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Chapter 3 - Status Bar

[STATUS BAR]

To say the player's capitalised surroundings:

let the masthead be "[the player's surroundings]" in upper case;

say the masthead.

Table of Fancy Status

Rule for constructing the status line:

fill status bar with Table of Fancy Status;

rule succeeds.

Rule for printing the name of an unvisited room (called the target) while constructing the status line:

let aim be the best route from the location to the target;

say "somewhere [aim]".

After printing the name of a visited room (called the target) while constructing the status line:

let aim be the best route from the location to the target;

if aim is not nothing:

say " ([aim])".

Rule for printing the name of a direction (called the aim) while constructing the status line:

choose row with a heading of the aim in the Table of Abbreviation;

say "[shortcut entry]".

Table of Abbreviation