Okie here's the string editor thingy.

Files to change: merc.h comm.c



	merc.h:
	------

- Add the following 4 lines to merc.h:
	/* string.c */
	void	string_edit	args( ( CHAR_DATA *ch, char **pString ) );
	void	string_append	args( ( CHAR_DATA *ch, char **pString ) );
	void	string_add	args( ( CHAR_DATA *ch, char *argument ) );

- Done merc.h

	comm.c
	------

- In game_loop_*, after read_from_buffer and stop_indling, replace

		if ( d->connected == CON_PLAYING )
                    if ( d->showstr_point )
                        show_string( d, d->incomm );
                    else
                        interpret( d->character, d->incomm );
                else
                    nanny( d, d->incomm );

  with:

>		if ( d->pString )
>		    string_add( d->character, d->incomm );
!		else if ( d->connected == CON_PLAYING )
                    if ( d->showstr_point )
                        show_string( d, d->incomm );
                    else
                        interpret( d->character, d->incomm );
                else
                    nanny( d, d->incomm );

  (do this in BOTH game loops, just because you're such a nice person ;)

- In process_output, right after

    /*
     * Bust a prompt.
     */

  replace

    if ( fPrompt && !merc_down && d->connected == CON_PLAYING )
        if ( d->showstr_point )
            write_to_buffer( d,

  with

    if ( fPrompt && !merc_down && d->connected == CON_PLAYING )
>	if ( d->pString )
>	    write_to_buffer( d, "] ", 2 );
!	else if ( d->showstr_point )
	    write_to_buffer( d,

- Done comm.c



Also, put the string.c file (included) in your src dir and add string.o
to O_FILES list in Makefile.

At this point you have made the necessary changges for SEditor to work.
And here is an example how it works:

	void do_description( CHAR_DATA *ch, char *argument )
	{
	    string_append( ch, &ch->description );
	    return;
	}

The same way you can add a note edit command:

	if ( !str_prefix( arg, "edit" ) )
	{
	    note_attach( ch );
	    string_append( ch, &ch->pnote->text );
	    return;
	}



P.S.  I hope that I didn't leave anything out.  Get a backup of the old
      files before you try to apply this patch!