User:Dt192/Sandbox

Basic Essentials

Just playing around with the format, as think we should standardise a format throughout the wiki (we don't currently). Don't think I like this layout more than the normal one (or do I :/), but I do think all functions should show a params breakdown if they take any and a returns section to avoid ambiguity. I also think it would be good to show the expected <type> for every param in some way.

echo

This function appends text at the end of the current line.

Syntax

echo(outputTarget, text)

Parameters

outputTarget<string> (optional)

Accepts the name of a miniconsole or label to redirect output to.

text<string>

Text you'd like to see printed.

Returns

nil

Breaking Changes

Mudlet 4.8+ single line capped to 10,000 characters (still well above the ~200 that span an average screen).

See also: moveCursor(), insertText(), cecho(), decho(), hecho()

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Notes

You can use \n in the text string to insert a new line. If you're echoing this to a label, you can also use styling to color, center, increase/decrease size of text and apply various other formatting changes as listed here.

Examples

-- a miniconsole example

-- first, determine the size of your screen
local windowWidth, windowHeight = getMainWindowSize()

-- create the miniconsole
createMiniConsole("sys", windowWidth-650,0,650,300)
setBackgroundColor("sys",255,69,0,255)
setMiniConsoleFontSize("sys", 8)
-- wrap lines in window "sys" at 40 characters per line - somewhere halfway, as an example
setWindowWrap("sys", 40)

echo("sys","Hello world!\n")
cecho("sys", "<:OrangeRed>This is random spam with the same background\n")
cecho("sys", "<blue:OrangeRed>and this is with a blue foreground. ")
cecho("sys", "<bisque:BlueViolet>Lastly, this is with both a foreground and a background.\n")