On 03-01-15 19.28, "Greg Buxton" <gbuxton@maple.he.net> wrote: >> What happens if I don't know I am using a really dumb terminal and hit y > at >> that prompt, or have it turned on? > > Someone looks at you and says, "What did you do, Ray?" "I hit yes at the 'enhanced editor' prompt, and apparently the editor is so enhanced that I need Blowfish to decrypt all the crud on my screen." > The one large concern I have with this unknown "enhanced editor" is that to > be like any real text editor (in any OS) it would have to be character > based, > yet by nature muds are line based. If it will use a method of redrawing the entire screen for each change... I really have to bring out my "Flames 101" book. On the other hand, if it uses a system like Jed or Pico, and we/somebody can make it work with CircleMUD with all the arts of terminal detection, then I am all of a sudden a little more interested. The first thing that pops into mind is of course: "full text spell checker." Of course, I could write one of those using Ispell and just marking the errant words, but, with a Jed-like interface I could actually go through the words and change them on the fly if I wanted. Pipe dream, yes, I know. > (And for the record, yes, I was trying to be humorous with my response of > "Do you wish to use the enhanced editor." Under the irony of "Ask a silly > question..." and all that. Of course, the fact remains that's probably the > simplest of methods of doing it. But hey, that's just my opinion... (hears > a faint voice echo '... but I could be wrong.') I know, I know. That didn't stop me from making just another smart-assed reply, did it? I am like a freight train filled with poorly devised commentary and gratuitous rants. "Hey, Ray, what's that?!" *smack* Regards, /Torgny -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | | Newbie List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/circle-newbies/ | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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