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Vijilante
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Joined: 18 Nov 2001
Posts: 5182
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 Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:27 am
Idea[1.08]:feature %line
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Why shouldn't %line actually be a function? I am guessing each line is stored in the scroll back buffer in such a way that it is distiguishable from other lines.
Right now we have %line, %line2, and %line3. I would suggest that %line continues to work for compatibilty, but that subseqent older lines are accessible through a function format of %line(nn). Depending on how the scroll back is actually stored this might not take to much time to allow some one to actually reference %line(57) in a trigger.
The main reason I am suggesting this now is I see a case in the near future when the Trigger Wizard gets reimplemented with greater capacity for initial scripts. I imagine a wizard that will ask something like 'What line would you like to trigger off of', and needs to be able to display a list of recent lines. The further option of going back through the lines only serves to facilitate this type of action. Part of my thinking in this is the wizard I started, where I tried to help a newbie in creating a trigger pattern that would properly detect and wildcard a line. Having the abiltiy to delve even older lines allows more options. |
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Zugg
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Joined: 25 Sep 2000
Posts: 23379
Location: Colorado, USA
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Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:50 am
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It's a good idea. I have no idea why it wasn't implemented as a function in zMUD...that's something that was implemented in a very early version and things were a bit kludged ten years ago.
Anyway, send in a Feedback report so that it gets into the tracking database and gets added to a later version. |
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