TWX windows are handy when you are doing something and the screen
is moving too fast to read easily, or you are wanting to monitor
the results of a script (see proEcolonizer21 for an example of this).
Creating TWX windows is a fairly simple thing to do so:
setVar $hitSector "1432" // setup bogus hit
setVar $nearFig "1232" // setup bogus nearest fig
Window myWindow 300 275 "TWX Window Example" ONTOP
# | | | | |- set the window on top
# | | | Window Title
# | | Vertical size of the window
# | Horizontal size of the window
# Window name - use to set the contents in. Can be whatever best identifies what you are doing.
setVar $windowContent " Fighter hit: " & $hitSector & "*" // setup var for the window
// & used to join the information
# adding another line to our windowContent var - you have to end it with a "*"
setVar $windowContent $windowContent & " Nearest fig: " & $hitSector & "*"
setWindowContents myWindow $windowContent // set the window contents to our var
# | |- Variable
# Name we set for the window above
waitfor "³Turns" // waiting on you to hit / (thanks to LoneStar for that tip)
# I believe the proper name for what the & does is concatenation <sp>, but join is easier
# to spell.
Yes, you can scroll your data as it comes in, but it requires a bit more work. To
scroll it back, requires a lot more work. You will have to setup arrays to have it
scroll and then manipulate the array position. Since I am keeping this as basic as
possible for people new to scripting/programming it is a bit beyond that I think. If
you are wanting to scroll the information, let me know and I will post an example.
The above all in one shot so you can play:
setVar $hitSector "1432"
setVar $nearFig "1232"
Window myWindow 500 275 "TWX Window Example" ONTOP
setVar $windowContent " Fighter hit: " & $hitSector & "*"
setVar $windowContent $windowContent & " Nearest fig: " & $hitSector & "*"
setWindowContents myWindow $windowContent
waitfor "³Turns"
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