Re: Double dollar chars ($$) problem

From: Daniel Koepke (dkoepke@california.com)
Date: 01/19/97


On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, berzerk wrote:

> Lo list,
> 
> I just added a pile of code to Oasis that defines 'passages'. How they
> work doesnt matter but I read in single lines of text and every $ char I
> write gets duplicated....
> 
> Enter keyword : $ $ $
> => keyword == "$$ $$ $$"
> 
> Ive traced the string back to game_loop() so Im sure I didnt cause this
> with the latest changes. Do anyone out there know where it is caused?

That's supposed to happen.  It's a feature, not a bug (no, really this
time).  To strip it down to one, use the function delete_doubledollar().


--
Daniel Koepke
dkoepke@california.com
Forgive me father, for I am sin.


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