^G prompting

Make the initial prompt for ^G be less verbose.  Only expand to
the verbose form if a second or further try is needed.

Also, remove an orphan comment about is_male() and is_female().
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PatR
2020-12-29 15:44:06 -08:00
parent a1678d62f3
commit b735122c2c

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
/* NetHack 3.7 read.c $NHDT-Date: 1608846072 2020/12/24 21:41:12 $ $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.207 $ */
/* NetHack 3.7 read.c $NHDT-Date: 1609285441 2020/12/29 23:44:01 $ $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.213 $ */
/* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
/*-Copyright (c) Robert Patrick Rankin, 2012. */
/* NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. */
@@ -2625,7 +2625,6 @@ struct _create_particular_data *d;
continue;
}
mx = mtmp->mx, my = mtmp->my;
/* 'is_FOO()' ought to be called 'always_FOO()' */
if (d->maketame) {
(void) tamedog(mtmp, (struct obj *) 0);
} else if (d->makepeaceful || d->makehostile) {
@@ -2691,12 +2690,15 @@ struct _create_particular_data *d;
boolean
create_particular()
{
char buf[BUFSZ] = DUMMY, *bufp;
int tryct = 5;
#define CP_TRYLIM 5
struct _create_particular_data d;
char *bufp, buf[BUFSZ], prompt[QBUFSZ];
int tryct = CP_TRYLIM;
buf[0] = '\0'; /* for EDIT_GETLIN */
Strcpy(prompt, "Create what kind of monster?");
do {
getlin("Create what kind of monster? [type the name or symbol]", buf);
getlin(prompt, buf);
bufp = mungspaces(buf);
if (*bufp == '\033')
return FALSE;
@@ -2706,6 +2708,9 @@ create_particular()
/* no good; try again... */
pline("I've never heard of such monsters.");
/* when a second try is needed, expand the prompt */
if (tryct == CP_TRYLIM - 1)
Strcat(prompt, " [type name or symbol]");
} while (--tryct > 0);
if (!tryct)