Re: Your recent message to Topica.com
- Posted by Lewis Townsend <keroltarr at HOTMAIL.COM> Feb 02, 2001
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Here is a msessage I sent and what I got back. >From: Natasha <support at get.topica.com> >To: Lewis Townsend <keroltarr at hotmail.com> >Subject: Your recent message to Topica.com >Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 20:02:36 -0800 > >You recently sent a message, > >Re: A few simple questions... > >to EUforum. This is a restricted list, which means that only >subscribers of the list can post to it. Our records indicate that you >are not a member of the list. > >If you would like more information about this list, or you would like to >join the list, you can go to the Topica web site (http://www.topica.com) >and search for the list. > >Topica's site also has thousands of lists you can join. See >for yourself at: http://www.topica.com You can check out our >collection of great TipWorld tips at: >http://www.topica.com/tipworld?system1 > >Questions about the service? Check out Topica's Help >section at http://www.topica.com -- just click on "help" >at the bottom of the screen. > >Still have questions? Email Topica at support at get.topica.com. >Please include the email address of the list you're >inquiring about, and the email address you use to >subscribe to the list. > >Sincerely, >Topica Customer Support > >------------------------------- >+++++ Original Message ++++++++ >------------------------------- > >Return-Path: <keroltarr at hotmail.com> >Delivered-To: empire at inmta002.topica.com >Received: (qmail 14726 invoked by alias); 2 Feb 2001 04:02:32 -0000 >Delivered-To: EUforum at topica.com >Received: (qmail 14697 invoked by uid 0); 2 Feb 2001 04:02:31 -0000 >Received: from f27.law12.hotmail.com (HELO hotmail.com) (64.4.19.27) > by inmta002.topica.com with SMTP; 2 Feb 2001 04:02:31 -0000 >Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; > Thu, 1 Feb 2001 20:01:51 -0800 >Received: from 129.37.224.113 by lw12fd.law12.hotmail.msn.com with >HTTP; Fri, 02 Feb 2001 04:01:50 GMT >X-Originating-IP: [129.37.224.113] >From: "Lewis Townsend" <keroltarr at hotmail.com> >To: EUforum at topica.com >Subject: Re: A few simple questions... >Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 22:01:50 -0600 >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Message-ID: <F27gl4rhYQYx3G5aYY6000006b8 at hotmail.com> >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Feb 2001 04:01:51.0071 (UTC) >FILETIME=[DF1B76F0:01C08CCC] > >Hello Scott, > > > >I have a few simple questions that are just questions about a few > >Euphoria commands. I included a few examples if you dont understand what > >I mean from the text: > > > >1. Does anybody know a command that makes it so at ANY time during the > >ENTIRE program (such as a game) you can assign a few different keys to > >hotkeys for the user that will always do a certain command and ALWAYS > >work until you tell them not to or reasign them(not just after that one > >if statement or while loop)? > >-- Warning this is Pseudocode (Euphoria syntax) >integer firekey >firekey = ' ' -- Space >while in_game_loop do > if key_pressed = firekey then > FireGun() > end if > firekey = '\n' -- now the firekey is the Enter key >end while > > >I think this is what you want. Let me know if it isn't. > > > >2. Do you know of anyway to do a wrap function that wraps the text for >long > >sentences but not at whatever letter the side of the screen ends at but > >then goes back to the last Word and wraps it? > >Looks like someone already helped with this one. > > > >3.( And last) Do you know anyway to get out of the computer puting that > >annoying \n after every prinf? > > > >Example: > > > >object name > >puts(1, "What is your name?\n" > >name = gets(0) > >printf(1, "Hello %s! How are you???", {name}) > > > > On my computer that apears when you run the program as: > >What is your name? > >Hello (name) > >! How are you? > > > > I want it to be: > >What is your name? > >Hello (name)! How are you??? > > >Heh heh. This is the kind of problem that jumps up and >bites you when you are looking the other direction. The >'\n' isn't put in there by printf(). It is put in there >by YOU. Yes, when you type "Scott" and press ENTER, it >records that as "Scott\n". Here is how to fix it: > >--CODE >-- assume name contains "Scott\n" >name = name[1..length(name)-1] >--END CODE > >I just hate to spit out this complicated looking stuff >without explaining it: > >name[x..y] is a slice of name of course >1 means we start at the beginning >length(name) means we go to the end EXCEPT for that >last character ('\n') which we remove with the -1. > > >hope this helps, >Lewis Townsend >