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In hack/scripts in a file with a .lua extension. Then type the name of the file (without the extension) in dfhack command prompt to run the script. See the documentation

Thanks, that worked! There was a weird error thing generated afterward, but the actual work details were still put in.

EDIT: No it didn't, it just spammed the first few work details in the list over and over.

Here's error:
...\steamapps\common\Dwarf Fortress//hack/scripts/labor.lua:58: Invalid index in enum.attrs[]
stack traceback:
        [C]: in metamethod '__index'
        ...\steamapps\common\Dwarf Fortress//hack/scripts/labor.lua:58: in local 'script_code'
        ...team\steamapps\common\Dwarf Fortress\hack\lua\dfhack.lua:808: in function 'dfhack.run_script_with_env'
        (...tail calls...)

EDIT2: Seems to be human error on my end, gonna try again.
EDIT3: Yup got it right this time. Including text of labor.lua if anyone else wants it - note, does not assign hauling/construction labors.

Quote from: Gamerlord on January 25, 2023, 12:52:18 am

Does the alpha release have a quick way of handling work details (like automatically making a single detail for each labour)?

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local labors = {
"CARPENTER",
"STONE_CARVER",
"MASON",
"ANIMALTRAIN",
"ANIMALCARE",
"BUTCHER",
"TRAPPER"
}
for i,l in ipairs(labors) do
local detail = df.work_detail:new()
detail.name = df.unit_labor.attrs[l].caption
detail.work_detail_flags.enabled = true
detail.allowed_labors[df.unit_labor[l]] = true
detail.icon = 10+((i-1)%8)
df.global.plotinfo.hauling.work_details:insert('#', detail)
endFill the "labors" list from https://github.com/DFHack/df-structures/blob/c4d78c229aa0edd68a69cd5b19d5ad35a5b71098/df.skills.xml#L841

Thank you my friend. My OCD is truly grateful.

Like, this is the biggest stumbling block keeping me from playing more. It takes me 10-20 minutes to set up work details alone every single time I play a new fortress. It's made worse by how slow back-spacing out the default title of the work detail is.

I would quite literally KILL for a script to run that creates individual work details for every labor and sets them all to Only Selected. I spend 5-10 minutes just setting that shit up every damn time I play.

I have memory issues (we think due to autism/ADHD), and one of the great things about old-style DF was the way the hotkeys were right there. I could fly through menus and build options with a glance. The new updated UI on the Steam version lacks these hotkeys, and seemingly any setting to include them. Rolling over each icon takes exactly as much time as clicking on it, and I can't recall the hotkeys for long enough to settle into game flow. I adore a lot of things about the new UI, but this slows my play-speed down to a horrible crawl that I cannot endure. Please include options to permanently show the hotkeys for buttons on the screen, to make the beautiful new version accessible.

I think every single button with a hotkey option has the hotkey listed in the tooltip if you hover the mouse over.

I know that, but that takes takes just as long as just clicking. I'm looking for a way to append the hotkey to being right next to the option at all times, like it is in the original ui.

Installing Dfhack causes Dwarf Fortress not to open, giving an error.

Fuck, is the site down?