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Issue L60709 Implementing a clock Submitted by: Torbjörn Andersson     Appeared in: Library 6/7 or before     Fixed in: Library 6/11 Problem Suppose you want to put a clock in your game. The simplest method would probably be to use the SetTime() function provided by the Inform library, but there is a problem with this. The status line will start displaying hours and minutes instead of score and moves but it will still use the score/moves layout. This is because DrawStatusLine() - which draws the status line -- checks a header flag to see which layout to use, while DisplayStatus() -- which decides what values to print in the status line - checks the value of the_time. Solution Changing the if-statement in DisplayStatus() from if (the_time==NULL) to if ((0->1)&2 == 0) should take care of this.

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