>Rubbing a clove of garlic on a gray stone to see if it went "scritch,

>scritch": "You make scratch marks on the stone".

diff --git a/src/apply.c b/src/apply.c
index b11c00e0921489c82303f5734e952cac211b718a..f127f17b57600985c8c3dde09c9ff2fbded0bf7c 100644 (file)
--- a/src/apply.c
+++ b/src/apply.c
@@ -1827,7 +1827,7 @@ struct obj *otmp;
        struct obj *obj;
        char allowall[3];
        const char *color = 0;
-       static const char *ambiguous = "You make scratch marks on the stone.";
+       static const char *ambiguous_scratch = "You make scratch marks on the stone.";
        const char *scritch = "\"scritch, scritch\"";
        unsigned material;
 
@@ -1866,7 +1866,7 @@ struct obj *otmp;
        }
 
        if (material == LIQUID || material == WAX ||
-               material == CLOTH || material == WOOD) {
+               material == CLOTH || material == WOOD || material == GOLD) {
            switch(material) {
            case LIQUID:
                if (!obj->known)
@@ -1887,12 +1887,24 @@ struct obj *otmp;
                goto see_streaks;       /* okay even if not touchstone */
                /*NOTREACHED*/
                break;
+           case GOLD:
+               color = "golden";
+               goto see_streaks;
+               /*NOTREACHED*/
+               break;
            }
            return;
        }
-
+       if (is_flimsy(obj)) {
+           /* Objects passing the is_flimsy() test will not
+               scratch a stone.  They will leave streaks on
+               non-touchstones and touchstones alike */
+           color = c_obj_colors[objects[obj->otyp].oc_color];
+           goto see_streaks;
+       }
+       
        if (otmp->otyp != TOUCHSTONE) {
-           pline(ambiguous);
+           pline(ambiguous_scratch);
            return;
        }
 
@@ -1917,7 +1929,7 @@ struct obj *otmp;
            /* FALLTHROUGH */
          case RING_CLASS:
            if (objects[obj->otyp].oc_material == GLASS) {
-               pline(ambiguous); /* yet not amibguous if a known touchstone */
+               pline(ambiguous_scratch); /* yet not ambiguous if a known touchstone */
                return;
            }
            color = c_obj_colors[objects[obj->otyp].oc_color];