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Magician Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 482

ZMUD CODE

Wizard Joined: 25 Mar 2003 Posts: 1113 Location: USA

So, you're passing in a parameter to be evaluated and you want to display it as the raw, unexpanded value, but not as the actual parameter name?

I'm not saying this is what works. I'm trying to understand what you're doing. It's more like pseudo-code than real code.

Magician Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 482

YOu have it correct i want it not to show the NAME: Tamlin in colors i want to see %ANSI ETC. I am currently in the middle of trying to figure this out myself so any help would be wonderful. Its a key element to one of my most used scripts

What confuses me is this is exactly the point of the %literal command. Instead now it doesnt expand the variable and process it literally it processes the command between the () literally

#VAR PASSED
#ECHO %LITERAL(@TEST)

Will show
@TEST instead of PASSED

Its not just complex functions its even simple ones lol

Wizard Joined: 25 Mar 2003 Posts: 1113 Location: USA

It may not help you, depending on all that you're doing with this, but I found that if you just put double quotes around the argument you pass into your alias it will prevent expansion. Putting the quotes on it inside the alias is too late because it will prevent expansion of the %-1 instead.

Magician Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 482

Im trying the same thing now its just a painful script to migrate as that problem is creating other problems lol im gonna end up rewriting the whole thing from scratch i can see it.

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

I am pretty sure Zugg said that the %[b]-/[b]xx syntax was being removed in CMud. Try using the %params function that was designed to replace the older method.

Magician Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 482

#VAR PASSED
#ECHO %LITERAL(@TEST)

Will show
@TEST instead of PASSED

I dont think this has anoything to do with that vigilante but i might be wrong :)

Wizard Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 1551 Location: Australia

The definition of %literal() is: Return the parameters untouched by any expansion or evaluation.

Maybe you want %expand() or am I reading this wrong?

Magician Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 482

Yeah in ZMUD
it would have shown passed not @test

Heres the thing in MY variable its this
#VAR HP %ANSI(green)HP:
IN ZMUD
%literal(@HP) --> %ansi(green)HP:
IN CMUD
%literal(@HP) --> @HP
if i do what was suggested with the "" it works but it shows HP: in green instead of the ansi code which is what literal was supposed to do. Show the variable without parsing it.

In any case i have gotten past that point. I am about to make a post with the script cause im having a few other problems and need another set of eyes.

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

Actually "#ECHO %literal(@Test)" should display "@Test" in both CMud and zMud. It would seem that CMud corrected some sort of old hidden bug in the scripting engine.

Wanderer Joined: 25 May 2006 Posts: 88

First you need to assign the variable with either inverted comas surrounding the definition or using the %literal() function:

Magician Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 482

I will test that out ceres thank you.

It also seems that even if i get %ansi(green)HP: into a variable that way
The status window cant properly play with it. Putting %ANSI(GREEN)HP: into the status window leaves it as %ansi(green) HP: instead of parsing it in the status window.

I am going to have to think of another way to play with my status windows quite possibly. Lol this is the part i LOVE. I knew i was going to have to redo a bunch and now i have challenges WHEE. Might be time to convert it to MXP commands which i have been dreading for quite a while :P

Wanderer Joined: 25 May 2006 Posts: 88

I think you will have to leave the status window for now as I recall another post which stated that the status window was not currently working as it should be .. no colour or expansion of variables.

Wizard Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 1551 Location: Australia

I think the status window is just displaying text 'as is', at least I couldn't get it to expand any of the text I threw at it so just put it on the 'will figure this out after Zugg gets back' list :)

Magician Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 482

Yeah well i have color i figured out how to make it work using expand and a variable containing the ESCAPE ANSI CODES>

However this worked also

#STWIN {%ansi(Green)HP:}

which i have been trying all day and finally i musta got something right cause it took straight away. Go Figure

As did this wth :P now its working

#STWIN {+} {~<Color Red~>Level:<~/COLOR~>}

Magician Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 482

I am going to post up some script for you guys to look at its a conversion of the charbal status window extender as i use it in my scripts i am in the middle of rewriting it though so please bear with me.