;;; look commands
-(define (list-words-as-string words)
- "A little utility for listing a bunch of words in an English-style list"
- ;; TODO: This could be made faster by traversing the O(n)
- ;; list once, not twice
- (let ((word-length (length words)))
- (cond
- ((eqv? word-length 0) "")
- ((eqv? word-length 1) (car words))
- (else
- ;; TODO: and this is NOT efficient
- (string-append
- (string-join
- (drop-right words 1)
- ", ")
- " and "
- (last words))))))
-
(define (room-player-looks-around room player-id)
"Handle looking around the room"
;; Get the room text
(if (eq? occupant-names-filtered '())
#f
(format #f "You see here: ~a.\n"
- (list-words-as-string occupant-names-filtered))))
+ (string-join occupant-names-filtered
+ ", "))))
(define final-text
(if occupant-names-string
`(,@room-text
- (p (i ,occupant-names-string)))
+ (p (em ,occupant-names-string)))
room-text))
(<- player-id 'tell
(mbody-val (<-wait matching-object 'get-desc
#:whos-looking (message-from message)))))
(if obj-desc
- (<- (message-from message) 'tell
- #:text (string-append obj-desc "\n"))
- (<- (message-from message) 'tell
- #:text (string-append %formless-desc "\n")))))
+ (<- (message-from message) 'tell #:text obj-desc)
+ (<- (message-from message) 'tell #:text %formless-desc))))
(else
(<- (message-from message) 'tell
#:text "You don't see that here, so you can't look at it.\n"))))