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From: chidder@fred.aurora.edu
Subject: [inform] Where am I misplacing my ; ? (SPOILERS)
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Date: Thu, 05 Sep 1996 22:09:16 +0000
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Hi.. Following earlier advice, I put my inform error to a file, and found out the 
unknown directiver errors start with this piece of code.  Now from previous expierence, 
Unknown directive usually means Ive screwed up in placing a ;- but for the life of me I 
cant figure where?

Object helga "Helga, the saleslady" corridor
has animate female,
with name "clerk" "lady" "saleslady" "helga",
     inital "Helga stands here, ever-vigilant, to guard the integrity \
     of the womans dressing room.",
     description "Helga is a towering giant of a woman.  She stands well \
     over your height, looking down on you in an intimidating fashion.  She \
     is dressed in a military skirt and jacket; on which the nametag reading \
     Hi, my name is Helga(complete with smiley face sticker) seems rather, \
     well, odd.  Her has is pulled back into a severe ponytail, and while \
     appears older than the women you usually date, you might find her \
     attractive, if only she'd stop scowling all the time.",
    life [;
      Ask: switch(second)
        { 'woman','girlfriend','love,','sex','date':
           "Helga blushes and bats her eyes at you. Yikes! I think she \
             misunderstood the question.";
          'room','fitting','dressing':
           "Helga smacks her palms down hard on the table. No MALES allowed. \
            She seems pretty definite on the subject.";
          'fuck','shit','damn','piss':
           "She crosses her arms, and I dont blame her.  Using such language \
            to a lady- even if she did win the gold medal in the hammer \
            throw for East Germany.";
          'security','tag','job','child':
            "She looks at you. No One violates secuirty in my store.";
         }
            "She shrugs. 'Not my job to know about that.'";
      Tell: switch (second)
            { 'woman','girlfriend','love','sex','date':
               "Helga looks at you sweetly, then blushes.  I think she \
                 wants you!";
              'child','brat','little','kid':
               "Her eyes narrow.  Children are theives. Well, when the \
                alarm goes off, I'll be ready.";
              'tag': "~Theyre shouldnt be any loose tags floating around \
                  who knows what a '-she spits the word 'civilian might do \
                  with one.";
            }
             "She listens politely, but without any real interest.";
      Attack, Kiss: {
            deadflag=1;
            "Helga grabs you and shoves you into a closet until closing \
             time, when she smuggles you back to her house.  You spend \
             the rest of your life as Helga's sex slave, and while it does \
             have its compensations(that uniform hid a hell of a body), you \
             always wonder what happened to your true love.";
                     }
      ThrowAt: move noun to location; "It bounces off. She didnt even feel \
               it.";
      Show,Give:
         if (noun=tag)
          { remove tag;
             "Helga pockets the tag.  Someone is going to lose their job \
              over this, she scowls.  Brrr, I wouldnt want to be on her bad \
              side.";
          }
          "Her eyes narrow.  'Trying to bribe me, eh?'";
         ];

 This is actual code from my game; hence the (spoilers) In the title.  I know most people 
usually make up new code to imitate their problems, but I dont think that would help in 
this case, and besides, I havent the energy <g>

Thanks again; out of all the NG I subscribe to this is always the most helpful
Chidder

