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Papi: /* Trigger */

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Papi: /* Trigger */

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Papi at 12:41, 21 September 2020

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Papi at 12:34, 21 September 2020

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Papi: /* Trigger */

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Papi at 07:48, 21 September 2020

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Papi: Created page with "= Trigger = If you want to do whatever the beastly Fido tells you to do: $trigger obey /^the Beastly Fido tells you '(.+?)'/ $1 Or maybe you'd like to $trigger smarmy /^(@..."

2020-09-21T07:36:00Z

Created page with "= Trigger = If you want to do whatever the beastly Fido tells you to do: $trigger obey /^the Beastly Fido tells you '(.+?)'/ $1 Or maybe you'd like to $trigger smarmy /^(@..."

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= Trigger =

If you want to do whatever the beastly Fido tells you to do:

$trigger obey /^the Beastly Fido tells you '(.+?)'/ $1

Or maybe you'd like to

$trigger smarmy /^(@friends)\sleaves (.+?)\.$/ say I love $1. Especially when $1 leaves $2.

You may notice this is written with Regular Expressions. If you're not familiar or want to learn more: [https://regexr.com/ RegEx Reference]

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 parenthesis):
-   {trigger obey /^the Beastly Fido tells you '(.+?)'/ $
+   {trigger obey /^the Beastly Fido tells you '(.+?)'/ $}
 Or if maybe, every time one of the city guards leave a room you'd like to say

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 Triggers in the web-client are based on Java Script Regular Expressions.They're
-super powerful but they can also be a bit tricky to use. Best with a few examples:
+super powerful but they can also be a bit tricky to use.
 Usage:
    trigger <regexp> command
-Say for example, you want to do whatever the beastly Fido tells you to do. This
+Best with a few examples. Say you want to do whatever the beastly Fido tells you to do.
-command will trigger on the tell from beastly fido, will extract what the dog
+This command will trigger on the tell from beastly Fido, will extract what the dog
-told you and will execute the command (the $ sign):
+told you and will execute the command (the $ sign, i.e. the whole string between the
    {trigger obey /^the Beastly Fido tells you '(.+?)'/ $
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    {trigger loveit /^(@friends)\sleaves (.+?)\./ say I love it when $1 leaves. Especially when $1 leaves $2.}
-<<Right now there seems to be a bug and the beastly fido doesn't trigger, but the cityguard does>>
+This tool [https://regexr.com/ RegEx Reference] can help you design your triggers. Just
+copy & paste some text from DikuMUD into the text field and begin to write your regular
-You may notice this is written with Regular Expressions. If you're not familiar or want to learn more
+expression. It's an excellent tool :-)
-this site [https://regexr.com/ RegEx Reference] allows you to build triggers.
 See also:

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 If you want to add to that the use of variables, you can do like this:
-   {value friends papi|the cityguard|fido}
+   {variable friends papi|the cityguard|the beastly fido}
    {trigger loveit /^(@friends)\sleaves (.+?)\./ say I love it when $1 leaves. Especially when $1 leaves $2.}
 You may notice this is written with Regular Expressions. If you're not familiar or want to learn more

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    {trigger obey /^the Beastly Fido tells you '(.+?)'/ $
-Or if maybe, every time one of your friends leaves a room you'd like to
+Or if maybe, every time one of the city guards leave a room you'd like to say
-"I love <friend>. Especially when <friend> leaves <direction>.". This is
+"I love the cityguard. Especially when the guard leaves <direction>.". This is
 how to do it:
-   {value friends papi|city guard|fido}
+  {trigger loveit /^The Cityguard leaves (.+?)\./ say I love it when the guard leaves. Especially when the guard leaves $1.}
-   {trigger loveit /^(@friends)\sleaves (.+?)\.$/ say I love $1. Especially when $1 leaves $2.}
 You may notice this is written with Regular Expressions. If you're not familiar or want to learn more

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 = Trigger =
-If you want to do whatever the beastly Fido tells you to do:
+If you're playing DikuMUD with the web-client there is built-in support for
-  {trigger obey /^the Beastly Fido tells you '(.+?)'/ $1}
+Triggers in the web-client are based on Java Script Regular Expressions.They're
-Or maybe you'd like to
+Usage:
-   {trigger smarmy /^(@friends)\sleaves (.+?)\.$/ say I love $1. Especially when $1 leaves $2.}
+Say for example, you want to do whatever the beastly Fido tells you to do. This
 You may notice this is written with Regular Expressions. If you're not familiar or want to learn more