[alicebot-style] Re: alicebot-style digest, Vol 1 #90 - 2 msgs Hello:

Sat, 23 Aug 2003 18:11:54 -0400

I need two of those avatars, a dog and a cat can you help me.
Thanks in advance.

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> From: Emiliano De Laurentiis <edl@knowledgeenvironments.com>
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> Subject: [alicebot-style] topic
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> I understand how to set a topic  but I have two questions related to=20
> topics.
>
> First: when in a topic, does the bot ignore any categories outside of=20
> the topic. For example in this situation:
>
> <category><pattern>1</pattern></category>
>
> <category> <pattern>2</pattern> </category>
>
> <topic name=3D"ABC *">
> <category> <pattern> 3 </pattern> </category>
> <category> <pattern> 4 </pattern> </category>
> </topic>
>
> Is the input "2" ignored when the topic is "ABC?"
>
> Second question:
>
> How do I get out of a topic. If most of my categories are not=20
> topic-related, but I have one section which is bounded by a topic, how=20=
>
> do I indicate that we are clearly no longer on topic?
>
> Thanks in advance for your response.
>
> -- Emiliano
>
> [413] 458-5611
> [413] 441-7177 cell
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> Knowledge converted to Knowledge Avatars=99=
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> I understand how to set a topic  but I have two questions related to
> topics.
>
>
> First: when in a topic, does the bot ignore any categories outside of
> the topic. For example in this situation:
>
>
> <<category><<pattern>1<</pattern><</category>
>
>
> <<category> <<pattern>2<</pattern> <</category>
>
>
> <<topic name=3D"ABC *">
>
> <<category> <<pattern> 3 <</pattern> <</category>
>
> <<category> <<pattern> 4 <</pattern> <</category>
>
> <</topic>
>
>
> Is the input "2" ignored when the topic is "ABC?"
>
>
> Second question:
>
>
> How do I get out of a topic. If most of my categories are not
> topic-related, but I have one section which is bounded by a topic, how
> do I indicate that we are clearly no longer on topic?
>
>
> Thanks in advance for your response.
>
>
> <italic><color><param>0000,8080,0000</param>-- Emiliano
>
>
> [413] 458-5611
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> [413] 441-7177 cell
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> Knowledge Environments, Inc. <<http://www.knowledgeenvironments.com>
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> Message: 2
> From: "Anne Kootstra" <anne@aiml.info>
> To: <alicebot-style@list.alicebot.org>
> Subject: RE: [alicebot-style] topic
> Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 20:35:29 +0200
> Reply-To: alicebot-style@list.alicebot.org
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>
> First question:
>
> Categories that don't have a topic are always available when an input is
> matched. The only time this isn't the case when the category outside a
> topic and a category inside a topic have the exact same pattern.
>
> In this case when the topic has been set, the category inside the topic
> will prevail over the topicless category. This is a situation that is
> created when an answer must be different to the exact same question; for
> example when creating an emotion mechanism.
>
> In your example '2' will still be available.
>
> Second question.
> Generally if you don't have conflicting categories this will sort out
> itself. As long as the category that sets a particular topic isn't
> inside a topic itself or has a duplicate category inside an active
> topic, this shouldn't prove to be a problem. The other topic will
> overwrite the last one, and the general topicless categories aren't
> affected anyway.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> I understand how to set a topic but I have two questions related to
> topics.
>
> First: when in a topic, does the bot ignore any categories outside of
> the topic. For example in this situation:
>
> <category><pattern>1</pattern></category>
>
> <category> <pattern>2</pattern> </category>
>
> <topic name="ABC *">
> <category> <pattern> 3 </pattern> </category>
> <category> <pattern> 4 </pattern> </category>
> </topic>
>
> Is the input "2" ignored when the topic is "ABC?"
>
> Second question:
>
> How do I get out of a topic. If most of my categories are not
> topic-related, but I have one section which is bounded by a topic, how
> do I indicate that we are clearly no longer on topic?
>
> Thanks in advance for your response.
>
> -- Emiliano
>
> [413] 458-5611
> [413] 441-7177 cell
> Knowledge Environments, Inc. <http://www.knowledgeenvironments.com>
> Knowledge converted to Knowledge AvatarsT
>
>
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