The line command is used to display what characters say. Every line is associated with a character and the text between the element's tags will be shown on the textbox associated with the character.
Because displaying lines of text is so common in a visual novel, the line command has its own special syntax (see below).
The text of a line command can contain both local and global variables, as well as HTML.
Normal usage:
(( n: Hello World! ))
Where "n" is the name of the character which speaks the line.
With a local variable:
(( n: Hello {$name}! ))
With a global (persistent) variable:
(( n: Hello {$$name} ))
Inserting HTML directly (since version 0.3.0):
(( n: And <a href="http://webstoryengine.org">this</a> is a link. ))
- s: The speaker, which is a character's internal name.
- ifvar: See conditionals
- ifvalue: See conditionals
- ifnot: See conditionals
- stop: If set to false, the story will continue on the next command without requiring user input.
Please note: If you want to use attributes other than the speaker name, you have to use the normal element syntax, not the special form for the line command! Example:
. line s n, ifvar foo, ifvalue bar, -stop :
Bla bla bla!
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- none; element is supposed to contain text