> 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!
So to clarify, does this facility mean that one can teleport to a hyperlinked region using a url even if the region owner has not explicitly set up that link? -- justincc Justin Clark-Casey http://justincc.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ Opensim-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev
