Customizable Prompts

by Rauros

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Rauros2005-09-08 17:55:38
I have been sitting on this idea for weeks, and I know we already have adjustable prompts, to a degree, and I appreciate it, especially when Roark gave us line breaks. But lately, I've been wanting more, more, more. More options, more capabilities.

As a former (read as never going to play again) Aardwolf player, I appreciated it's prompt flexibility to allow you to, for instance, display your current hit points along with your maximum hitpoints. Or even room names and exits.

For example:
QUOTE
Stendarr's Chapel


The coding for this is

CODE
prompt %r %c
Prompt set to %r %c


I know that makes no sense to anyone, most likely, but this is kind of degree of customization that I was looking for. This way, I can have a prompt that displays anything I want, however I want, and not be constrained to the basic hp/mana/ego limits.
Bau2005-09-08 18:21:39
Makes plenty of sense.

Still don't want it.
Ceres2005-09-08 18:37:12
Optionally, hell yeah.
Rauros2005-09-08 19:00:18
Just to tack this onto the idea... this would also prevent prompt illusions abuse.