Inform 5.5 for Dos 386+, ASK - problem


11 Oct 1995 21:37:25 GMT

I use Inform 5.5 (v1502/a) for DOS 386+, the one currently at ftp.gmd.de.
I can't get the Ask command to work. When I (f.x.) have:

Object Nixon "Nixon" white_house
has animate proper
with name "nixon",
description "The former president.",
life [;
Ask: if (noun == 'watergate') "~Who sent you?~"; "~I don't know.~";
];

and then type:

>ask nixon about watergate
"I don't know."

Which is wrong. It is not only in my code it goes wrong - if I compile the
example game TOYSHOP.INF, I don't get the messages I should when I `ask boy
about cubes' or `ask boy about toys', but just "Dunno.".

What is wrong?