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Hi.
I would like some advice on programming in TADS.

1. I want to have some columns of tabular data appear, like:

   First     123   Next          7
   Second     45   Almostlast   89
   Third       6   Last          -

   Down in the unreachable internals of TADS, something eats multiple
   spaces.  I have tried a for-loop to say() individual spaces, etc, but they
   all get eaten, resulting in unusable output like

   First 123 Next 7
   Second 45 Almostlast 89
   Third 6 Last -

2. I want to pick up two numbers from user input, like:

   "Sulu, set course to 100 mark 12".

   I did this by defining mark as a preposition, setting it up so 100
   should come back as the direct object and 12 as the indirect object.

   However, what I get from the parser is 100, 100 instead of 100, 12.
   I think this is because there is only ONE INSTANCE of basicNumObj, which
   gets written over internally for each number in the input command.

Any hints?

- Dave Allen allen@viewlogic.com