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<H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Verb binding</H1>
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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Verb binding</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Adam Wiggins <<A HREF="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Sat, 17 May 1997 12:17:53 -0700 (MST)</LI>
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> [Adam W:]
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> [Flamethrower example]
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> [Suggestion that the base system should have specific, perhaps harder
> to type, commands for most things, and a decent aliasing facility with
> which the player can make their own simpler forms.]
>
> I think I like this concept. It also ties in with the discussion going
> on about handling ambiguity. As a user I think I prefer to not have
> the computer make assumptions for me. I will admit that I'm biased by
> being a fairly fast typist! So, my job here will be to make a more
> powerful aliasing system, and get rid of a few special-case commands,
> and ...
Well, I type 100 wpm but I'm lazy as hell. Anything that I have to
regularly type on a mud that's more than about 10 characters quickly
gets aliased. Of course, I've used a client for most of the ~3 years I've
been mudding, so there are certain commands I *always* use going from
mud to mud, and I just alias them to match up with whatever the actual
command is on that mud.
I think one important thing is to make aliasing a fundamental part of
playing the game, so that players get used to it straight off. LP, Nightmare
etc are this way. One "problem" with diku is that, even though built-in
aliases have been part of stock for a long time, most people don't seem to
use them if they don't have a client. Part of the reason, I think, is the
command completion...I substitute "pfe" to be "cast 'protection from evil'"
but most people just type "c 'p f e'".
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00284" HREF="msg00284.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Magnetic Scrolls' magical parser</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Tue 29 Apr 1997, 21:43 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00285" HREF="msg00285.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Verb binding</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00530" HREF="msg00530.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Verb binding</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</a>, Sun 18 May 1997, 02:04 GMT
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Alex Oren <a href="mailto:alexo#bigfoot,com">alexo#bigfoot,com</a>, Tue 29 Apr 1997, 14:02 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00274" HREF="msg00274.html">Email change</A></strong>,
Alex Oren <a href="mailto:alexo#bigfoot,com">alexo#bigfoot,com</a>, Tue 29 Apr 1997, 13:38 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00263" HREF="msg00263.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Combat</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Tue 29 Apr 1997, 02:07 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00291" HREF="msg00291.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Combat</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Wed 30 Apr 1997, 01:03 GMT
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