On 9/6/07, James Paige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 09:10:02AM +0930, David Gowers wrote: > > On 9/6/07, James Paige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 08:15:48AM -0700, James Paige wrote: > > > > On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 07:57:27PM +1200, Ralph Versteegen wrote: > > > > > James! James! You forgot plotdictionary.html! I really hope you don't > > > > > try to justify using the wiki instead. It's just not convenient! The > > > > > html file has related commands documentated sequentially, normally > > > > > assuming that you don't need cross links to find relevant commands > > > > > documented one paragraph down the page. > > > > > > > > I see the value in having the all-in-one file, but I don't see the > > > > advantage of actually including the file. How about if I ad a URL > > > > shortcut that points to > > > > http://hamsterrepublic.com/ohrrpgce/docs/plotdict.xml > > > > > > ... actually, I just realized why I still need to include > > > plotdictionary.html ... because a lot of people will be installing right > > > over a previous installation, and if their old plotdict.html doesn't get > > > overwritten with a new one, they will be wondering why they cant find > > > the docs for the new commands (or they won't even know the new commands > > > exist at all) > > > > Then why don't you just make plotdict.html contain a single link to > > http://hamsterrepublic.com/ohrrpgce/docs/plotdict.xml, plus some blurb > > about new location? > > generating plotdictionary.html from plotdict.xml is pretty easy, and > keeping plotdictionary.html is a courtesy to those who are masochistic > enough to keep using hssed :) > > --- > James Paige
On my computer it takes about 15 seconds to render plotdict.xml, but I still prefer it to the wiki. The html version will compress down to only a few kB. I don't see any good reason to leave it out even if people didn't have old copies lying around. The full package and installers are meant to include everything you need to make a game, and plotscripting documentation is definitely part of that. (Also, I still use Hssed, but I don't normally use its help function) Actually, what exactly is the aim of the minimalist .zip? It doesn't include the necessities for scripting, and the only way to get them is by getting the full distribution, OR a nightly and an HSpeak nightly at the point Ubersetzung was released. A nightly HSpeak after the release may not be compatible. It's sort of more of a ohrrpgce_play with Custom thrown in for examining games. TMC _______________________________________________ Ohrrpgce mailing list ohrrpgce@lists.motherhamster.org http://lists.motherhamster.org/listinfo.cgi/ohrrpgce-motherhamster.org
