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darwinian Darwin

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09-25-2008 04:27

when talking on some channels, I've found on my machine that some keywords automatically translate into channel numbers. for example, /xxx hello might turn into /145647 hello. is it possible to set up some kind of environment variables to assign channel numbers to keywords?

Meade Paravane

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09-25-2008 07:37

/me has never heard of that before.

I'm guessing "/xxx hello" is something you made up. Can you give a real example?

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Very Keynes

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09-26-2008 03:25

I think you may be looking for gestures.
I have not personally played with them, so I am not sure if scripts can use them, but IIRC it will translate a string in text and fire off animations, sounds etc.
The general LS Wiki may help.

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Zhenya Vlodovic

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09-26-2008 07:29

I think what's being requested is a substitution for what's typed into chat, and that's not really a scripting question.

For example, you might like to be able to type

/sword draw

instead of

/27 draw

Can you do that with gestures?

Deanna Trollop

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09-28-2008 10:58

Sure. Create a gesture which replaces chat instances of "/sword" with "/27", and the substitution will be made before chat is heard. Note that this will apply to all instances of the string "/sword", not only those at the beginning of a chat string, but if the key phrase is sufficiently obscure, it shouldn't interfere with normal conversation.

A long time ago I wrote gestures to replace "/aon" and "/aof" with "/1 ao on" and "/1 ao off", respectively. (Though I should probably just switch to a HUD ao and dispense with the open listens.)

environment variables?
darwinian Darwin Registered User Join date: 22 Sep 2008 Posts: 2	09-25-2008 04:27 when talking on some channels, I've found on my machine that some keywords automatically translate into channel numbers. for example, /xxx hello might turn into /145647 hello. is it possible to set up some kind of environment variables to assign channel numbers to keywords?
Meade Paravane Hedgehog Join date: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 4,845	09-25-2008 07:37 /me has never heard of that before. I'm guessing "/xxx hello" is something you made up. Can you give a real example? _____________________ Tired of shouting clubs and lucky chairs? Vote for llParcelSay!!! - Go here: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-1224 - If you see "if you were logged in.." on the left, click it and log in - Click the "Vote for it" link on the left
Very Keynes LSL is a Virus Join date: 6 May 2006 Posts: 484	09-26-2008 03:25 I think you may be looking for gestures. I have not personally played with them, so I am not sure if scripts can use them, but IIRC it will translate a string in text and fire off animations, sounds etc. The general LS Wiki may help. _____________________ House of Keynes http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seopophang/237/151/104 Romantica Yacht Club http://slurl.com/secondlife/Jeffrey/58/227/26 Salsa Romantica http://slurl.com/secondlife/Seopophang/77/91/94
Zhenya Vlodovic Registered User Join date: 23 Sep 2008 Posts: 40	09-26-2008 07:29 I think what's being requested is a substitution for what's typed into chat, and that's not really a scripting question. For example, you might like to be able to type /sword draw instead of /27 draw Can you do that with gestures?
Deanna Trollop BZ Enterprises Join date: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 671	09-28-2008 10:58 Sure. Create a gesture which replaces chat instances of "/sword" with "/27", and the substitution will be made before chat is heard. Note that this will apply to all instances of the string "/sword", not only those at the beginning of a chat string, but if the key phrase is sufficiently obscure, it shouldn't interfere with normal conversation. A long time ago I wrote gestures to replace "/aon" and "/aof" with "/1 ao on" and "/1 ao off", respectively. (Though I should probably just switch to a HUD ao and dispense with the open listens.)

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