I've just added some very initial support for reading Hypergrid link data from
xml files, that includes support for the xml files being on a webserver.
The xml file has a format like:
<Nini>
<Section Name="Region1">
<Key Name="xloc" Value="1002"/>
<Key Name="yloc" Value="1006" />
<Key Name="externalPort" Value="9006" />
<Key Name="externalHostName" Value="osl2.nac.uci.edu" />
<Key Name="localName" Value="OSGrid-Gateway" />
</Section>
<Section Name="Region2">
...
</Section>
...
</Nini>
And to make a region load it and create the links, you use the console command:
link-region <URI> [<excludeList>]
The excludeList parameter is so that certain links in those xml files are
ignored.
With the format: excludeList<xml SectionName>[;<xml SectionName>].
The main thinking for this is so that a single list for a certain group/event
could be created. Then everyone interested in it, just adds their own region
data to the list.
But so they can also point their own region at that list, they just add the
section name they used to the exclude list, so that it doesn't try to link to
itself.
If we can find a way of having a xml file on a webserver that people can add
new entries to (maybe through a form script). Then I think it would be a good
idea to have such a list for OpenSim's 2nd birthday.
Although this idea really needs some sort of automapping or at least better
configuration of the map locations that the regions are placed at.
I think if everyone just agrees that a certain area on the map [so say x,y -
x+25, y+25] is reserved for link regions, that it is workable for now.
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