Added modpol.menu() functions modpol and modpol_minetest. Not sure if latter works.

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# modpol: Modular Politics Prototype for Minetest
+# Modular Politics Prototype for Minetest
 
 This is a mod for [Minetest](https://minetest.net) that enables diverse governance mechanisms. It seeks to implement the [Modular Politics](https://metagov.org/modpol) proposal. Ideally, in the future, it
 will be possible to use this framework to simulate governance in a
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ $ lua
 > dofile("modpol.lua")
 ```
 
+For a list of global functions and tables, use `modpol.menu()`.
+
 ## Minetest
 
 To use this in Minetest, simply install it as a Minetest mod. Minetest
@@ -42,7 +44,8 @@ By default, a  data  directory  named  "data" will  be created in  this director
 
 Another storage method may be chosen in modpol.lua. A StorageRef-based method for Minetest 5.* is included: storage-mod_storage.lua.
 
-## Stand-alone Modular Politics
+
+## Standalone Modular Politics
 
 To separate the Modular Politics core from the Minetest mod, simply remove these files:
 
@@ -58,13 +61,16 @@ depends.txt
 Eventually the stand-alone modpol package will be published as a separate repo.
 
 
-## Authorship
+## Credits
 
 Initiated by [Nathan Schneider](https://nathanschneider.info) of the [Media Enterprise Design Lab](https://colorado.edu/lab/medlab) at the University of Colorado Boulder, as part of the [Metagovernance Project](https://metagov.org). Based on the paper "[Modular Politics: Toward a Governance Layer for Online Communities](https://metagov.org/modpol)."
 
-We'd love to have more contributors, particularly from the Minetest community! Please join the conversation in the [Issues](https://gitlab.com/medlabboulder/modpol/-/issues) or the [Minetest.net forum](https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=26037).
+Thanks to contributors: 
 
-Thanks to contributors: Robert Kiraly [[OldCoder](https://github.com/oldcoder/)] (ocutils.lua, storage-local.lua, project refactoring), [MisterE](https://gitlab.com/gbrrudmin) (project refactoring, core feature development)
+* [MisterE](https://gitlab.com/gbrrudmin) (project refactoring, core feature development)
+* Robert Kiraly [[OldCoder](https://github.com/oldcoder/)] (ocutils.lua, storage-local.lua, project refactoring)
+
+We'd love to welcome more contributors, particularly from the Minetest community! Please join the conversation in the [Issues](https://gitlab.com/medlabboulder/modpol/-/issues) or the [Minetest.net forum](https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=26037).
 
 ## Licenses
 

modpol/interactions/interactions.lua

@@ -3,6 +3,20 @@
 -- User interaction functions for Modular Politics
 -- Called by modpol.lua
 
+-- ===================================================================
+-- Function: modpol.menu(user)
+-- Params: user (string)
+-- Q: Should this return a menu of commands relevant to the specific user?
+-- Output: Displays a menu of commands to the user
+-- TKTK currently just prints all of modpol---needs major improvement
+modpol.menu = function(user)
+   local output = "Command list:\n"
+   for key,value in pairs(modpol) do
+      output = output .. "- modpol." .. key .. "\n"
+   end
+   print(output)
+end
+
 -- ===================================================================
 -- Function: modpol.binary_poll_user(user, question)
 -- Params: user (string), question (string)

modpol/modpol.lua

@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ modpol.load_storage()
 -- ===================================================================
 -- ModPol core features
 
-
 dofile (topdir .. "/api.lua")
 
 

modpol_minetest/chatcommands/chatcommands.lua

@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ local regchat                   -- Chat-command registration function
 
 regchat = minetest.register_chatcommand
 
+-- ===================================================================
+-- /menu
+-- Presents a menu of options to users
+minetest.register_chatcommand(
+   "menu", {
+      privs = {},
+      func = function(user)
+         local result = modpol.menu(user)
+         return true, result
+      end,
+})
+
 -- ===================================================================
 -- /addorg  /add_org
 -- This code defines a chat command which creates a new

modpol_minetest/overrides/interactions/interactions.lua

@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
 
+-- ===================================================================
+-- Function: modpol.menu(user)
+-- Params: user (string)
+-- Q: Should this return a menu of commands relevant to the specific user?
+-- Output: Displays a menu of commands to the user
+-- TKTK currently a manually curated list---needs major improvement
+modpol.menu = function(user)
+   local output = "Command list:"
+   for key,value in pairs(chat_table) do
+      output = output .. "/" .. key .. "\n"
+   end
+   return output
+end
 
 -- ===================================================================
 -- Function: modpol.binary_poll_user(user, question)
@@ -41,4 +54,4 @@ modpol.binary_poll_user = function(user, question)
     else -- if the form is not a recognized name
        return
     end
-end)
+end)