CHARA.a));
     }
 }