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Apprentice Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 190 Location: Canada

I have a session, we'll char "CharA" and another session, called "CharB", as well as a package called "Idler".

Idler is enabled for CharA, but not for CharB (intentional)... and Idler utilizes an #ALARM trigger with a +10:00 timer on it (though that is changeable). Now, I'd like for the #ALARM trigger to remain in the Idler package (if for nothing more than code cleanliness' sake), but I've noticed that if my CharB session has focus, the ALARM trigger does not fire on CharA. Is there a way to ensure this occurs?

I'm using 1.26, but I noticed the same behavior in 1.33 before I downgraded for mapper compatibility.

And in case you're going to question the wisdom of having Idler as a package instead of just a class, I was going to upload it to the library as soon as I worked out the kinks in multi-session functionality.

Is it possible for the ALARM trigger to fire even if the only window the package is loaded for is in the background? ...or will I have to redesign the script to create the ALARM in the active package window. If the latter is the case, how do I tell one package to create a trigger in another (or in a window)? Do I use the :CharA:#TR.... syntax?

Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 5:15 pm

To create a trigger in another window, you can do this:

Apprentice Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 190 Location: Canada

Hrmm, ok... I wasn't entirely sure how CMud was handling packages at the moment. I'm afraid I thought that a package instance was loaded for each session it was enabled for.

Knowing this, I will have to redesign this package before I export it to the library.

This brings me one question... as this is an anti-idle script of sorts, I have a trigger in the Idler class that's basically #ONINPUT {^} {...lots of code...}. Is there a way to determine within the executing code of that trigger, which window/session/whatever it occurred in? If so, can I assign that to a local variable for use in loading/saving settings/etc... something akin to:

Apprentice Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 190 Location: Canada

OK... updating. I tried the obvious %window variable... unfortunately it returns the active window, instead of the window that raised the trigger, so that's not useable.

Zugg, I have been trying to figure out your //windowname/classname syntax... I tried it with a #VAR command:

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:14 pm

I believe you want %curwin and %session. You can find more info on both at Predefined Variables help topic.

Apprentice Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 190 Location: Canada

Thanks for the reply, however %curwin and %session don't help at all, either....

Here's what I'm trying to do.

Let's say I have 3 sessions/windows, we'll call them CharA, CharB, and CharC.
Let's say I have package "Idler" enabled on CharA and CharB, with a trigger in it that could fire from either screen.

If CharC has focus, and something in CharA fires the trigger, I want a variable that returns "CharA". If CharB fires the trigger, I want "CharB".

Currently, both %window and %curwin would return "CharC" regardless of which window actually fired the trigger.

%session doesn't appear to return anything... at least not something I can figure out how to handle (#ECHO shows blank string)

From what I can tell, this behavior is the same, regardless of where the trigger resides: in Package "Idler", or in either CharA or CharB windows.

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:34 pm

Thinjon100: The color syntax highlighting in 1.26 isn't going to work...you need to use v1.33 for the color highlighting to work properly with this.

I'll take a look at %window and %curwin. Right now it looks like they both return the window that currently has keyboard focus. I'll see if I can change this so that they return the window that caused the OnInput trigger to fire.