.\"set the default error message to a specified string .DT notify_fail Discworld driver help notify_fail Name .SI 5 void notify_fail(string str); .EI Description .SP 5 5 Store `str' as the error message to be returned instead of the default message `What ?'. The message will be displayed if a 0 is returned from an action setup via add_action(). This is the preferred way to display error messages since it allows other objects a chance to respond to the same verb (command). Do not use write() to display the error message since this will require you to return a 1 (unless you want to see the result of the write() in addition to the 'what?' message). However, if you do return a 1, then no other objects will get a chance to respond to the user command. If "notify_fail()" is called more than once, only the last call will have an affect. The idea behind this function is to allow better error messages than `What ?'. .EP