Zugg Software :: View topic

Apprentice Joined: 01 Dec 2006 Posts: 178

Call me weird, but I'd love an alternative way for #SAY....#SAYADD
the difference would be.

(trigger text)
(output from normal #SAY)

#SAYADD would give.

(trigger text) (output from #SAYADD)

I know I can use sub and psub to do it, but it gets ugly and requires capturing the end of the text to fire it.

if there already is something like this then i've missed it somehow.

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:20 pm

Capturing the end of the text?

#trig {whatever} {#sub %line something at the end}

EDIT: I actually had a couple of issues getting this simpler code to work. This worked

#trig {whatever} {#sub %concat(%line," something at the end")}

but running the command above ended up with "#sub {at}" as the trigger's command, and leaving out the %concat caused the #sub not to run.

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

#ALIAS SayAdd {$x=%len(%line);#SAYPROMPT {%char(27)[A};#PSUB {%-1} $x}

I never tested it but that should work. If you are looking to do it with a prompt then you can remove the VT code in there that is pushing the cursor up. It might also cause the cursor to become mispositioned. Try it out and let me know if it needs any tweaking.

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:47 pm

Seems overly complicated and it's not working exactly right anyway. Here's my test case:

#loop 10 {#say some line with some text on it %i}
$x=%len(%line);#SAYPROMPT {%char(27)[A};#PSUB {test for the end} $x

and it gave this:

some line with some text on it 8
some line with some text on it 9stest for the endome line with some text on it 10

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

Hrm, something about the #PSUB automatically handles getting to the correct line, so the up code isn't needed. Also the way I had it was replacing the EOL codes which is why it was moving the lower line up.
#ALIAS SayAdd {#PSUB {%-1%cr} %len(%line)}

Apprentice Joined: 01 Dec 2006 Posts: 178

Interesting idea's, would be easier/cleaner with a direct coded command?

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:29 pm

Well, I think the posts here prove the point that XonDK was mentioning...it's pretty complicated. I can see where something like this might be useful, and I'll put it on the wish list for a future version. It won't be in the v2.0 yet though, sorry. Too much stuff on my list for 2.0 already.

Apprentice Joined: 01 Dec 2006 Posts: 178