Libary: Dynamic Unicode Hovertext

This script allows you to dinamically change the hovertext of any object from chat or notecard. It also support most l2r unicode scripts. So now you can set hovertext in Italian, French, German, Russian, Greek, Chinese, Japanese. Korean or other languages. Hebrew and Arabic are not supported yet, but they could in future.


Just copy and paste to an editor, and change all occurrences of "·" to " ":

//·
//·Script:··Repeater
//·Author:··Eadoin·Welles·(Dario·de·Judicibus·<ddj@mclink.it>
//·Created:·7·November·2007
//·Purpose:·Receive·text·to·be·shown·in·over·text·or·to·be·read·from·notecard
//·License:·Commons·Creative·3.0
//

//·Constants
integer·CHANNEL_NUM·=·101·;
list····VALID_COMMANDS =·["say","show","reset"]·;

//·Variables
string··gsNotecardName·;
integer·giNotecardLine·;
integer·giNumNotecardLines·;
key·····gkNotecardRequest·;
list····glCardData·;

//·Functions
init()
{
····llSetText("",<0.0,0.0,0.0>,0.0)·;
}

reset()
{
····llResetScript()·;
····init()·;
}

resetCardData()
{
····gsNotecardName·=·""·;
····giNotecardLine·=·0·;
····giNumNotecardLines·=·0·;
····gkNotecardRequest·=·NULL_KEY·;
····glCardData·=·[]·;
}

showCard()
{
····if·(giNumNotecardLines·>·0)
····{
········string·sText·=·llDumpList2String(glCardData,"\n"·;
········llSetText(sText,<1.0,1.0,1.0>,1.0)·;
····}
}

integer·checkCard(string·asCardName)
{
····integer·iType·=·llGetInventoryType(asCardName)·;
····return·(iType·==·INVENTORY_NOTECARD)·;
}

doIt(string·asCommand,·list·alParameters)
{
····(asCommand·==·"reset"
····{
········reset()·;
····}
····else·if·(asCommand·==·"say"
····{
········string·sText·=·llDumpList2String(alParameters,"·"·;
········llSetText(sText,<1.0,1.0,1.0>,1.0)·;
····}
····else·if·(asCommand·==·"show"
····{
········resetCardData()·;
········gsNotecardName·=·(string)llList2String(alParameters,0)·;
········state·reading·;
····}
}

//·States
default
{
····on_rez(integer·aiStartParameter)
····{
········reset()·;
····}
····
····changed(integer·aiChange)
····{
········if((aiChange·&·CHANGED_OWNER)·||·(aiChange·&·CHANGED_INVENTORY))
········{
············reset()·;
········}
····}

····state_entry()·
····{
········llListen(CHANNEL_NUM,·"",·NULL_KEY·,·""·;
····}

····listen(integer·aiChannel,·string·asName,·key·akId,·string·asMessage)
····{
········if(aiChannel==·CHANNEL_NUM)
········{
············list·lMessage·=·llParseString2List(asMessage,["·"],[""])·;
············integer·iLength·=·llGetListLength(lMessage);
············if·(iLength·>·0)
············{
················string·sCommand·=·(string)llList2String(lMessage,0)·;
················if·(~llListFindList(VALID_COMMANDS,·(list)sCommand))
················{
····················lMessage·=·llDeleteSubList(lMessage,·0,·0)·;
····················doIt(sCommand,·lMessage)·;
················}
················else
················{
····················llOwnerSay("Invalid·command·'"·+·sCommand·+·"'"·)·;
················}
············}
············else
············{
················llOwnerSay("Message'"·+·asMessage·+·"'·contains·no·command"·)·;
············}
········}
····}
}

state·reading
{
····state_entry()
····{
········if·(checkCard(gsNotecardName))
········{
············gkNotecardRequest·=·llGetNumberOfNotecardLines(gsNotecardName)·;
············llSetTimerEvent(5.0)·;
········}
········else
········{
············llOwnerSay("Notecard·'"·+·gsNotecardName·+·"'·does·not·exist"·;
········}
····}

····timer()
····{
········llSetTimerEvent(0.0)·;
········llOwnerSay("Notecard·'"·+·gsNotecardName·+·"'·is·probably·empty"·;
········state·default;
····}

····dataserver(key·akQueryId,·string·asData)
····{
········if·(akQueryId·==·gkNotecardRequest·)
········{
············llSetTimerEvent(0.0)·;
············if·(asData·==·EOF)·
············{
················showCard()·;
················state·default·;
············}
············else·if·(giNumNotecardLines·==·0)·
············{
················giNumNotecardLines·=·(integer)asData·;
················gkNotecardRequest·=·llGetNotecardLine(gsNotecardName,·giNotecardLine)·;
············}
············else
············{
················glCardData··=·glCardData··+[asData]·;
················++giNotecardLine·;
················gkNotecardRequest·=·llGetNotecardLine(gsNotecardName,·giNotecardLine)·;
············}
········}
····}
}

To reiterate:
For the script to work, copy and paste to an editor, and change all occurrences of "·" to " "

The formatting has to be manually done because of the llSetText commands, license information, etc., otherwise, you have to manually format it anyways when you get done in your editor.

A

it gives me a syntax error on line 58. I'm no scripter so I ask your help.

The error is that the code is not completed:

Code correct:

...

doIt(string asCommand, list alParameters)
{
if (asCommand == "reset"
{
reset() ;
}
else if (asCommand == "say"
{
string sText = llDumpList2String(alParameters," " ;
llSetText(sText,<1.0,1.0,1.0>,1.0) ;
}
else if (asCommand == "show"
{
resetCardData() ;
gsNotecardName = (string)llList2String(alParameters,0) ;
state reading ;
}
}

...

Best regards

thanks a lot - working!

Between having to remove the dots, find & remove the extra spaces and add in the if, it may end up getting confusing real fast for the newer people.

I took the liberty of attaching a text file with the script corrected and formatted. Anyone can just open it, select all and paste into a script for it to work.

You can use any of these characters instead of spaces and the compiler will treat them as spaces (as long as they aren't in strings): #$'?`

thanks! This helped me a lot

How do they display hearts and other characters in hovertext? I looks like old ASCII chars, but i don't see anywhere on the LSL wiki that refers to ASCII.

Much thanks,

um, yea, not too sure how to get this to work after its in an object, any help?