Problem With Omitting Prompt?

Posted by Lucindrielle on Thu 09 Sep 2010 02:15 AM — 11 posts, 34,621 views.

Lucindrielle Thu 09 Sep 2010 02:15 AM #0

So, I want to make it so that my prompt is stripped from my log files. Saves me ages of work to post it to our forums later. I had it working, Nick Gammon helped me a long, long time ago - but since then I've changed my prompt and now I can't get it to work; no matter what I do.

At any given time, my prompt looks like:

NAME: <1344/1344hp 1540/1540m 406/406mv 204 12 733> [3:00am Night Time] [Craftskill: 334]

That's: NAME: <%h/%Hhp %m/%Mm %v/%Vmv %g %s %q> [%t %d] [Craftskill: %C]

So, I took it into a trigger and changed all the parts that will change:

NAME: <*/*hp */*m */*mv * * *> [* *] [Craftskill: *]

BUT: it doesn't work. At all. I even tried adding in extra spaces to account for the color code ( {r and {x and whatnot).

And, yes, I made sure to check "omit from log" and my triggers are enabled and all that good stuff.

Help?

EDIT:

OH! I also -when it was working- I noticed that very often my prompt will do this:

NAME: <1344/1344hp 1540/1540m 406/406mv 204 12 733> [9:30pm Night Time] [Craftskill: 334] You drink milk from a delicate amethyst decanter.

For some reason, frequently, I'll get a line of normal text right after the prompt and I'll lose entire lines of stuff from the log because it took out the entire thing.

Is there any way to fix this issue, as well?

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Thu 09 Sep 2010 02:46 AM #1

I tried your trigger against what you posted and it matched.

Can you post the whole thing in XML form?

For advice on how to copy aliases, timers or triggers from within MUSHclient, and paste them into a forum message, please see Copying XML.

As for the extra lines, can you get the MUD to start a new line after a prompt? Maybe check the option "Convert IAC EOR/GA to new line".

Lucindrielle Thu 09 Sep 2010 02:48 AM #2


<triggers>
  <trigger
   enabled="y"
   keep_evaluating="y"
   match="MADILYN: &lt;*/*hp */*m */*mv * * *&gt; [* *] [Craftskill: *]"
   omit_from_log="y"
   regexp="y"
   sequence="100"
  >
  </trigger>
</triggers>

EDIT: I checked the box to convert IAC..... and it did not fix the problem. My test immediately after shows:

MADILYN: <1344/1344hp 1540/1540m 406/406mv 204 12 733> [8:00pm Dusk] [Craftskill: 334] You drink milk from a delicate amethyst decanter.

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Thu 09 Sep 2010 02:52 AM #3

What you have there is not a regular expression. Uncheck that.

Lucindrielle Thu 09 Sep 2010 02:53 AM #4

Okay. Unchecked "regular expression" and it does not clear up the issue.

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Thu 09 Sep 2010 03:01 AM #5

Well this is what I used to test:


<triggers>
  <trigger
   custom_colour="2"
   enabled="y"
   keep_evaluating="y"
   match="MADILYN: &lt;*/*hp */*m */*mv * * *&gt; [* *] [Craftskill: *]"
   omit_from_log="y"
   send_to="2"
   sequence="100"
  >
  <send>Matched! %0</send>
  </trigger>
</triggers>

For advice on how to copy the above, and paste it into MUSHclient, please see Pasting XML.

And with this line:



MADILYN: <1344/1344hp 1540/1540m 406/406mv 204 12 733> [3:00am Night Time] [Craftskill: 334]

I get this:


MADILYN: <1344/1344hp 1540/1540m 406/406mv 204 12 733> [3:00am Night Time] [Craftskill: 334]
Matched! MADILYN: <1344/1344hp 1540/1540m 406/406mv 204 12 733> [3:00am Night Time] [Craftskill: 334]

The first one is the trigger colouring the line, the second is it echoing it back.

However even a single space after that final square bracket will make it not match.

Safer might be to add a trailing asterisk:


<triggers>
  <trigger
   custom_colour="2"
   enabled="y"
   keep_evaluating="y"
   match="MADILYN: &lt;*/*hp */*m */*mv * * *&gt; [* *] [Craftskill: *]*"
   omit_from_log="y"
   send_to="2"
   sequence="100"
  >
  <send>Matched! %0</send>
  </trigger>
</triggers>

(See extra asterisk at end of match line). Now it matches the prompt, with anything following it (which of course will also match those lines of yours with extra stuff on them).

Lucindrielle Thu 09 Sep 2010 03:23 AM #6

YES! That totally worked!

