Began dashboard formspec in Minetest

modpol_minetest/chatcommands/chatcommands.lua

@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ regchat(
    "dashboard", {
       privs = {},
       func = function(user)
-         local result = modpol.dashboard(user)
-         return true, result
+         modpol.dashboard(user)
       end,
 })
 

modpol_minetest/overrides/interactions/interactions.lua

@@ -6,11 +6,27 @@
 -- Output: Displays a menu of commands to the user
 -- TKTK currently a manually curated list---needs major improvement
 modpol.dashboard = function(user)
-   local output = "Command list:"
+   -- prepare data
+   -- to add: my orgs, nested orgs map
+   local commands = "Command list: "
    for key,value in pairs(command_list) do
-      output = output .. "/" .. value .. " "
+      commands = commands .. "/" .. value .. " "
    end
-   return output
+   local orgs = "Orgs: " .. modpol.orgs.list_all()
+   local users = "Players: "
+      .. table.concat(modpol.list_users(), ", ")
+   -- set up formspec
+    local formspec = {
+       "formspec_version[4]",
+       "size[10,8]",
+       "label[0.5,0.5;", minetest.formspec_escape(commands), "]",
+       "label[0.5,1.5;", minetest.formspec_escape(orgs), "]",
+       "label[0.5,2.5;", minetest.formspec_escape(users), "]",
+       "button[0.5,7;1,0.8;yes;Done]",
+    }
+    local formspec_string = table.concat(formspec, "")
+    -- present to player
+    minetest.show_formspec(user, "modpol:dashboard", formspec_string)   
 end
 
 -- ===================================================================
@@ -33,11 +49,17 @@ modpol.binary_poll_user = function(user, question)
     local formspec_string = table.concat(formspec, "")
     -- present to player
     minetest.show_formspec(user, "modpol:binary_poll", formspec_string)
- end
- 
---what to do 
- minetest.register_on_player_receive_fields(function (player, formname, fields)
-    -- modpol:poll
+end
+
+-- ===================================================================
+-- Register input fields from forms
+-- Minetest-specific; does not overwrite
+-- separate this out into discrete functions?
+-- how do we ensure this is maximally modular?
+-- Perhaps create a table of possible formnames and their associated functions
+-- Then we can easily add to the table of possible options
+minetest.register_on_player_receive_fields(function (player, formname, fields)
+    -- modpol:binary_poll
     if formname == "modpol:binary_poll" then
        local pname = player:get_player_name()
        local vote = nil