Using the new 'one of -or' codes - TADS3.1

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I recently saw a post that talked about the new ‘one of - or’ coding. Being interested in it, I tried to find references on how to use it in the manuals. But, as usual, I didn’t have any luck finding any extensive text about it. Does anyone out there know the different ways this can be used?

Rong

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Don’t know about a manual reference, but I’m still using some code Jim wrote for me, which works–

"You <<one of>>consider<<or>>ponder<<or>>think about<<at random>>... "

C.

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Thanks for the info. The use I saw for this was using different messages when entering a room. The original ‘not seen’ message would only be used once in that application. I would like to find out what different parameters are available when you wish to use this piece of code.

RonG

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Googling around for “one of” “at random” site:www.tads.org got me–

http://www.tads.org/t3doc/doc/sysman/strlit.htm

–which has quite a bit of info. Indeed it appears to be the main specifications for this feature.

Also there is

http://tads.org/t3doc/doc/t3changes.htm

–which treats this topic almost as the first topic it treats. You can CTRL-F search for “A new string embedding template syntax lets you create custom keywords” which will zip you right to the topic.

FWIW, I notice that in the IDE I can’t search for a phrase… words are always searched for individually, which many times makes it difficult to find something, e.g., |if else| returns every page where the two words appear in English.

Meantime, Google couldn’t resolve “<>” as distinct from “one of”. Eh, tools get too friendly sometimes.

Conrad.

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Thanks for the help. When I’m writing TADS, I have repeating thoughts that there’s only one way to do it correctly but there are fifteen-hundred ways to get it wrong! One example can be be more helpful than many paragraphs of explanation. In my case, one picture is indeed worth a thousand words. But, still we continue on!

RonG