Trigger Options

[Pattern tab] [Options tab] [Testing tab] [Trigger Patterns]

This Settings Editor dialog page allows you to edit the properties of a Trigger.

The ID field is used to assign a short name to this trigger. This short name can be used with the #T+ and #T- commands to enable and disable the trigger.

Normally, triggers are set to a Type of Pattern which indicates that the trigger should fire when the pattern of text is received from the MUD. Expression triggers evaluate the expression stored in the Pattern field after each line is received from the MUD and executes the commands if the pattern expression is true. Alarm triggers use the pattern field to specify a time when to execute the trigger. See the #ALARM command for more information on time pattern values. Command Input triggers test the command entered on the command line and can change this command before it is sent to the MUD.

The Trigger On option determines whether the trigger pattern is detected at the end of each line (Newline), or after a full buffer of text is received from the MUD (Prompt). You can select both if necessary.

You can specify the color required for the first character of the line from the MUD by selecting Line Color and then clicking on the color box to the right. Select the color combination required to fire this trigger.

Case Sensitive

Determines whether the pattern matching is case sensitive or not.

ANSI Trigger

Turn this option on to allow patterns to contain ANSI color sequences. An ANSI color sequence looks like %e[xxm where xx is the ANSI color value. To trigger on specific color patterns, turn this option on, select the line from the MUD output window that contains the pattern you want to match, and paste (Ctrl-V) this line into the trigger pattern field. If the Color Trigger option was on when you pasted the line, any ANSI color codes will be pasted into the Pattern field along with the rest of the text.

Temporary

The trigger is temporary and will be deleted after it is executed once. Temporary triggers are not saved to your settings file.

Verbatim

Tells zMUD to match the pattern verbatim without parsing any special pattern characters or wildcards in the pattern.

Trigger on Trigger

When on, zMUD executes trigger matching on any output displayed by this trigger. Care should be used with this option to avoid an infinite loop of trigger matching.