Re: [Freedroid-discussion] (no subject)

[Johannes P. <joh...@us...>]

Pete Spicer wrote:

> Hi all!
> I'm still waiting for my nice shiny Mandrake 9 CDs to arrive... 
> although my XP system is all up and running.
>
> To clarify the point about coding styles...
> I think the WhatANiceRoutine style is nicer than what_a_nice_routine, 
> personally, and MS try and push the whole Hungarian notation... in the 
> MSDN (Microsoft Development Network) library, they often prefix string 
> variables with lp, to refer to it being a local pointer - the idea is 
> to mention both the type and scope in the variable name.
>
> Just for the record, I tend not to (but then again, I don't tend to 
> code with other people), and just use names like NumSpaces to count 
> the number of spaces in a string (as I've been developing a sleek 
> text/code editor for Windows, using VB... yes, I know it's MS, but I 
> have nothing to hand where I can develop it so fast)
>
> I'll try and come up with item descriptions as well (as I was supposed 
> to), but how long were we thinking of? I can make an item's 
> description either fifty or five hundred words, it's a case of how 
> verbose you want it to be. Perhaps we could include both a short and a 
> detailed description. 

Will has by now sent me a modified version of the freedroid.ruleset that 
is supposed to contain new item descriptions already.  Alas, the 
attachment is in Microsoft Word format it seems, and therefore not very 
useful so far.  I'd have to set up a script to decipher the real text 
within all that formating garbage MS Word filled the text with.  Maybe 
Will could resend me the file just as plain text or even better just 
copy and paste it into the mail message directly and no attachment at 
all.  But hey, I could use Open Office to open it and then save it as 
plain text.  Why didn't I think of that before.  Right.  I'll do that 
and check it in right now.  Then you can take a look and build upon what 
is there already or also if you want to make some additions.

Now some other thing:  Guess what, the Windows machines at the library 
are completely messed up.  You cannot save documents or images any more 
from within Netscape or Internet Explorer.  You cannot even save 
documents written with the 'Editor' bundled with Windows.  It will say 
'function not available' or something like that, while even Internet 
Explorer says 'Drive not ready' when trying to save something (even 
before asking to select which drive).  This problem persists now for the 
second week.  They have a 'solution' that you go to the service man who 
has a mail where there are two cryptic command lines that he has to 
enter.  Then you supply your username and password and then the man will 
delete all your account settings (like also booksmarks or IE's 
favorites) and then it will work again.  This has to be done 
individually for each user.  (There are potentially about 30.000 users, 
heh).  Wow.  I didn't know Windows 2000 had such a powerful command 
line! :)  But what I wanted to say:  Will seems to have assembled some 
item descriptions.  I'll wait until he reposts them so I can check them 
in.  Second:  The MER character is ready for input in the 
Freedroid.dialogues file.  You can even make copies of this one 
character and add as many more as you see fit, best using the command 
structures found all over the file.  Once you've set up your system and 
got the level editor ready, you won't feel bored ever again anyway  :)

> I should be able to let you know a little more in the coming days once 
> Mandrake 9 arrives (in theory tomorrow), is installed (in theory 
> tomorrow) and I get Freedroid compiled (in theory tomorrow :)

According to Mr. Spock, the simplest logic is the best logic, so all 
that should really be nescessary is './configure;  make' after you've 
ungziped and untared the archive and it should run already.  Well, you 
might have to install SDL_mixer and SDL_net if you find it hasn't come 
over automatically but that should be it.  Or later, when using the cvs 
repository, './autogen; make' should do.  I hope that's some perspective.

> Have fun now, you hear? :)
> Pete

I always do.  See ya, jp.