Zugg Software :: View topic - Alias Issue (Attempting to enter text in a field)

Newbie Joined: 19 Oct 2002 Posts: 1 Location: USA

In the MUD I play, titled Typasia - one has to invoke powers of a certain symbol to create a certain effect. However, the syntax is very complex (I do not know why). I have to do preliminary commands first, then type in a certain code.

Basically, if I want to invoke the symbol of a bird, I would have to type this:

open ark
get bird from ark
invoke 'bird' 'Season, God, Life, Power, Honor, Cherish, Sleep, Dream, Life'
put bird in ark
kick ark

I hate those '' that I have to type in.

I want to be able to create an alias that is something like: invoke bird season, god, life, power, honor, etc. The words after bird can be anywhere from 1 word to 150 - depending on how cool the fireworks are going to be. :) The alias would do all the preliminary commands, and then the invoke string - then the closing commands.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Laura

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

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In the MUD I play, titled Typasia - one has to invoke powers of a certain symbol to create a certain effect. However, the syntax is very complex (I do not know why). I have to do preliminary commands first, then type in a certain code.

Basically, if I want to invoke the symbol of a bird, I would have to type this:

open ark
get bird from ark
invoke 'bird' 'Season, God, Life, Power, Honor, Cherish, Sleep, Dream, Life'
put bird in ark
kick ark

I hate those '' that I have to type in.

I want to be able to create an alias that is something like: invoke bird season, god, life, power, honor, etc. The words after bird can be anywhere from 1 word to 150 - depending on how cool the fireworks are going to be. :) The alias would do all the preliminary commands, and then the invoke string - then the closing commands.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Laura

You have everything there already, except for a couple of minor things.

1)replace bird with %1

2)change the list of effects from 'blah, blah, blah' to '%-2'

NOTE: I do not know how a comma will affect alias arguments, so if the above doesn't work, eliminate the commas from your arguments list and try this:

'%replace(%-2," ", ", ")'

3)surround the entire list from the open command to the kick command with #ALIAS {}

The resulting code should look like this:

#ALIAS {
open ark
get %1 from ark
invoke '%1' '%-2'
put %1 in ark
kick ark
}

li'l shmoe of Dragon's Gate MUD

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

Sounds like a good idea. Just create an alias named something and put all the commands in there.