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Wanderer Joined: 01 Mar 2008 Posts: 64

I multi on a mud, and I want to set up an alias log <char>...
usage would be log Ralph1971..
script would check to see if that window is already open, in which case, it would just :%1:#connect. if it's not already open, it will #ses %1...
I think you could use the %window command.. but the zmud 7.21 file is very lacking in usage example for that.
any suggestions?

Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 3:38 am

%names contains a list/array of all currently open windows... you could do an %ismember on it and if its not there open your session as well.

#IF %ismember(%1, %names) {} {#SES %1}

Wanderer Joined: 01 Mar 2008 Posts: 64

I did that..
still opened up new windows when they already existed
added opening and closing () around the ismember statemtent
added win=%names, and changed the %names in the #if to @win..
all opened up new windows when they already existed

Adept Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 292 Location: Boston

Did you use correct capitalization in your input?

I end up doing things like this:

#IF %ismember(%1, %names) {#SH window param 1 equals %1 exists at %ismember(%1, %names) place } {#SH window param 1 equals %1 does not exist}}.

also

#sh %item(%names,%ismember(%1, %names)) <-- valid

Is %names actually returning the predicted strings? What about nulls, you can't test that by right clicking in settings. I think the command line differs.

Wanderer Joined: 01 Mar 2008 Posts: 64

figured it out.. your capitalization comment made me think of this.. in the chars settings, the character names (also in the %names) are capitalized.. the command I was sending to the mud wasn't (i.e. log Kendal worked, log kendal didn't.. but it opened up a new session instead).. just have to either remember to capitalize, or change the character files on the connection page.
thanks!