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<LI><em>From</em>: Chris Gray <<A HREF="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</A>></LI>
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[Ben Greear:]
> For instance, which of these would you chose to type:
> get the sword from the second bag
> get sword 2.bag
> ge sw 2.bag
Admittedly, I'm a better typist than your average user, so my feelings
will be different. However, I'd be happy with either of the first
two, provided of course that I could drop the 'the's. I don't like the
third, because I don't know what system of abbreviations is allowed.
Above all else I want a predictable interface. I wouldn't have a problem
with the 'ge' (although I don't see the need to abbreviate a 3-letter
command to 2 letters), because I could view that as a fixed abbreviation.
I wouldn't (and don't) know when/where the 'sw' was allowed, so I doubt
I would ever use it.
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Don't design inefficiency in - it'll happen in the implementation.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00393" HREF="msg00393.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
Travis S. Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Wed 02 Jun 1999, 15:52 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00480" HREF="msg00480.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
Martin C Sweitzer <a href="mailto:msew+@andrew.cmu.edu">msew+@andrew.cmu.edu</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 15:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00423" HREF="msg00423.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00419" HREF="msg00419.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 02:41 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00428" HREF="msg00428.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 04:29 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00436" HREF="msg00436.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 05:55 GMT
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