Re: Lower case?

On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Malachi Clark wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the reply, I took it upon myself to write the command, but I 
> got stuck at the end.  I feel as if I am missing something really basic, 
> but I can already tell, it is going to be one of those kind of days. 
> Here is the command:
>
> #######################################
> def lower_cmd(ses, args, input):
>
>  """
>  Forces a string to lowercase
>
>  #lower {string}
>
>  category: commands
>  """
>
>  return args["input_string"].lower()
>
> commands_dict["lower"] = (lower_cmd, "input_string")
> ########################################
>
> The problem is, that the return isnt sufficent.

I have no idea why you think this will work--Lyntin doesn't look at the 
return values for commands executed.

It seems you're trying to build a command that takes an input string, 
lowercases the whole thing, and then passes it back into Lyntin's input 
handling stuff.

If that's the case, then you should do something like this:

    def lower_cmd(ses, args, input):

       input_string = args["input_string"]
       input_string = input_string.lower()

       exported.lyntin_command(input_string, 1, ses)


That will pass the lower-cased input string into the Lyntin input handling 
routine.  It's very similar to how aliases work, except the alias 
expansion happens in the user_filter_hook.


> On a related, yet different note, is there a way to expand commands 
> inside of normally type (going to the mud) text?  Like:
>
> "say #lower {bob} is cool"  or similar?

No, commands don't get expanded like variables do.  Lyntin checks to see 
if the user input is a command by looking at the first character.  If the 
first character is a command char, then the entire user input is handled 
as a Lyntin command.

Hope that helps!

/will


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