Is there any way to report on the grid coordinates for the linked region so you can tell whether the link is within the acceptable 4096 range? something like gridinfo...
--mic On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Cristina Videira Lopes <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks all for the pointers. I now understand a lot better what these > handles are all about, and I've done the first step into pervasive > hyperlinking within OpenSim. > > Starting in r8193, if you're in an HG-enabled region, you'll be able to > dynamically link sims, and TP there, in any one of these ways (and > probably more) > > 1) Type for example secondlife://ucigrid04.nacs.uci.edu:9007/ in the > chat box, pull up the chat history and click on that link > > 2) Pull up the map and search for things like ucigrid04.nacs.uci.edu:9007 > > 3) Using the embedded browser visit pages that have links like > secondlife://ucigrid04.nacs.uci.edu:9007/ (there's one up at > http://www.ics.uci.edu/~lopes/hypergrid/test.html) > > What I've done is to take advantage of the viewer's existing machinery, > especially its interpretation of secondlife:// handles, which expect a > region name to follow. When that name is not found in the local grid, > this new code kicks in, and does the magic. > > This doesn't address the launching of the viewer, which is a separate > issue, and one that slurl and similar mechanisms like rezzme:// try to > address. What it does is, after you're already logged in soomewhere, you > can go hypergriding around in a very easy way, all within the viewer's > capabilities. > > The static link-region command and uploads over the web, is still very > useful because it supports permanent links. The ones I added are not > (intended to be) permanent, they (will) come and go. > > Feedback welcome! > > Crista > > Cristina Videira Lopes wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I want to take HG TPs to the next logical step and support dynamic >> links, that is, the ability for the user to simply click on something >> like this >> >> http://ucigrid04.nacs.uci.edu:9003/ >> >> and be teleported there from anywhere on the Metaverse. >> >> The question is: what should these handles look like? >> >> I see a variety of protocol handles out there, and I confess I don't >> understand entirely how the viewer handles these -- but I'll figure it >> out. In any case, I see: >> >> http://slurl.com/secondlife/Foo/126/32/ >> secondlife://Foo/126/32/ (this doesn't come underlined on my viewer, >> for some reason) >> rezzme://ucigrid04.nacs.uci.edu:9003/Foo/126/32 (this also doesn't come >> underlined) >> >> Obviously, the closest to what we need is the rezzme handler. Is that >> working already? Should I take that on for the hypergrid? Or something >> else? Does anyone know if/how the viewer sends that hyperlink clicking >> event to the server? >> >> Crista >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Opensim-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev > _______________________________________________ Opensim-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev
