From 136012e0733abf7c501f3eedee9e66e653245938 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathanael Nerode Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 22:01:12 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update Style guide with technical correction. --- Nathanael Nerode/Nathanael's Extension Style Guide.txt | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Nathanael Nerode/Nathanael's Extension Style Guide.txt b/Nathanael Nerode/Nathanael's Extension Style Guide.txt index fdb6e329..ba727556 100644 --- a/Nathanael Nerode/Nathanael's Extension Style Guide.txt +++ b/Nathanael Nerode/Nathanael's Extension Style Guide.txt @@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ You might put a few related Definitions together. (7) Each related group of say-phrases or decide-phrases should get their own Section, with no rules in it. -Replacing a section is, again, the only way to override say-phrases. +Replacing a section is, again, the only reliable way to override say-phrases. +Inform 7 will let you make multiple identical say-phrases and has a priority system for overriding, +but it's far too finicky to rely on. You probably want one section for each say-phrase, unless you have several closely related say-phrases. It is OK to put "to say a blorb", "to say the blorb", and "to say blorb" in the same section. The same is true of "to decide which..." phrases. Each one should get its own Section.