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Magician Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 358 Location: USA

I played with status windows early on and didn't like them, but I'm given them another go, so a couple quick questions to get me started...

First off, is there any way to use one command like (the main game window's), but keep the focus on other windows (Health, Healing, Combat, Debugging...)? My window is already crowded enough with all the individual windows' command lines turned off - I can't afford to turn them on.

Second, when using MXP, I'm having difficulty getting it to parse <send> commands correctly. I want my status window to show damage to each location of the body, and make it so I can point and click on what bodypart I want to heal. The command is "TAKE (patient) (body part)", so an example is:

quote:
Head injuries - <send "take @Patient external fresh head">EF: @ExternalFresh</send> (etc)

I can't get the send to parse out @Patient. I've tried using %concat %eval <> {} [], and several other ways, and it simply won't parse and send correctly. Also, relating to the above, every time I click on a link, the focus goes back to the main game window, so the status window switches away from what I'm working on.

Any help is appreciated.

Enchanter Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 698

Window focus is described in the multi-playing section of the zMud help file. I don't know how/if this relates to MXP though.

Did you try a syntax like:

<VAR patient>@Patient</VAR>

Head injuries - <send "take &patient external fresh head">EF: @ExternalFresh</send> (etc)
??? Just a guess.

MASTER Joined: 28 Nov 2000 Posts: 4817 Location: USA

Use a floating command line. Disable 'Attached Command Line' on the User Interface window in Prefs.

Tested. Seems to work.
<!ENTITY Patient @Patient>Head injuries - <send "take &Patient; external fresh head">EF: @ExternalFresh</send>

Magician Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 358 Location: USA

This was helpful. I have the links set up like I want now. I'm still having an issue with the focus changing constantly.

Is there a way to do <send> commands so that they don't shift the focus? Also, is there a way to have the floating command line send only to the main window, perhaps via a trigger in each window's settings?

Can I set up some windows to inherit certain settings (specifically macros) from the main window without setting them up in those individual windows?

On a seperate but related issue, when capturing lines that have hexidecimal color codes, the colored part shows as black-on-black in the new window. Is there a way to have #CAPTURE either capture the hex colors, or default it to gray-on-black instead?

Magician Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 358 Location: USA

How about a way to use MXP hyperlink to execute an Alias?

Magician Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 358 Location: USA

It seems like this shifting of focus is not intentional. While playing with MXP in alternate windows, the focus doesn't change. It's only when a <send> command is in the status window that the focus shifts to the main window. Can someone verify that this is a bug?