Take is the Inform verb for taking objects off the floor; Remove is the
verb for taking them out of containers. (This is not to be confused
with TAKE THING vs. REMOVE THING -- I'm speaking of the names of the
verbs in the source code, not the dictionary words.) Thus, it's often
desirable to have two different "after" messages for each verb: The problem is that the unmodified library produces the following
transcript: The lines producing this unfortunate behavior are found in VerbLibm.h: Note that if there is an after routine for Take, it will override the
after routine for Remove -- even though this is the Remove routine!
To give Remove its proper precedence over the less specific Take,
simply switch the two lines beginning with "action".
About Patches
Issue L60706
TAKE/REMOVE messages mixed up
Submitted by: Adam Cadre
Appeared in: Library 6/7 or before
Fixed in: Library 6/10
Problem
after [;
Take: "You reel the black cable out a bit.";
Remove:
"You pull the cable out of the input jack.";
];
>TAKE CABLE
You reel the black cable out a bit.
>PUT CABLE IN JACK
You plug the black cable into the input jack.
>TAKE CABLE
You reel the black cable out a bit.
Solution
[ RemoveSub i;
i=parent(noun);
if (i has container && i hasnt open) return L__M(##Remove,1,noun);
if (i~=second) return L__M(##Remove,2,noun);
if (i has animate) return L__M(##Take,6,i);
if (AttemptToTakeObject(noun)) rtrue;
action=##Take; if (AfterRoutines()==1) rtrue;
action=##Remove; if (AfterRoutines()==1) rtrue;
if (keep_silent==1) rtrue;
return L__M(##Remove,3,noun);
];
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