Fix a small bug when displaying names

typeclasses/characters.py

@@ -91,9 +91,10 @@ class Character(Object, GenderCharacter, ContribRPCharacter):
         else:
             self.db.visited = True
             self.db.tutorstate = 0
-            self.fix_letter()
             TutorBird.do_start_tutorial(self)
             self.msg(INTRO)
+
+        self.fix_letter()
         self.account.db._last_puppet = self
 
     def at_pre_unpuppet(self, **kwargs):
@@ -180,6 +181,12 @@ class Character(Object, GenderCharacter, ContribRPCharacter):
         letter.location = self
 
     def fix_letter(self):
+        """
+        Adjust the letter initially created for the character.
+
+        This replaces the weird, auto-generated name with the
+        character's actual name.
+        """
         letter = self.search('letter', location=self)
         if letter:
             text = sub(r"My dear [^,]*", f"My dear {self.name}", letter.db.inside)

typeclasses/rooms.py

@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ def articlize_character(character, capitalize=False):
     else:
         article = "a"
 
-    if character == "" or match(r"^\|b[A-Z]", character):
+    if character == "" or match(r"^\|[bm][A-Z]", character):
         return character
-    elif match(r"^\|b*[aeiou]", character):
+    elif match(r"^\|[bm][aeiou]", character):
         return f"{article}n " + character
     else:
         return f"{article} " + character

typeclasses/things.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 from random import choice, random, randint
+from re import match, IGNORECASE
 from enum import Enum
 
 from evennia import create_script
@@ -19,8 +20,6 @@ from utils.word_list import routput, choices
 from .scripts import KnockScript
 from .objects import Object
 
-import re
-
 
 class CoinPurse(Object):
     """
@@ -525,7 +524,7 @@ class Knocker(Object):
         for [regex, convo_state, responses, new_state] in self.all_responses:
             full_regex = r".*" + regex + r".*"
 
-            if re.match(full_regex, message, re.IGNORECASE) \
+            if match(full_regex, message, IGNORECASE) \
                and curr_state.value >= convo_state.value:
                 # logger.info(f"Spoke: {message}, matched: {full_regex} and {curr_state} >= {convo_state}")