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Wanderer Joined: 30 Dec 2001 Posts: 66 Location: USA

I have set up an alias to skin. For use in Dragonrealms. The strange thing is that even though It seems that I have the proper syntax, the package editor is telling me I do not.
The alias content is below.
#var creature %1
glance
#Temp {You glance down to see [%w%s%p] &Weap in your right hand} {sheath;wield my knife}
#temp {You draw out your skinning knife} {skin @creature;stow left}
#temp {You put your|Stow what~?} {sheath]
#temp {You sheath the skinning knife} {search @creature}
#temp {You search} {wield my @Weap}

Wizard Joined: 25 Mar 2003 Posts: 1113 Location: USA

Your third #temp ends with ] instead of }. Could that be the problem?

Also, I think a couple of your patterns may need tweaking...

Wanderer Joined: 30 Dec 2001 Posts: 66 Location: USA

Wanderer Joined: 30 Dec 2001 Posts: 66 Location: USA

You were correct about the tweaks as well. I was missing a bit in the way of spelling. The working alias is below if anyone is interested. I doubt that, however. :p

#var creature %1
glance
#Temp {You glance down to see [%w%s%p] &weap in your right hand} {sheath;wield my knife}
#temp {You draw out your skinning knife} {skin;stow left}
#temp {{You put your|Stow what}} {sheath}
#temp {You sheathe the skinning knife} {search @creature}
#temp {You search} {wield my @weap}

Magician Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 496

I'm pretty sure the reason it was on row seven is because you have multiple statements on some lines. If you count each ; as a new line, you should get to seven.

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:15 pm

Ctrl-K is putting the cursor in the wrong place because of it, though. I think this counts as a bug.

Wanderer Joined: 30 Dec 2001 Posts: 66 Location: USA

Ctrl+k? This is a shortcut i've not used nor am I familiar with it.

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:45 pm

Ctrl-K is the shortcut for the Syntax Check menu option. It moves the cursor to the syntax error and displays the error details in the main Script panel of whatever setting you're in that has the error.

Wanderer Joined: 30 Dec 2001 Posts: 66 Location: USA

Thanks for the information Fang. This should make it easier for me in the future.

I am notorious for making stupid syntax errors. Confused

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 5:36 pm

It's actually not counting the ; in the line count. The parser really does think the error is at row 7, col 37. That is because it's the end of the script. When you have your ] at the end of "sheath", then the parser thinks that the following #temp lines are additional commands within the { that you started at the beginning of "sheath". So, the syntax error is that it never sees the closing } character to end the script. The "illegal token" error is sort of a "catch all" error message. Maybe it should just say "syntax error" like it used to.

But basically it's complaining because if doesn't see the closing } for the { that is at the beginning of "sheath". It has no way to know that the ] should be a }. It just thinks you are trying to send "sheath]" to the MUD, which is perfectly valid.

So, nothing I can do about this one.

Wanderer Joined: 30 Dec 2001 Posts: 66 Location: USA