Zugg Software :: View topic - Another Strange Problem

Wizard Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 1547

On a newer game I play, typing this into the command line:
comtitle pub=%xcT%xh%xche%xn %xcH%xh%xcopeless%xn %xcN%xho%xcob%xn

turns into:
comtitle pub=%xcT%xh%xche%xn%xcH%xh%xcopeless%xn%xcN%xho%xcob%xn

this for input, why is it stripping all of my spaces?

Edit:
I turned off parsing for a temporary solution. But I don't understand why the spaces are being stripped...

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:06 pm

Because it looks like a script syntax (the equals looks like you're assigning a variable, it's got %s that look like function or variable calls) but it's invalid (space in the variable name, invalid function/variables). You need to tell the command line that what you're entering isn't a script, either by quoting the whole like, by starting it with ` or surrounding it with ", or by quoting the individual special characters, or by turning parsing off.

Having said that, though, I wonder if it wouldn't be wiser if, in the event that the command line doesn't compile into a script, it were sent to the MUD verbatim.

Wizard Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 1547

The problem with turning the parser off is that it's fine in some situations, but with others I'm trying to add colors to something where I'm using an alias, and I can't use aliases with parsing off. Sad

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:46 pm

You can use the new Parse Arguments option (turned off) to stop aliases from parsing their options. Search for the thread Zugg made on it.

Wizard Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 1547

Someone linked the thread, but I couldn't find out where the option was. I'll go look at the thread again.

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:54 pm

It's set separately for each alias. Click!

Wizard Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 1547

I had to download 2.26