Say

Command Information

Keyword

 say 

Type

 Built-In 

Arguments

 <message> 

Aliases

"

Usage

 say <message> 

 "<message> 

Purpose

Outputs a message to everyone in a room.

Syntax

To say something to everyone in the room:

To say something to everyone in the room with shorthand notation:

Parameters

<message>

Examples

Example 1

If a player named Alkani wanted to say "When in the course of furry events..." to everyone in the room, he would type the following:

Alkani would see the following:

The rest of the room would see the following:

Example 2

If a player named Jaxen wanted to say "Yerf!" to everyone in the room, using the short-hand syntax, she would type the following:

Jaxen would see the following:

The rest of the room would see the following:

Caveats

A suite of global programs, available as part of the saytools package, are available to help users customize their use of the  say  command. For more information about advanced customization for the  say  program, consult the  saytools  page.

Dialogue messages can also be communicated via the  pose  command, if you need to speak and perform actions at the same time. For more information and examples on using  pose  to communicate both actions and text, consult the  pose  page.

Pose - Send an action to the room

Whisper - Send a private message or action to a person in the same room

Page - Send a private message or action to a person anywhere

SayTools - Tools for customizing the behavior of the say command

Parent Topic

List of SpinDizzy MUCK System Built-In and Local Commands


CategoryBuiltincmd CategoryBasiccmd

Commands/BuiltIn/say (last edited 2017-10-20 18:01:40 by Alkani)