On Monday 09 October 2006 02:16 am Mark Wedel wrote: > ............. Is that extra logic still needed, or is it sufficient to just > track the last message an print repeat counts? > > I'm thinking that if this is most often just used for things like search > locks or other repeated checks, just buffering/repeating the last message > would be sufficient, and is certainly a bit simpler to do. > > The disadvantage is that if there is a bunch of other messages being > generated as you search for traps (say your suffering from poisoning), that > would cause the search messages to get broken up, etc. > > Thoughts?
As long as one can control, to some extent, how much garbage scrolls by in the client I for one don't really care how it is handled. I do use the split message window feature in the GTKv1 client to keep the hit, etcetera messages separate from conversations so that helps some. Gene Alexander -- Mandriva Linux release 2006.0 (Official) for i586 12:13:32 up 1 day, 4:26, 9 users, load average: 0.02, 0.06, 0.08 ERA Computers & Consulting - http://www.eracc.com/ <- get VOIP here! eComStation, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenServer & UnixWare preloads & sales _______________________________________________ crossfire mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire
