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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Jp Calderone <<A HREF="mailto:exarkun#flashmail,com">exarkun#flashmail,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 17:11:00 -0400</LI>
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Martin C Sweitzer wrote:
>
> Excerpts from mud-dev: 2-Jun-99 Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing by Cynbe ru
> Taren#muq,org
> > useful for flattening the initial learning curve. To the best of my
> > knowledge. ("bag.2" or "bag2" "bag 2" would probably be preferred to
> > "2.bag" though, imho.)
>
> I think the only reason for this is because you can easily increase the number.
>
> ie
>
> get 2.bag vs get bag.2
>
> with the latter it is much easier to increment/decrement the bag number
> (ie when looking or placing things into specific bags) That is what you
> care about when doing this usually.
>
> up arrow
> delete
> increase number
> return
>
> vs
>
> uparrow
> right arrow * numLetterItem
> increase number
> return
>
> msew
Personally, I prefer the diku-style 2.bag. Keystroke count isn't an
issue,
either... The second could just as easily been:
up arrow
ctrl + right arrow
delete
increase number
return
making it constant time (instead of linear based on item name letter
count (: ),
assuming you have a client that implements up and right arrow on the
input
end... I use telnet myself, making this next very useful...
A replacement system (circle uses ^oldstr^newstr),
thusly:
get sword 2.bag
^2^3;^3^4;^4^5
gets a sword from bags 2-5. Not bad? Maybe I am just one of those
unixy-style command type people... To me, the interface doesn't need to
be
overly pretty, it only needs to get my desire across.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00389" HREF="msg00389.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
Katrina McClelan <a href="mailto:kitkat#marcus,pants.nu">kitkat#marcus,pants.nu</a>, Wed 02 Jun 1999, 14:31 GMT
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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="00404" HREF="msg00404.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
Greg Miller <a href="mailto:gmiller#classic-games,com">gmiller#classic-games,com</a>, Wed 02 Jun 1999, 23:25 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="00506" HREF="msg00506.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
Jp Calderone <a href="mailto:exarkun#flashmail,com">exarkun#flashmail,com</a>, Fri 04 Jun 1999, 22:44 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00385" HREF="msg00385.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Wed 02 Jun 1999, 13:49 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00423" HREF="msg00423.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Text Parsing</A></strong>,
Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Thu 03 Jun 1999, 04:07 GMT
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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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