@message

@message[/<switches>] <recipients>=<defmsg>,[<obj>/]<attr>[,<arg0>[, ... , <arg29>]]]

@message is designed for the use of *format messages, such as @pageformat or @chatformat. It is intended for use with @hooking page, @chat, or say/pose/emit, or for coding language systems.

For each of the given <recipients>, <obj>/<attr> is evaluated (with up to 30 arguments, as if it was ufun()‘d), and the object is shown the result via @pemit. If the attribute does not exist, or you do not have permission to evaluate it, they are shown <defmsg> instead.

If <obj> is not given, or is given as ”#-2”, the attribute will be checked on the recipient.

If one of the arguments matches ”##”, it will be replaced with the dbref of the recipient.

Switches:

/noeval — none of @message’s arguments will be evaluated
/spoof — the message will appear to be from the enactor, not the executor. Requires the Can_Spoof @power
/remit — works like @remit, treating <recipients> as a list of rooms to send the message to
/oemit — works like @oemit, with <recipients> as a list of objects not to emit to. See @oemit for more info
/nospoof — don’t show nospoof info, as per @nspemit/@nsremit/@nsoemit
/silent — don’t show a confirmation message
/noisy — show a confirmation message; default depends on the silent_pemit @config option

::: seealso

Speech format examples

> &sayformat *Mike=%n sez, '%0'
> &sayformat *Walker=From %n: %0
> &cmd.fsay me=$fsay *: @message/spoof *Mike *Walker *Javelin=%n says\, "%0", SAYFORMAT, %0
> fsay This is a test

Mike sees:

Player sez, 'This is a test'

Walker sees:

From Player: This is a test

Javelin sees:

Player says, "This is a test"

A rough implementation of @chatformat:

> &cmd.chat Globals=$^@chat (.+?)=([\:;]?)(.+?)$: @message/spoof cwho(%1)=setr(0,<%1> [speak(&[squish(ctitle(%#, %1) %n)], %2%3)]), CHATFORMAT, firstof(%2, "), %1, %3, %n, ctitle(%#, %1), %q0
> @set Globals/cmd.chat=regexp

Language system example

A (very) basic language system:

> &skill`spanish Juan=2
> &skill`spanish Bob=1
> &cmd.spanish Globals=$+spanish *: @nspemit %#=You say (Spanish), "%0"; @message/oemit/spoof %#=setr(0,%n says (Spanish)\, "%0"), %!/TRANSLATE, ##, SPANISH, %q0
> &translate Globals=switch(default(%0/skill`%1, 2), 2, %2, speak(%#, |%2,, %!/translate`some))
> &translate`some Globals="[iter(%0,if(rand(2),%i0,...))]"
> +spanish The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain

You see:

You say (Spanish), "The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain"

Bob sees (something like):

Mike says (Spanish), "The rain ... ... falls ... ... ... ..."

Juan sees:

Mike says (Spanish), "The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain"