output.t file | source file

*************************************************************************** output.t

This module forms part of the adv3Lite library (c) 2012-24 Eric Eve, based heavily in parts on the equivalent code in adv3 (c) Micheal J. Roberts.

Summary of Classes

`CaptureFilter HtmlStyleTag LogConsole MonitorFilter OutputFilter OutputStream OutputStreamWindow ParagraphManager SkipSignal StringCaptureFilter StyleTag SwitchableCaptureFilter`

Summary of Global Objects

`announceObjStyleTag assumeStyleTag commandSequencer conversationManager cquoteOutputFilter doubleTypographicalQuoteTag hyperlinkStyleTag inputlineStyleTag mainOutputStream mainParagraphManager notificationStyleTag outputManager parserStyleTag quoteFilter roomcontentsStyleTag roomdescStyleTag roomnameStyleTag roomparaStyleTag singleTypographicalQuoteTag statusroomStyleTag statusscoreStyleTag styleTagFilter tipStyleTag typographicalOutputFilter`

Summary of Global Functions

`extraReport filterText htmlSay oSay say senseSay showPreformatted withQuotes withTense`

Global Functions

`extraReport (msg, expandParam, =, true)` | `output.t[2158]`

Display msg bypassing all filters except for the message parameter and style tag substitutions; these may also be bypassed if the second (optional) parameter is nil.

`filterText (ostr, val, ., substr, (, ret, [1], +, ret, [2], val, ., length, ()` | `output.t[2075]`

no description available

`htmlSay (val)` | `output.t[69]`

A version of say() that avoids the cquote filter that can make havoc of some HTML strings, especially those generated by HRef (the cquote filter turns straight quotes into typographical ones, which is undesirable when straight quotes are used as part of HTML markup).

`oSay (val)` | `output.t[58]`

Send a value straight to the output stream without any further message filtering.

`say (val)` | `output.t[18]`

The standard library output function. We set this up as the default display function (for double-quoted strings and for "<< >>" embeddings). Code can also call this directly to display items.

`senseSay (val, obj, prop, =, &, canSee)` | `output.t[92]`

A version of say() that only produces output if the player can see obj (or, optionally, sense obj by some other sense passed as a canXXX method of the

`showPreformatted (lst)` | `output.t[2020]`

Display a list of strings supplied in the lst parameter as preformatted text, i.e. in a fixed width font with all spaces preserved and no intervention from the typographical output filter. This is intended to facilitate the display of diagrams or pictures composed of ASCII characters. For example:

local diag = [
'+--- -----------',
'| * + \',
'| * | | \',
'+-------------------'
];

showPreformatted(diag);

`withQuotes (txt)` | `output.t[104]`

Generate a string for showing quoted text. We simply enclose the text in a <Q>...</Q> tag sequence and return the result.

`withTense (usePastTense, callback)` | `output.t[2117]`

Temporarily override the current narrative tense and invoke a callback function.

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