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Novice Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 49

Got a trigger :

place.$ (very simple example)

Want to substitute the whole triggered line with THE SAME line and text added in front of it.

F.e.
This is a very dark place.

I want to get :
[DARK] This is a very dark place.

Now to do this you have to either:
- trigger the whole line and use #su {"[DARK]" %trigger} or
- trigger the start of the line and use #su {"[DARK]" %1}

Why not match ANY part of this phrase and have possibility to substitute the whole matched LINE ?

Why bothering?
-Instead of doing many triggers matching all the lines, you can do 1 trigger with strings matching phrases from any position of that line AND MANIPULATE ALL LAST LINE.
-Why not using gags ? Gag kills original line and echoes a new one. Doesnt anchor the line nor keep line order. In fast text flow gagged lines are echoed delayed.
-Speed purposes. You can do one trigger like {any position|of the|line|start|end|virtually any} and manipulate with #su on the whole matched last line.

Maybe there is any workaround? To substitute last matched LINE, not last matched PATTERN ? NOT USING GAGS

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:06 pm

Wizard Joined: 03 Mar 2001 Posts: 1127 Location: London

Adept Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 246

One issue with #GAG then #SHOW is that you would lose color info (and perhaps MXP too) in the original text, I would think.

Another workaround you can use is to add a Reparse state in the trigger to select the whole line, then #SUB as you want. This can be useful when it's inconvenient to make the original trigger select the whole line as well.

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5187

For the specific example given this should work:

Novice Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 49

The most important is situation :

Trigger
{place.|garden of|Dungeons of|deep mine} (very important the text is matched from any position of the line)

I want all these lines preceded by [DARK].
If there was a command :
#subline {[DARK] %line} (substituting all partially matched line)

Its just an example i got to substitute around 30 events, some of them i can put in one trigger (because they got constant a few unique first words and i match it and use #su {[DARK] %1}, but half of them got no constant start nor end, i have to prepare one trigger for every pattern. matching all the line and use #su {[DARK] %trigger}.

Novice Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 49

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SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5187

That isn't all that hard to correct, just need to put the first character back as we do it. I am glad someone tested it instead of just ranting. Aslo the reason to use #PSUB instead of #SUB is to preserve colors.

Adept Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 246

Novice Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Posts: 49

Adept Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 246

I think I still prefer the Reparse state method. I use that a lot and it preserves colors Smile

In fact I sometimes use multiple such states because at times I have to use #SUB more than once on a single line to replace parts of it, as #SUB lets you put in MXP tags, and #PSUB doesn't (or it didn't used to).