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barneco
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 7:26 pm   

Sending commands to mud via captured arguments
 
Hi all,

I'm just now moving from zmud to cmud. After porting over my settings, I'm finding that I have to tweak a particular scenario which makes me think I'm doing something wrong. I've scoured the docs and can't see anything explaining why this isn't working, so I thought I'd ask here and see if you can set me straight.

I have a trigger:

Code:

Pattern: ~[Exits: (%w) (%w)~]
Tigger: #if %ismember(@fromdir,%1|) {x%2} {x%1}


If the command triggers on

Code:

The Hall of the Castle of Frontenac (*)
[Exits: north east]


and @fromdir is north, then I want the result to be a command "xeast", which is another alias I have defined. The result I actually get is "x east" sent to the mud. So in this case the %1 is expanding properly but there is a space being inserted where it shouldn't be. I tried using %concat(x,%1) and while it did result in "xeast", that resulting command wasn't parsed(it's another alias I have defined) so "xeast" was sent to the mud itself. IOTW here I have two problems, x%1 is inserting a space where it shouldn't, and the results of %concat(x,%1) aren't being interpreted as an alias appropriately. What DOES work is using #EXEC:

Code:

#if %ismember(@fromdir,%1|) {#EXECUTE x%2} {#EXECUTE x%1}


Another example is an alias:

Code:

Name:   alt
Code:   :@altvar:%0


This simply takes whatever I put after alt and sends it to another window whose name is what's in @altvar. In this case, the alias DOES send the alias's argument to the desired window, but as in the first example, if that argument is an alias itself, that alias is NOT being interpreted as such in the other window. Again, here, #exec works as expected:

Code:
:@altvar:#exec {%0}


So, while I've found a workaround, the thought of going through all of my scripts to adjust for adding #exec isn't exciting and I'm sure something will be missed. And since this wasn't mentioned in the zmud upgrade FAQ, I feel like I'm missing something. Can anyone tell me why I'm experiencing this and if there's something more elegant and hopefully easier I can do to address?

Thanks!
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shalimar
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Joined: 04 Aug 2002
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Location: Pensacola, FL, USA
PostPosted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 2:24 pm   
 
This is expected behavior.

You could also use:
#EXECWIN windowName {alias}

zMUD tended to assume what you wanted to happen more than CMUD does.
Which led to some bad habits its users need to break out of.
Like this one you found with implicit concatenation.
CMUD expects you to be a lot more precise.

In that same vein, you should get in the habit of wrapping #IF expressions in parenthesis.

#IF (%ismember(@fromdir,%1|)) {dostuff}
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