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Begin a dialog template.

In Bixby, a dialog is a dynamically-generated message that gives status information, presents results, asks questions, or otherwise communicates with the user. Bixby has default dialog for many prompts and actions; you can create dialog templates to customize and improve these messages, tailoring them to your capsule.

Dialog is separate from, but complementary to, Bixby Views. Bixby's dialog appears on a device's screen at the top, in the conversation zone.

You must place each unique dialog in its own *.dialog.bxb file. This file must be in the appropriate locale-specific resources folder.

Example

In its simplest form, a dialog file looks like this:

// resources/en-US/dialog/NumDice.dialog.bxb
dialog (Concept) {
  match: NumDice
  template ("Number of dice")
}

The template begins by specifying a Dialog Mode. Then it specifies a match pattern and a template, the actual dialog text.

EBNF Grammar

This is the EBNF grammar for Bixby dialog templates.

template                 = { literal | eval | optional | agreement eval | agreement source } ;
eval                     = "#{" , expression , "}" ;
optional                 = "[" , { template } , "]" ;
agreement source         = "%{" , agreement id , ":" , template , "}" ;
agreement eval           = "@{" , agreement id , agreement class symbol , ":" , agreement class variants, "}" ;
agreement class symbol   = alpha character ;
agreement class variants = literal , { "," , literal } ;
literal                  = { anything - ( "#{" | "[" | "%[" | "@{" ) } ;