GetOption
Script function world.GetOption Read about scripting Type Method Summary Gets value of a named world option Prototype `long GetOption(BSTR OptionName);` View list of data type meanings Description `Gets value of a world option. Many options are booleans (true or false). The number zero represents false (option not set) and the number one represents true (option set). You can use GetOptionList to get a list of the names of all possible options.` VBscript example
    world.note world.getoption ("show_italic")
Jscript example
    /world.note(world.getoption ("show_italic"));
PerlScript example
    /$world->note ($world->getoption ("show_italic"));
Python example
    world.note(world.getoption ("show_italic"))
Lua example
    Note (GetOption ("show_italic"))
Return value
    The value of the requested option, or -1 if the option does not exist.
See Also ... Topic Option setting and retrieval Functions GetAlphaOption (Gets the value of an alphanumeric configuration option) GetAlphaOptionList (Gets the list of world alphanumeric options) GetCurrentValue (Gets the current value of a named world option) GetDefaultValue (Gets the default value of a named world option) GetLoadedValue (Gets value of a named world option, as loaded from the world file) GetOptionList (Gets the list of world options) SetAlphaOption (Sets value of a named world alphanumeric option) SetInputFont (Sets the font for the input window) SetOption (Sets value of a named world option) SetOutputFont (Sets the font for the output window.) (Help topic: function=GetOption) Documentation contents page