'Wait' and 'ClearScreen' Text Processor Commands (#feature-request #viva)

[KVonGit]

Now that I have discovered the old |w|c trick which could be used in ASL, I think it would be nice to have {wait} and {clear} text processor commands.

[Pertex]

Did you somewhere write about the old |w|c trick ?

[KVonGit]

Did you somewhere write about the old |w|c trick ?

Somewhere, but it is hiding from me at the moment.

Before Quest 5:

OLD	NEW	result
|bBOLD|xb	{b:BOLD}	<b>BOLD</b>
|iITALIC|xi	{i:ITALIC}	<i>ITALIC</i>
|crRED|cb	{color:red:RED}	<span style="color:red">RED</span>

There are more, but there was also |w and |c.

|w called wait (but you had to print your own "Press any key..." message first)
|c cleared the screen

They were meant to be used together like:

msg <Greetings, Adventurer! Welcome to the game! Press any key to begin...|w|cGood job! Now, let's get this party started!>

[Pertex]

But you can still use them in Q5.8?

[KVonGit]

But you can still use them in Q5.8?

Nope. Well, if you write your game in ASL format you can, I guess, hehehe.

I've been porting a Quest 2 game, and it uses |bBOLD|xb and |iITALIC|xi in a few places. That's what led to me finding this stuff.

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You could also execute files from ASL scripts!