Explanation of various skin.dmf window types

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Dec 12 2016, 6:53 pm
Is there somewhere with explanations of the various windows that you can size and place in skin.dmf? I'm trying to use the << operator to output text to the player's text window but can't seem to get it to work. usr << "Text" does not output the text whenever I run the verb during runtime. I suppose that's my main issue, but I also want to get an explanation of what each window does.
Dec 12 2016, 7:30 pm
For your issue look into the output() proc.

This resource covers basically everything you can do with skin files: http://www.byond.com/docs/ref/skinparams.html
Dec 12 2016, 7:46 pm
Thank you for the output() advice, but I'm wondering why << and a text string doesn't automatically output the information?
Dec 12 2016, 10:45 pm
Is the "text window" an output control? If so, make sure the "Default" option is ticked for it inside the interface. There should be only a single "default" output control. Additional output controls require you to use the output() proc, as Reformist said.