On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 13:16:09 -0600, Patrick Dughi wrote: > You know, the ascii board patch needs a teeeeny bit of work. I >had to put a new copy of it in recently and boy was that annoying. Just >make sure - if you're testing, always erase all the messages before you >start the mud again. If you get reverse message order wrong, and then fix >it, and load up with the messages from befor,e half your board will be in >the wrong order, and you'll spend 2 days trying to figure out why your >'perfect' code doesn't work! ;) > > As for xapobjs, you can grab it too, though I really did promise >alot of people I'd update it. I only prefer that it stay in a seperate >(though obviously related) patch. That way, all my buggy code doesn't >make someone else look bad ! You're more than welcome to lead either or both of those projects, though I'd be happy to help out. If you aren't interested or don't have time I can integrate those. >> I think putting Oasis in stock 3.1 would be the way to go. >> Menu-driven ease of use is much closer to the spirit of the current >> circle community. > > Have to agree with that. It'd be _very_ nice if the terminal >feature determinition code was done. I know I'd much rather navigate a >menu with arrow keys - and it'd just be thrown into char mode for a short >period and back to line mode ... > > Heck, a brave soul could even rewrite the edlin..er.. I mean, >improved editor to work like..well.. pine/pico. I think I'm definitely a line-mode kinda guy. I actually like the improved editor patch, but I can see the need for a more builder-friendly editor. Sam -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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