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"Waiting For Room Description 01" by Jay Goemmer

The story headline is "An Interactive Example".

Include Basic Screen Effects by Emily Short.

When play begins: [This displays the introduction before the title.]
clear the screen;
say "[line break][line break]Introductory text.[paragraph break]";
say "[bracket]MORE[close bracket]";
wait for any key;
clear the screen;
say "[line break]";
say "[banner text]";
say "[line break]";
say "[bracket]MORE[close bracket]";
wait for any key ;
say "[line break]".
[;
move the player to Opening_Room. ]
      [ Forces looking at room. ]
      
Opening_Room is a room.  The printed name is "Middle of Nowhere".  The description is "Well, here you are.  *Again.*"

This is the post-initial-banner rule:
   wait for any key;
   clear the screen.

The post-initial-banner rule is listed after the display banner rule in the startup rules.
The post-initial-banner rule is listed before the initial room description rule in the startup rules.

"Waiting For Room Description 02" by Jay Goemmer

The story headline is "An Interactive Example".

Include Basic Screen Effects by Emily Short.

When play begins: [This displays the introduction before the title.]
clear the screen;
say "[line break][line break]Introductory text.[paragraph break]";
say "[bracket]MORE[close bracket]";
wait for any key;
clear the screen;
say "[line break]".
      

[ Thanks yet again to Andrew "zarf" Plotkin for coming to the rescue (yet again!) with the layout for the following three pieces of code. ]

This is the post-initial-banner rule:
  say "[bracket]MORE[close bracket]";
  wait for any key;
  say "[line break]".

The post-initial-banner rule is listed after the display banner rule in the startup rules.
The post-initial-banner rule is listed before the initial room description rule in the startup rules.


Opening_Room is a room.  The printed name is "Middle of Nowhere".  The description is "Well, here you are.  *Again.*"


[ I'm trying to print the banner text, followed by a MORE prompt, and *then* the room description with the status line. ]

[ Example transcript:


Introductory text.

[MORE]

(Clears screen)

Waiting For Room Description 02
An Interactive Example by Jay Goemmer
Release 1 / Serial number 121130 / Inform 7 build 6G60 (I6/v6.32 lib 6/12N) SD

[MORE]

Middle of Nowhere
Well, here you are.  *Again.*

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(Status line is active.) ]