Hobbled page [REF: Job 314]

[brazilofmux]

Original issue 66 created by brazilofmux on 2006-09-09T05:15:12.000Z:

On Thu Jul 27 23:28:47 2006, Brazil reported:

Annabelle@Shangrila suggests:

Hi again. If page can't make a prompt (like the y/n question suggested in
5/53), then I think maybe there should be an option. For example
&PAGE_NEWBIE me=1. Then the code for page could be something like:

if '=' in message
do exactly what page always does;
else if first word of message doesn't match a player
do exactly what page always does;
else if this player's PAGE_NEWBIE not found or not == 1
do exactly what page always does;
else
tell this player the page might be a mistake and quit
endif

For example if my PAGE_NEWBIE option is set to 1 and I type 'page name
whatever',and name matches another player, I might see a warning like:

    "Your page has no = sign but starts with the name of another player. 
    This looks like a mispage. If you wish to begin pages with the name 
    of a player please type '&PAGE_NEWBIE me=0'." 

The advantages of this are:

1. Players who don't have PAGE_NEWBIE set will never see any difference;

2. Even when you have set that option, page still works the same as
   always, unless you both begin your page with a player's name and
   omit the '=' sign;

3. No extra ticks are used for pages that have an '=' sign (since page
   always needs to check for an '=' anyways, right?);

4. When no '=' is found most pages only use enough extra ticks to try
   for a match on the first word of the message.

On Fri Jul 28 00:02:48 2006, Ashen-Shugar added:

Why not just @hook it?

On Fri Jul 28 00:06:43 2006, Draken-Korin added:

This would be better implemented as a flag, or better a power, I would
think. If there were a @toggle framework like in Rhost that can turn on and
off behaviour options, that could be good too.

[REF: Job 314]

[brazilofmux]

Comment #1 originally posted by brazilofmux on 2006-09-10T00:38:19.000Z:

Actually, page works as intended. This hobbling of page for users not familiar enough
with the syntax to prevent using it incorrectly would be an enhancement.

[brazilofmux]

Comment #2 originally posted by brazilofmux on 2006-11-28T05:54:26.000Z:

Take all speech stuff for the same milestone.

[brazilofmux]

Comment #3 originally posted by brazilofmux on 2007-01-11T21:44:16.000Z:

Must move this out to make room for mux_string issues.

[brazilofmux]

Comment #4 originally posted by brazilofmux on 2007-09-21T00:00:58.000Z:

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