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frasten
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 12:25 pm   

#TAG and leading spaces
 
I'm trying to configure my manual mapping script, and I'm facing a problem with leading spaces in descriptions, like this:

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Stalle - Al chiuso
    Indubbiamente questi erano i locali ove la guarnigione
teneva le cavalcature. Probabilmente, a giudicare dalla
dimensione degli ambienti, doveva trattarsi proprio di cavalli
o comunque animali di taglia simile. Le stalle sono enormi,
e si stendono sia a nord che a sud da qui.


I have the description inside a variable called $description (which correctly contains the leading spaces), but trying with #TAG, I get a room with the leading spaces removed.

The code I'm using is this:

Code:
#tag desc {$description}


Is there a way to escape these leading spaces?

Thank you very much.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 4:10 pm   
 
Is there a reason you need to preserve the spacing in a database entry?

You could always manually reinsert them, or use %roomdesc.
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frasten
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2015 12:55 pm   
 
Unfortunately, if I store the room description without the leading spaces and I use #FIND, the mapper doesn't find the room.
If I edit the room description and add the missing spaces, #FIND works flawlessly.

Any hints with this issue? Or at least, how to override the match algorithm in #FIND?
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2015 10:18 pm   
 
You might try:
Code:
#TAG desc {%quote($description)}

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frasten
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 25, 2015 8:12 pm   
 
@Vijilante, thanks for your suggestion, but unfortunately the spaces are still removed.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 25, 2015 8:56 pm   
 
#EVENT onRoomCreate {#CALL %roomdesc(,@description)}

That might work, but it would require you to not use a local variable.

Use onRoomEnter for preexisting rooms.

You will likely have to play around with priority values to ensure the trigger to set @description fires before the event.
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