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For reasons that are totally my own, I am going to need a way of inputting a text string which is likely to be hundreds, even thousands of characters long, all of which will be necessary. I could use an input box, but I remember reading that there's a way of making a big text box, that looks something like this:

(cool use of dm tags, huh?) I think it had something to do with Topic(), which is not one of my strong points. Thanks in advance.
I think you're thinking of the message type:

Instead of input(something) as text,
You might use input(something) as message

Also, with 4.0 interfaces, you could make a window and create an input control to your own size preferences, set it to multi-line, and you're good to go.
You're probably referring to-
input() as message

It won't necessarily contain such a humongous string, but then you can always split it.
Anyway, for the full list of input types, look here:
http://www.byond.com/docs/ref/info.html#/verb/arguments
(using a verb argument is basically like using input())
In response to Kuraudo S.
That's the one, thanks.
In response to Kaioken
Oooh, question! How can you set the default text in an input box? Like, one that says "Please input your name", how would you make the default text be your current name?
In response to Adam753
In dream maker, hit F1. Then start typing 'input'.

Go to the input proc topic and you'll see this:

Format:
input(Usr=usr,Message,Title,Default) as Type in List