<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD --> <!--X-From-R13: Pra Uerrne <terrneNploreuvtujnl.arg> --> <!--X-Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 22:16:45 -0800 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Pine.LNX.3.96.981103230437.9006A-100000#shamen,cyberhighway.net --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 199811040424.VAA07346@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00750.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00752.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00741.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00755.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00751">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00751">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00751">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Ben Greear <<A HREF="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 23:07:33 -0700 (MST)</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> The good folks at Gimp (Or maybe it was Gnome) came up with a good tool that works similar to javadoc, except on c++ code. I can't remember the name right now, but I like it's results. I use it at work, so will try to remember to look up it's name and let you all know. Though I probably won't be contributing much to DevMUD, I'll put my meagre vote in for plain-text docs. Write tools to generate the html/postscript or whatever from that plain text if need be. On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Chris Gray wrote: > [Niklas Elmqvist:] > > >Experimental MUD features? Good enough, but would it fuddle things if we > >added "next-generation MUD server"? At least as a secondary goal? > > Not unless you define what is meant by "next-generation MUD server". As > it is, it means nothing to me. What "generation" are we at now, and > what would distinguish DevMUD from it? > > >*Very* important, IMHO. This ties in nicely with the "educational" goal. > >We probably need a standard document format which can be easily converted > >to HTML, PostScript, info, etc... I'm far from familiar with this area but > >maybe a SGML DTD could be used? And how about source code documentation? > > I'm a strong believer in source code documentation, myself. That way, it > doesn't get lost. Having to bring up some tool or other just to read > documentation either slows me down (likely I'd have to find the tool on > the net and install it first!), or make me not bother reading the docs > at all. I know I'm impossibly old-fashioned, but give me straight > text anyday! > > -- > Don't design inefficiency in - it'll happen in the implementation. - me > > Chris Gray cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA > > -- > MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future. > Ben Greear (greear#cyberhighway,net) <A HREF="http://www.primenet.com/~greear">http://www.primenet.com/~greear</A> Author of ScryMUD: mud.primenet.com 4444 <A HREF="http://www.primenet.com/~greear/ScryMUD/scry.html">http://www.primenet.com/~greear/ScryMUD/scry.html</A> </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00755" HREF="msg00755.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Jo Dillon <emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00741" HREF="msg00741.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Chris Gray <cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00750.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00752.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00741.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00755.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00751"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00751"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00738" HREF="msg00738.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong>, ApplePiMan <a href="mailto:ApplePiMan#aol,com">ApplePiMan#aol,com</a>, Wed 04 Nov 1998, 02:40 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00739" HREF="msg00739.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong>, James Wilson <a href="mailto:jwilson#rochester,rr.com">jwilson#rochester,rr.com</a>, Wed 04 Nov 1998, 03:23 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00740" HREF="msg00740.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Wed 04 Nov 1998, 04:17 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00741" HREF="msg00741.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Wed 04 Nov 1998, 04:26 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00751" HREF="msg00751.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Wed 04 Nov 1998, 06:16 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00755" HREF="msg00755.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong>, Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Wed 04 Nov 1998, 10:48 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00770" HREF="msg00770.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Thu 05 Nov 1998, 01:22 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00750" HREF="msg00750.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong>, ApplePiMan <a href="mailto:ApplePiMan#aol,com">ApplePiMan#aol,com</a>, Wed 04 Nov 1998, 06:05 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00758" HREF="msg00758.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: My vision for DevMUD</A></strong>, James Wilson <a href="mailto:jwilson#rochester,rr.com">jwilson#rochester,rr.com</a>, Wed 04 Nov 1998, 12:32 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>