===== <> ===== The <> macro presents the player with a set of passage links, presented in a bullet-point list, that can only be clicked once per game. ====Usage==== >%%<<%%actions //"string"// ... %%>>%% An unlimited number of strings can be provided to <>. Each string is interpreted as a passage title, and produces a link to that passage using the title as the link text. ==== Motivating example === Suppose you're writing a passage like this: > The door opens into a narrow sloping corridor which leads into another chamber. The walls are covered with hieroglyphics, and there are three clay pots standing on top of a stone table. Will you: > > Lift the lid of the white pot? Turn to **14** > Lift the lid of the black pot? Turn to **156** > Lift the lid of the red pot? Turn to **183** > Walk through the chamber to the archway in the far wall? Turn to **20** (Ian Livingstone, //Temple of Terror//) Lifting the lid of one pot shouldn't preclude the protagonist from lifting the lid of another afterwards — assuming, of course, that the pots don't kill the protagonist (which, unfortunately, they often do in these kinds of gamebooks). The <> macro shows the reader a list of choices, excluding any he has already seen. You can combine this with the [[<>]] macro to implement the passage above: :: Pot Chamber The door opens into a narrow sloping corridor which leads into another chamber. The walls are covered with hieroglyphics, and there are three clay pots standing on top of a stone table. <> :: Pot actions <> :: Lift the lid of the white pot There are chocolates inside! And they're delicious. <> :: Lift the lid of the black pot There's licorice inside. You've never been that much of a fan, but maybe someone you encounter on your quest will like them. <> :: Lift the lid of the red pot It's empty! Looks like someone got here before you did. <> :: Walk to the archway You continue on your brave quest... The reader can open one, none, or several pots in the room before proceeding onward.