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Beginner Joined: 17 Oct 2008 Posts: 11

I've made a alias for a mud that replaces the say command. The following code is

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:25 pm

What exactly are you trying to get it to do?

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:29 pm

Try using %-n, which contains the nth parameter and every parameter after it. So you could do something like:

#alias say {say ~(Quietly~) %-1}

Also, I'd like to commiserate in advance with you on your typing that mass of text out :(

Wizard Joined: 26 Mar 2008 Posts: 1547

I'm still finding a problem where using %-1 or whatever will cut out text after a certain point for no reason.

Enchanter Joined: 11 Feb 2003 Posts: 511 Location: USA

does your mud wrap text? I think that %-1 doesn't work if there is a carriage return in the text the mud sends. I know IRE allowed people to go around this but not if others have a way to.

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:58 pm

This isn't a trigger, though, it's an alias, so that restriction doesn't apply.

Beginner Joined: 17 Oct 2008 Posts: 11

thank you, it works perfectly

Newbie Joined: 19 Oct 2008 Posts: 8

If you want a simpler way, I believe this would do the exact same thing as all that:

Sorcerer Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Posts: 715

Except it won't, it would only take the first word. You would STILL have to use %-1

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:45 pm

No, it wouldn't - you'd need to use %-1 to get all the parameters. Otherwise, that'd only append the first parameter, which in most cases is the first word of your say and thus not what you're after. Also, it'd have an extra space in it between the closing bracket of "Quietly)" and the start of the parameter.

Also, beaten :(