How do you use client scripting?

[Kevin Rudat]

I'm trying to figure out a good set of commands for scripts to manipulate the item tabs. Suggestions are very welcome. Also:

What do you have your scripts do?

How do you debug your scripts?

(What language do you write your scripts in?)

What do you think about the script commands we've already got?

Do you have one big monolithic script, or lots of little ones?

Do you run the same script more than once?

Do you have multiple copies of the same script running at the same time?

I'd really love to see people's scripts - consider private-message-thingy if you don't want other people to see them (e.g. keep TC scripting from spreading?)

[Mith]

I'm trying to figure out a good set of commands for scripts to manipulate the item tabs. Suggestions are very welcome.

i have very limited knowledge about scripting, so i'm also interesting

What do you have your scripts do?

to do stupid things in large numbers

How do you debug your scripts?

by reading them again and again and finally trying them. (preferably at localhost)

(What language do you write your scripts in?)

bash - i use linux.
every language should do fine, as long as you have an interpreter for them. Don't ask me about windows, i have absoutely no idea...

What do you think about the script commands we've already got?

phew... there are huge possibilities, but i know little... theoretically it should be possible to create a 'shopping script' some script that searches for something in all shops, but that would require a LOT of work

Do you have one big monolithic script, or lots of little ones?

just a few little ones

Do you run the same script more than once?
Do you have multiple copies of the same script running at the same time?

serial, not paralel. scripting is only useful if you use it more than once (or use it once for a long time, for example to move a lot of items from one part of your appartment to an other part.)

basically, scripting is a huge keybinding, but more powerful

[Kevin Rudat]

How do you debug your scripts?

by reading them again and again and finally trying them. (preferably at localhost)

What do you do if your apartment-reshuffling script walks you into a wall? :)

What do you do if bash fails?

What do you think about the script commands we've already got?

phew... there are huge possibilities, but i know little... theoretically it should be possible to create a 'shopping script' some script that searches for something in all shops, but that would require a LOT of work

What do you think of the way your script talks to the client? Would you change anything?

Do you run the same script more than once?
Do you have multiple copies of the same script running at the same time?

serial, not paralel. scripting is only useful if you use it more than once (or use it once for a long time, for example to move a lot of items from one part of your appartment to an other part.)

I heard that people run a more intelligent auto-eat script. Wouldn't someone run that and their Apartment Management script at the same time?

[Aaron]

well, im not sure, but i would guess that the auto-eat script would have to be included in what ever script is running, killed then re-launched, or is just hacked to allow it to run in the background...

[techolous]

more than one script can be running at the same time.

scripts - lists running scripts, and numbers asociated with them
scriptkill SCRIPTNO (or something like that) - kills the script

as for any errors the script makes, it has to correct them itself

there is some documentation in cvs (not shure about the releases):
client/Documentation/scripting.html , I think ...

[bort]

Anyone have an example of scripts to share?

[techolous]

Anyone have an example of scripts to share?

Well, I would like to setup a repository, but I lack the resources to do so.

[techolous]

Ok here are two python scripts I have made, the first one is mostly useless, the seccond issues "use_skill inscription" with lines from a text file.

This one pops up a window, with a button, that when clicked, moves you move north, and then makes you say "blip". After that, the window closes, and the script exits.

NOTE: requires pygtk

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#! /usr/bin/env python

import pygtk
pygtk.require('2.0')
import gtk

def hello(fubar):
        print("issue 1 1 north")
        print("issue 1 1 say blip")
        gtk.main_quit()

def main():
        window = gtk.Window(gtk.WINDOW_TOPLEVEL)
        button = gtk.Button("BLIP!")
        button.connect("clicked", hello)
        window.add(button)
        button.show()
        window.show()
        gtk.main()
main()

This script sends "use_skill inscription" for every line in a text file.
That results in it writing the contents of the textfile in a book, if a book is marked, and the user has the "inscription" skill at the time (usualy gotten by holding a pen). Otherwise it will probaly make the server send a bunch of error messages.

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#! /usr/bin/env python
#writes books from a text file

#replace "FILEHERE" with the path to the text file
file = "FILEHERE"

fileobject = open(file, "r")

#Each string in this list has a newline char on the end #except for the last one, this combined with "print"
#adding a newline also, works, but seems unclean
lines = fileobject.readlines()

for line in lines:
        print("issue 1 1 use_skill inscription " + line)

[bort]

And how do you use the second script
You have my attention.

[Rednaxela]

replace FILEHERE with the path to the file, then run the script with "script <pathtoscript>" in the client. And make sure you have a pen in your invintory and the item to write on marked. (and of course, you need python as that's what these ones are written in )