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  • From: Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] triggers
  • Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:22:56 +0200

On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 08:58:08PM +0300, Juuso Alasuutari wrote:
> On Monday 16 October 2006 15:56, David Kowis wrote:
> > Juuso Alasuutari wrote:
> > <slice>
> >
> > > What I'd like to know is why TRIGGERS isn't updated on scribe reindex,
> > > and could it be so? What are the objections to this kind of change?
> >
> > Uhm, why?
> > Triggers are for when stuff gets cast. Triggers are installed when the
> > software is installed. Not when the grimoire is installed.
>
> I guess triggers are version-specific in that sense (not modified before
> next
> spell install). I can see the point in that...
>
> Does that mean, then, that new triggers should be paired with a REPAIR file
> if
> they're meant to take effect right away, even for older installs of the
> spell? I can see a lot of REPAIRs in the future ahead...

REPAIR files don't help, as TRIGGERS is executed on cast to _record_ the
triggers for later use.

I'm not sure why the dispel-self trigger for deprecations isn't working
on the first cast, I think I can remember that this used to work.

> I'm still entertaining myself with the thought of scribe treating triggers
> as
> a sort of version-agnostic thing, where they're always updated on grimoire
> update for all spells installed, no matter if the spells themselves are
> recast or not. To snap me out of my day dream, I'd like to hear about any
> hazards that this might introduce.

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