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Apprentice Joined: 28 Oct 2003 Posts: 164

It would be extremely helpful if you had some sort of pattern tester window in zMUD. Basically, a window that has an edit box for the pattern, a memo box for the text to test against it and a memo box showing the results. For instance:

pattern: (%w) is standing here.
text: Zugg is standing here.
results:
Pattern matched.
1: Zugg

pattern: You have &%d{Gold}gp
text: You have 100gp.
results:
Pattern matched.
@Gold: 100

I've been starting to build a lot of triggers and it's very frustrating to get any feedback on where you've gone wrong.

GURU Joined: 28 Sep 2000 Posts: 434 Location: USA

This already exists. There is a "Test" tab for triggers. It does not allow for editing the pattern from the same form (good idea though), but does allow you to enter text to match against and will give you the captured variables.

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

That sounds very similar to the Test tab provided by the Settings Editor.

Apprentice Joined: 28 Oct 2003 Posts: 164

Cool! Thanks I will check that out. I'm still really getting my feet wet and somehow managed to miss that. Might also help the n00bs if there were more references to it in the help, like on the help topic for Pattern Matching (or did I miss THAT, too?).

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5187

Most interface items are discussed in the Getting Started section of the help. Each tab should have its own topic. If there is an omission then it certainely needs to be corrected.