Can I define a character with kind=extend?

[IF Classics]

Let me present the problem differently...

Can I define a character as such:

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define extendright = Character(None, kind=extend, what_min_width=800, what_text_align = 1.0)

When I try, I get this error:

"TypeError: function() argument 1 must be code, not None"

What is it looking for in the "name" argument???

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[First time I asked the question]

If I have these statements:

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m "This is a sentence."
extend "This is another sentence."

How do I apply "text_align = 1.0" to the "extend" special character so "This is another sentence" gets right aligned?

I don't know how to write the code.

Thanks for your help.

[mjshi]

Just for clarification, are you attempting to have something like

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|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|This is a sentence.[player click]                       This is another sentence.|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

happen in the text box?

[IF Classics]

Thanks for your question. I oversimplified the problem.

Yes, your picture is good, BUT "This is another sentence" would be on the next line down (i.e. on its own line).

Basically, I don't know how to apply any style properties to the "extend" special character.

[mjshi]

Hmm, I'm not sure if it's possible to do something like that.

As a temporary solution (if this text style to extend thing doesn't occur very often) you could try using the {space= integer} and /n tags.

A bit of prior warning, though- you'll need to manually adjust the integer until it "looks right".

Example:

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label start:

    e "You've created a new Ren'Py game.\n"

    extend "{space=600}Right align!"

    return

[Alex]

This looks more like you trying to show the words of two characters at the same time.
http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewto ... ow#p324575

Also, you could try nvl-mode (with some customization).
http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewto ... 51&t=17232
http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewto ... t=nvl+line
http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewto ... two+window