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Posted: Sun May 04, 2003 4:02 am

i use

#ALIAS roomobject {#VAR roomobject {%additem( %0, @roomobject)}}
#TRIGGER {{@roomobject}} {#CW 13}
#VAR roomobject {door|stair|step|steps|stairs|gate|arch|shimmering portal|tunnel|path|wall|trail|footpath|bridge|bench|barrel|stairway}

type triggers to highlight things for me , is there a way to isolate the string so that "door" is only highlighted when it is not in another such as the charater "doorjammer" for instance.
I mean whole words and not partials

i have tried
#tr {{~^| }{@roomobject}{.|,| }} {#cw 10} and variations there of but always get syntax error

only one without syntax error
#tr {{~| }{@roomobject}} {#cw 10}
but this doesnt solve the problem

can someone please point me in the right direction

thanks

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

I am guessing these would be found in descriptions. That means they may be anywhere in a line, and you want to make sure they are not part of another word. That can't be done directly by a single trigger pattern, but can be done by script.

#TR {({@roomobject})} {#IF ((%word(%x1,1)=0)|(%copy(%line,%word(%x1,1),1)=" ")) {#IF (%ismember(%copy(%line,%word(%x1,2),1),"|.|,| ")) {#CW 10}}}

Also %0 is not truly valid in your alias, even though is has worked so far you should use %-1.

Posted: Mon May 05, 2003 9:02 am

quote:

I am guessing these would be found in descriptions. That means they may be anywhere in a line, and you want to make sure they are not part of another word. That can't be done directly by a single trigger pattern, but can be done by script.

#TR {({@roomobject})} {#IF ((%word(%x1,1)=0)|(%copy(%line,%word(%x1,1),1)=" ")) {#IF (%ismember(%copy(%line,%word(%x1,2),1),"|.|,| ")) {#CW 10}}}

Also %0 is not truly valid in your alias, even though is has worked so far you should use %-1.

that works sorta but when there are say to cases of a varaibel in the same line such as

You notice a white-robed acolyte, a red-haired elven bard, the Silvercreek disk, a wooden barrel and a darkly stained wooden bench with some stuff on it.

here barrel and bench it shows neither of the highlighted

also if i use this script on other triggers such my my gem highlighter when there is a stone wall , stone being in my gem list and wall being room object niether is higlighted

also can you explain

"Also %0 is not truly valid in your alias, even though is has worked so far you should use %-1."

thanks for your help

nazradin

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

#CW triggers are different from most triggers. Most triggers are checked for ONE match per line, and if one is found the trigger is processed on that FIRST match. #CW triggers are checked for multiple matches, and EVERY match is processed. That means that it's quite easy to use #CW to color bench and barrel in the same line, but when you want to also PREVENT the coloring of benchseat and waterbarrel it becomes extremely difficult. Just learn to tolerate the doorjammers.

Otherwise, you'll have to kludge something up that involves parsing the entire line which caused the trigger, using a loop to look at every word.

Oh yeah, %0. To paraphrase: %0 is UNDOCUMENTED and UNSUPPORTED. DON'T USE IT! %-1 is both documented and supported. Use it instead.

LightBulb
Advanced Member

Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 9:49 am

thanks as usual for your definative post lightbulb

cheers Nazradin

Novice Joined: 26 Oct 2001 Posts: 38

If you don't mind it triggering from a space, comma or fullstop - you could always add them to the words in your roomobject variable. It might solve some occurences but you'd have to put up with: door.

#VAR roomobject {door |door,|door.|step |step,|step.|steps |steps,|steps.|stairs |stairs, |stairs.|gate |gate,|gate.|arch |arch,|arch.|shimmering portal|tunnel |tunnel,|tunnel.|path |path,|path.|wall |wall,|wall.|trail |trail,|trail.|footpath|bridge |bridge,|bridge.|bench |bench, |bench.|barrel |barrel, |barrel.|stairway}

I do not know if there is a way to match the pattern "door." but only colour the "door" part, leaving the full stop out. That would be useful.

Lain

Novice Joined: 26 Oct 2001 Posts: 38

Found one possible way:

#TRIGGER {{@roomobject}} {}
#COND {{@roomobjectcol}} {#CW 10} {reparse}

#VAR roomobject {door |door,|door.|step |step,|step.|steps |steps,|steps.|stairs |stairs, |stairs.|gate |gate,|gate.|arch |arch,|arch.|shimmering portal|tunnel |tunnel,|tunnel.|path |path,|path.|wall |wall,|wall.|trail |trail,|trail.|footpath|bridge |bridge,|bridge.|bench |bench, |bench.|barrel |barrel, |barrel.|stairway}

#VAR roomobjectcol {door|stair|step|steps|stairs|gate|arch|shimmering portal|tunnel|path|wall|trail|footpath|bridge|bench|barrel|stairway}

Hope this helps,
Lain