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From: "Sam Hulick" <shulick@guava.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: Inform: How to make a drink retusable after having been drank?
Message-ID: <1995Aug29.185137.699@news.cs.indiana.edu>
Organization: Vallen Software
References: <41rlbt$pto@maureen.teleport.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 18:51:29 -0500
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Dwight or Dawn McDowell <dmcd@teleport.com> writes:
>
>Hi,
>
>   I have an object ( a tankard of mead) the bartender gives it to the 
>player when asked.
>   I did this by putting it on the bar with concealed. Then when the 
>bartender is asked for it the mead is given ~concealed and moved to the 
>player.
>   I have tried the reverse idea for the mead. 
>  before [;
>    "You drink the mead. Yum.";
>    move mead to bar;
>    give mead concealed;
>  ];

There is your problem.  Remember (IMPORTANT) that doing:

    "You do something.";

Will print the message, print a newline, and return TRUE.  Put the
'move' and 'give' before your message.  Problem solved.

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