Re: [Rails-devel] Save file names

[Jim B. <jim...@ya...>]

On Nov 23, 2009, at 2:32 PM, Erik Vos wrote:
> Next player is the player to do the next move, including Done.
> For Rails, this IS the current player.

Right... but in pbem, most of the time people hit 'done' before they  
actually save the move file- so, the current-player has already  
advanced in rails.

(Of course- lots of the time, they don't- and the current-player is  
the player that's just finishing, after all.  ;)  It's hard to expect  
any consistency.)

> I'll keep this idea in my mind. But first there are somne
> new and tricky bugs to fix.


Very understood.

While you're pondering this in the background, here's some food for  
thought- just thinking 'outside the box'-

What a pbem player would want, I think, is a single "Commit" button-  
instead of separate "Done" and "Save" functions.

When selecting "commit",  the move would be saved- tagged with both  
current /and/ next player, and then the current-player would be  
advanced (within the session)  This would combine the 'done' and  
'save' and 'who's next?' functions into one atomic action/button.

As I said, just some food for thought.

best,
  - jim