Phrases for Tables with Topics
version 1 by Ron Newcomb
Documentation
The player's command, the topic understood (known as "[text]" in an Understand line), and the matched text (usually used in an After Reading A Command rule) are all of a kind called a "snippet". This extension grants four new phrases to be used with them, and one phrase that corrects a bug in Inform.
First:
if (a snippet) is a topic listed in (a table)
For use like:
Understand "[text]" as a mistake ("(No, that's not quite right.)") when the player's command is not a topic listed in the table of magic words.
Second:
if (a snippet) includes (a 'topic' column) listed in (a table)
For use like:
The Spanish Inquisition ends when the player's command includes a topic listed in the table of magic words.
Third:
if (a snippet) matches (a 'topic' column) listed in (a table)
For use like:
After reading a command when the player's command matches a topic listed in the table of magic words: ...
Fourth:
which K is (a K-valued table column) corresponding to a topic of (a snippet) in (a table)
For use like:
When the Spanish Inquisition ends, say the response corresponding to a topic of the player's command from the table of magic words.
And finally:
"[fix the topic understood]"
For use like:
Understand "[text]" as a mistake ("'[fix topic understood]We know that [topic understood] is not a magic word! You cannot fool us, witch!'").