From ae4d3b69ef049469cf597680de76c9a6c531b892 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Howard Abrams <howard.abrams@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2025 16:09:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix capitalization when more than one character in a room

---
 typeclasses/rooms.py | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/typeclasses/rooms.py b/typeclasses/rooms.py
index bf030e1..8bf107e 100644
--- a/typeclasses/rooms.py
+++ b/typeclasses/rooms.py
@@ -22,6 +22,32 @@ from .objects import ObjectParent
 _SEARCH_AT_RESULT = utils.object_from_module(settings.SEARCH_AT_RESULT)
 
 
+def articlize_character(character, capitalize=False):
+    """
+    Return a simple character with article prefix.
+    """
+    if capitalize:
+        article = "A"
+    else:
+        article = "a"
+
+    if character == "" or match(r"^\|b[A-Z]", character):
+        return character
+    elif match(r"^\|b*[aeiou]", character):
+        return f"{article}n " + character
+    else:
+        return f"{article} " + character
+
+def captialize_characters(characters):
+    """
+    Capitalizes and prefixes an article on string of characters.
+    Assuming one per line.
+    """
+    char_list = characters.split("\n")
+    updated = [articlize_character(ch, True) for ch in char_list]
+    return "\n".join(updated)
+
+
 class Room(ObjectParent, ExtendedRoom, ContribRPRoom):
     """
     Rooms are like any Object, except their location is None
@@ -70,7 +96,9 @@ class Room(ObjectParent, ExtendedRoom, ContribRPRoom):
             also = ''
 
         if num_chars > 2:
-            return f"You {also}see the following characters:\n" + char_list
+            return f"You {also}see the following characters:" + \
+                captialize_characters(char_list)
+
         if num_chars > 1:
             character = char_list.strip()
             if character.startswith('|'):