EXCEPT: It doesn't fix the line issue.

MADILYN: <1344/1344hp 1540/1540m 406/406mv 204 12 733> [5:00pm Day Time] [Craftskill: 334]
ok 'Hahahahha'

Chel'rei OOC Kingdom: 'The movie was out ages ago. This is based off of the comic/video game look.'

MADILYN: <1344/1344hp 1540/1540m 406/406mv 204 12 733> [5:00pm Day Time] [Craftskill: 334] You OOC Kingdom: 'Hahahahha'

MADILYN: <1344/1344hp 1540/1540m 406/406mv 204 12 733> [5:00pm Day Time] [Craftskill: 334] Zayin OOC Kingdom: 'I want to see the Expendables'

MADILYN: <1344/1344hp 1540/1540m 406/406mv 204 12 733> [5:00pm Day Time] [Craftskill: 334]
Gaeruwn OOC Kingdom: 'amazing movie'

MADILYN: <1344/1344hp 1540/1540m 406/406mv 204 12 733> [5:00pm Day Time] [Craftskill: 334]
Zayin OOC Kingdom: 'And Pirahna 3d'

comes out as:

Chel'rei OOC Kingdom: 'The movie was out ages ago. This is based off of the comic/video game look.'

Gaeruwn OOC Kingdom: 'amazing movie'

Zayin OOC Kingdom: 'And Pirahna 3d'

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Thu 09 Sep 2010 04:11 AM #7

You need a newline after the prompt, so they are treated as separate lines. Can you configure that? It looks like Smaug, try "help prompt" to see if there is an option to put a newline at the end.

Try checking the option "Convert IAC EOR/GA to new line".

If that doesn't work, try looking at this post:

http://mushclient.com/forum/?id=7430

You may need a small plugin that detects your prompt, and adds a newline after it, so that the trigger then matches that line and not the stuff after it. An example plugin for your prompt would be:

To save and install the Add_NewLine_To_Prompt plugin do this:

Copy the code below (in the code box) to the Clipboard
Open a text editor (such as Notepad) and paste the plugin code into it
Save to disk on your PC, preferably in your plugins directory, as Add_NewLine_To_Prompt.xml
- The "plugins" directory is usually under the "worlds" directory inside where you installed MUSHclient.
Go to the MUSHclient File menu -> Plugins
Click "Add"
Choose the file Add_NewLine_To_Prompt.xml (which you just saved in step 3) as a plugin
Click "Close"
Save your world file, so that the plugin loads next time you open it.


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE muclient>

<muclient>
<plugin
   name="Add_NewLine_To_Prompt"
   author="Nick Gammon"
   id="d47076042b899a0fc81d3c09"
   language="Lua"
   purpose="Forces a newline after a prompt line"
   date_written="2010-09-09"
   requires="3.82"
   version="1.0"
   >
</plugin>

<!--  Script  -->

<script>
<![CDATA[
function OnPluginPacketReceived (s)
  return (string.gsub (s, 
     "\nMADILYN: <[%d/]+hp [%d/]+m [%d/]+mv[%d ]+> %[.-%] %[Craftskill: %d+%]", "%1\n"))
end -- function OnPluginPacketReceived
]]>
</script>

</muclient>

In this case it is a Lua regular expression, which looks a bit different. Mind you, this is a bit of a hack, because it won't work if the prompt is split between packets from the MUD. I would try my other suggestions first.

The regexp is fairly simple:

%d means a digit (0 to 9)
[%d/] means the set of digits or the slash character
[%d/]+ means "one or more digits or slashes" (that would match "1344/1344")
%d+ means "one or more digits" (that would match "334")
[%d ]+ means "one or more digits or spaces (that would match "204 12 733")
%[.-%] matches square brackets with anything between them (that would match "[5:00pm Day Time]")

Lucindrielle Thu 09 Sep 2010 10:07 PM #8

Okay.

I tried the "Convert IAC EOR/GA to new line" and it didn't work.

Before I try your other stuff, I was futzing around and just realized I have a option to do this:

%c : Display a carriage return (useful for multi-line prompts)

If I add this to the end of my prompt, will that help (I'd obviously be using that first script you fixed for me with it)?

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Thu 09 Sep 2010 10:18 PM #9

Well if you put the %c directly after that last square bracket, then your trigger should work because there won't be anything after the square bracket.

Lucindrielle Thu 09 Sep 2010 10:26 PM #10

Excellent! I'll try this and if that doesn't work, I'll go back to the last script you gave me with the plug in!

Thanks in advance for all the help. I reaaaaaallllly appreciate the time and effort. :)