Can I put line breaks in the links? (Twine 2.1.3, Sugarcube 2.18)

Question

Hello, folks!

I am a total noob trying to write interactive pulp poetry, rather than prose, and am seeking a way to put line breaks inside the links so that they appear as poetic couplets.

For example, there might be a rhyming passage in which a guy catches his gal with another man, and the links/choices should look like this:

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Enraged, I break her lover's neck and flee,

now all the county's cops are after me.

 

A devastating blow, but I'll be kind,

despite the killer's fury in my mind.

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Simply hitting "Enter" in the edit screen does not work (no links created), nor does the <br> tag (includes the tag as text). Does markup work inside the links?

This seems like a fairly simple thing - apologies if it's been discussed; I could not find it.

Bottomless thanks!

-B.

Answer 1

Alright. After 'some testing' - you CAN create links. Through the <<link>> macro - BUT... you have to make it into one single line. I'll show you.

<<link "Dwarf on the Wharf,\nAlone by himself\nPining for those who woof." "Passage name">><</link>>

Notice the \n? That's the newline code for Javascript I believe. And the Passage Name you'll just supply where to lead the reader to a new passage  but keep in mind - <<link>> works with \n, and [[ ]] links apparently doesn't. And for using <<link>> macros - you'd have to create the passage manually, since the macro doesn't auto-create Passages once you exit the previous passage.

Hope that helps some? If anyone knows a simpler way to do this - please chime in. Plus I believe you can do \n\n to create a space in between each line.

 

Comments

Another way you could also achieve the same result is by using HTML Attributes like so:

<a data-passage="Name of target Passage">Enraged, I break her lover's neck and flee,
now all the county's cops are after me. 

A devastating blow, but I'll be kind,
despite the killer's fury in my mind.
</a>

,,, you will also need to manually create the target Passage if you use this method.

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Thanks much, guys! Will try these tips out after a brief vacation.

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Intriguing. I'll try that as well. (Yep, just tried it out. It does let you do it without having to use the \n code. The last one may be a bit simpler, but the Passages do not have any "connector" lines with <a data-passage> code or <<link>> coding. But both work.