Strip extra separators in show element command

Eat leading and trailing "." separators in the show element command,
so that it will consistently search the element set for the
corresponding simplified element names.

diff --git a/lib/mudpy/misc.py b/lib/mudpy/misc.py
index b3f2e25..1dc6b3d 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/mudpy/misc.py
+++ b/lib/mudpy/misc.py
@@ -2183,8 +2183,8 @@ def command_show(actor, parameters):
     elif arguments[0] == "element":
         if len(arguments) != 2:
             message = "You must specify one element."
-        elif arguments[1] in universe.contents:
-            element = universe.contents[arguments[1]]
+        elif arguments[1].strip(".") in universe.contents:
+            element = universe.contents[arguments[1].strip(".")]
             message = ("These are the properties of the \"" + arguments[1]
                        + "\" element (in \"" + element.origin.filename
                        + "\"):$(eol)")