[solved]renpy.display_menu() and displaying the chat box

[Iylae]

So I noticed that the following will display a message in the chatbox when you show a menu:

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menu:
     "This is shown in the chatbox"

     "Menu choice 1":
         jump result1

     "Menu choice 2":
         jump result2

However, I am building dynamic menus using renpy.display_menu(), but I can't find any documentation on a python equivalent of showing a message in the chatbox at the same time as the menu.

Is there a python equivalent that will let me do this, or is there a way of using renpy.display_menu() without hiding the chat box with what was displayed previously?

If it's a complicated solution, I just need a point towards the right functions, not the answer on a plate.

Thanks.

[philat]

Does show_menu() even exist? I don't see it in the documentation... http://www.renpy.org/doc/html/statement ... oice-menus

But in any case, you can use a renpy.say with interact set to False.

renpy.say(None, "blah blah blah", interact=False)

[Iylae]

Should've been display_menu(). My fault, I had written my own function that uses display_menu() and named it show_menu(). Gotten so used to using it now.

Your solution with renpy.say(interact=False) works a charm. That's all I needed, thanks!