Inform6: Object with multi-word names and parse_name

Authoring Inform 6
1

Hello again amazing people!

I’m trying to get Inform6 to identify an object with a multi-word name. It’s a button and, eventually, will be siblinged to a number of other buttons all with unique names so just referring to it as “button” won’t work.

I saw this thread https://intfiction.org/t/i6-does-referencing-objects-with-a-multi-word-name-need-parse-name/47274 which seems to confirm that I need to use parse_name to accomplish this.

I also read over @zarf’s Inform: Parse_Name Variations and pages 209-210 of the DM4 and came up with this code:

Object -> main_button "flashing button"
    has pressable switchable, ! pressable is an Attribute I added for LibraryMessages "Push" variation
    with
    description "A large round brightly-flashing button. It's very nature
        cries out, ~Push me. PUSH me. PUSH ME, DAMN YOU!~",

    parse_name [;
        if (NextWord() ~= "flashing") return 0;
        if (NextWord() == "button") return 2;

        return 1;
    ]
    ;

It gets called but Inform still gives me the response “You can’t see any such thing.” even though the button is listed in the room’s description…

2

Dictionary words need to use single quotes.

if (NextWord() ~= 'flashing') return 0;
3 
    parse_name [;
        if (NextWord() == 'button') return 1;
        wn--;
        if (NextWord() == 'flashing' && NextWord() == 'button') return 2;
        return 0;
    ];
4

That was it!

5

I had misunderstood the problem statement.