Post by Garry Francis in How do I do simple arithmetic?

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Yes, I use Ctrl+Space. "add" wasn't there when I tried. I just tried it again and see that "add" has been added, as well as "append" and one or two others. For example, I just discovered "refresh_header" (which I needed to refresh the score in the header prior to "end_game"), but "set_string" is still not there. I worked this one out by trial and error.

Note that Ctrl+Space is very dicky. For me, it mostly only works on a new line, it doesn't work when you've got a syntax error and the hint suggestions (as shown in your tutorial videos) don't work for me at all.

Is there a master list of all the commands anywhere? At one point I had a syntax error and when I hovered over the error icon in the left margin, the tool tip showed hundreds of suggestions - so many, in fact, that they wouldn't all fit on the screen.

Adventuron6 years ago

Control + Space will almost always work on a new line, but yes, not if there is a serious syntax error (like a missing } or ;).

If Control + Space does not work, try pressing Control + S (Save) first, to see if there is a serious syntax error.

As far as a master list of commands, no, there is not that right now, but I hear the call, and I'll try to put something together.

There was (and is) a reason why a lot of commands are omitted. set_string is obscured because I don't think it is required for simple adventure games.

It's a slippery slope really when you start down the path of what's useful to intermediate users. I think that a lot of people here are moving way beyond the simple use-cases and into intermediate / advanced use cases.

I did have a separate version of Adventuron planned for that, without the "classroom" monikor.

I will reveal set_string to the autocomplete in the next release, but I believe "add" has always been there, from day one of classroom. I certainly added "append" to the list of revealed commands.

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