>In our small world, online editors mean "an editor interface you >access via the mud". Which means we have to limit ourself to a text >interface, somewhere in the 24x80 screen size. Online editors mean, >roughly, Oasis or Obuild (or some derivation of the same). > >Technically, an offline editor that also connects to a mud and >updates things in real time could be called an online editor - however to >do so would only confuse people, and serve no purpose. I'm a simple >person, and I usually don't bother with semantics without a good reason. >Confusing people isn't a good reason. > >So, it's an offline editor, optionally with real time updating. ahhh...scuse me...I'm kinda new here and I was envisioning an offline editor as one that worked while you were NOT connected to the mud...hence the title offline...I am a simple person and the idea of an offline editor that is actually online while you are using it threw me...an online editor with a GUI, now that I get. Forgive my ignorance of the lingo, but reckless misuse of proper semantics can confuse as easily as misunderstood ones. Either way I see what you are doing now and it does create an interesting problem. Thanks for the clarification of on vs. offline editors. Regards Scott -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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