Typing in for skill?

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May 7 2010, 11:29 pm (Edited on May 8 2010, 12:40 am)
How would I go by clicking on a skill and a text box pops up and I enter a macro that will allow me to use that skill.

Example: I Click on Blast, text box pops up. And I type in A. Now everytime I press "A" it will use Blast.

How would I go on by doing something like that?
And also how could I limit it to lets say only "A,S,D,F"?
Or something in that area?

I would imagine it being something like

mob/verb/test()
    usr.test2=input("Type in either A,S,D or F in box"," Macro") as text
    if(usr.test2=="A")
       //Do whatever here...

Again I don't really know how I would do this which is why I'm kinda asking...
Also I would like it to work with Multiple Skills.
Is it possible to do it without the skills sharing same name or whatever????
May 8 2010, 9:36 am
I love how my question is skipped >.>
May 8 2010, 10:07 am
In response to Isenggard
let's see.. I'm not quite sure on how to do these kinds of things but.

This might help you along.

http://www.byond.com/ members/?command=reference&path=client%2Fvar%2Fscript%2Fmacr o

And as for the restriction of keys.
var/list/L = list("a","s","d","w")

obj/blast
    icon = 'Blastskill.dmi' // or w.e
    Click()
        var/newmac = input("Select either A,S,D or W as a macro","Macro") as text
        if(newmac in L)
            // do changestuff here.
        else
            // do "not valid key" stuff here.
            return
May 8 2010, 10:33 am
In response to Zeppo
Okay the restrictions I appreciate the help with that. But the link.... It's something I already read. That doesn't really help me with using the verb?

how would I go by assigning the A,S,D and W as macros?
I can easily do it in the interface but how would I go by adding commands do the macro which can be used to use the skill or any other skill that is placed with that macro?
May 8 2010, 11:56 am
In response to Isenggard
May 8 2010, 2:02 pm
In response to Zeppo
I know how to use macros. But I just need to know how to assign the macro different verbs.
like how would i go by using skills with a common verb or proc like

obj/skill
proc/test()
blast
test()
usr<<"Bam"
May 9 2010, 1:19 am
In response to Isenggard
Not sure i know what you're getting at but. as it said in the link i gave you.

"A new macro can be added to a macro set at runtime by including a parent parameter, which points to the ID of an existing macro set. Using the example above, Ctrl+E could be added as a macro at runtime like so:

winset(usr, "myCtrlEmacro", "parent=macro1;name=Ctrl+E;command=exit")"

Macros that were added this way can also be deleted again by setting their parent to a blank value.

winset(usr, "macro1.myCtrlEmacro", "parent=").

mob/var/list/macos = list()

mob/verb/Set_Macro()
    var/macroname = input("name the macro") as text
    usr.macos.Add(macroname)
    var/command = input("The command verb") as text //ex. "Say","Punch","Train","Rest" etc..
    var/key = input("key to execute with") as text // wsad?
    winset(usr,"[macroname]","parent=macro;name=[key];command=[command]")

mob/verb/change_makro(var/a in macos)
    winset(usr, "macro.[a]", "parent=") //delete the old one
    usr.macos.Remove(a)
    var/macroname = input("name the macro") as text//make a new one
    usr.macos.Add(macroname)
    var/command = input("The command verb") as text 
    var/key = input("key to execute with") as text 
    winset(usr,"[macroname]","parent=macro;name=[key];command=[command]")

Now this is just out of my head and i haven't tested it.
May 9 2010, 2:21 am
In response to Zeppo
Thanks for continuously helping me =D that's mighty nice of you, but I solved it =P