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Newbie Joined: 26 May 2007 Posts: 7

When a variable is set to 1, I'm trying to force it to send text to a window, as a list. I've experimented with events, but it's a bit out of my reach. For example, I'd like it to appear as:
Text

and later be able to add to it without removing the original, as long as the variable hasn't been reset to 0.

Text
Text1.

Any ideas as to the command I should look into?

Novice Joined: 18 Mar 2007 Posts: 39

are you doing it as a trigger? a manual alias? add what to the list manually or something captured via another trigger?

Newbie Joined: 26 May 2007 Posts: 7

A trigger sets the variable; I was looking into using an event to check wether or not it the variable was true. However, I think the best option is to make it check every time the prompt appears by executing an alias, refreshing the window. Which still leaves the question of how to apply the text as a persistent thing, unfortunately my tawling through the cmud help files isn't doing much for me in this instance.

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

No need for an event, just use an expression-type trigger:

#trigger (@variable = 1) {do stuff whenever @variable changes from not-1 to 1}

Newbie Joined: 26 May 2007 Posts: 7

[quote="MattLofton"]No need for an event, just use an expression-type trigger:

#trigger (@variable = 1) {do stuff whenever @variable changes from not-1 to 1}[/quote]

Really? I thought patterns were required for triggers, not variables. Okay. Any idea on how to list the variables - and some additional text - in a new window?

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

Triggers can be used for many things. The trigger Matt gave is a trigger dependant on a variable, which will be tested whenever the variable value changes. If the new value of the variable meets the condition in the trigger pattern, the trigger value is executed. It's a cool feature that is underutilized.

The command to send text to a new window is #window. The following lines should send the value of a variable to mywindow, then some other text:

Newbie Joined: 26 May 2007 Posts: 7

[quote="Rahab"]Triggers can be used for many things. The trigger Matt gave is a trigger dependant on a variable, which will be tested whenever the variable value changes. If the new value of the variable meets the condition in the trigger pattern, the trigger value is executed. It's a cool feature that is underutilized.

The command to send text to a new window is #window. The following lines should send the value of a variable to mywindow, then some other text:

Wizard Joined: 22 Mar 2007 Posts: 2320

Are you by chance trying to duplicate the functionality of the status bar or status window? Check out the commands #STATUS and #STWIN.

As for clearing specific items from an ordinary window, you are probably out of luck

Newbie Joined: 26 May 2007 Posts: 7

[quote="Rahab"]Are you by chance trying to duplicate the functionality of the status bar or status window? Check out the commands #STATUS and #STWIN.

As for clearing specific items from an ordinary window, you are probably out of luck[/quote]
Ordinary window. I didn't know abut status window, but it's not really what I was after.

Thanks for all your help, everyone.

Magician Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 496

From reading your post, I believe the status window is exactly what you're after. For this example, I'm going to use a variable called @var. Obviously you can name your variable something different. Use New > New Statusbar in the settings editor. Give it a name (in this example MyStatus) and make the value