.DT slur $MUDNAME$ creator help slur .SH Summary .SP 5 5 SLUR (short for Scripting Language Useful for Rooms) is a utility created to take large amounts of grunt-work coding out of making "plays" or "routines" for the players. Additionally, these scripts are designed from the very start to allow for branching or otherwise non-linear progression through the script. Nothing is as delightful to a player than to discover something new and exciting about a boring old task he had to do out of necessity, even if it does mean that his character loses a finger. Of course, you don't have to tell the players that you just added in a random or skill-based possibility of hitting the Lose-A-Finger routine just the other day when they weren't looking. .EP .SP 5 5 Slur is designed to look and behave a bit like a cousin of Lisp whose mother drank during the pregnancy. .EP .SH Organization .SP 5 5 In order that I not bog you down with too much information at once, this help page is divided into multiple pages. .SO 5 20 -40 slur_spec Specification in non-code terms of how the SLUR interpretor is supposed to work and interface with various directives. slur_convention Conventions of how to name directives, error flags, and some of the necessities of writing custom directives slur_interpretor The functions inherant in the interpretor and what they mean to you. slur_basic A manual of the basic functions that are at the bottom of most things slur_compare A manual to the comparison operators slur_delay A manual to the interface for call_out slur_list A manual to the implementation of lists and functions that do things with lists slur_logic A manual to the logical operators slur_math A manual to the implemented math functions slur_object A manual to the directives necessary to work with objects and make pretty noises for the players slur_signal A manual to the SIGNAL directive, which holds on to a hunk of script until a signal is sent to the interpretor slur_skills A manual to the interface for the Taskmaster system .EO .EP .SH See also .SI 5 /obj/handlers/data (useful for separating script from code) .EI
