<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] META: FAQ and Thread Summaries --> <!--X-From-R13: Hnqvz Fxnpuraxb <inqvzgN4pf.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 21:11:39 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 3486F992.3B93A35C#4cs,com --> <!--X-Content-Type: multipart/mixed --> <!--X-Reference: 9712040140.8m6u@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] META: FAQ and Thread Summaries</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:vadimt#4cs,com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00496.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00498.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00533.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00510.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00497">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00497">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00497">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] META: FAQ and Thread Summaries</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] META: FAQ and Thread Summaries</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Vadim Tkachenko <<A HREF="mailto:vadimt#4cs,com">vadimt#4cs,com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 12:42:26 -0600</LI> <LI><em>Sender</em>: <A HREF="mailto:vt#vadimt,4cs.com">vt#vadimt,4cs.com</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> Chris Gray wrote: > > [Greg:] > > :my one suggestion, make it a nicely formatted HTML doc. > > Blech! > > (Sorry, couldn't resist!) > > Seriously though, that format might be convenient for some, but it makes > the documents completely unreadable by anything other than an HTML thingy. > The reverse is not true. If we introduce HTML, we then open up the can of > worms of compatibility. Who has tools that enforce HTML-2 conformance? > By default, most browsers don't conform, and many systems have extensions > that are completely non-portable. For now, we could easily say that we > have no reason to use any of those tags, but the best intentions often > go very astray! Yes, HTML is a pain in the neck to maintain, but think of it in terms of visualization - it's really easy and nice to _use_ the result. As for maintaining it, my solution was so far to use the plaintext or some database format, and a simple HTML generator which gives you the excellent result without a pain of modifying it. And, you get a benefit of being able to visualize the result in any other way you consider appropriate. Just replace HTML in a paragraph above with your favorite format. BTW, that seems to be the common approach novadays - a lot of MUDs, as it seems, maintain their helps in a form which can be used by both MUD engine itself as well as by the Web users - CGI of a sort. > Chris Gray cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA -- Still alive and smile stays on, Vadim Tkachenko <VadimT#4CS,Com> -- UNIX _is_ user friendly, he's just very picky about who his friends are</PRE> <PRE> begin: vcard fn: Vadim Tkachenko n: Tkachenko;Vadim org: 4C Solutions, Inc. email;internet: vadimt#4cs,com title: Web Developer x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: TRUE version: 2.1 end: vcard </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00510" HREF="msg00510.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] META: FAQ and Thread Summaries (HTML)</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Ling <K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00492" HREF="msg00492.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] META: FAQ and Thread Summaries</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA (Chris Gray)</LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00496.html">META: FAQ and Thread Summaries</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00498.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Guilds & Politics [was Affecting the World]</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00533.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] META: FAQ and Thread Summaries</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00510.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] META: FAQ and Thread Summaries (HTML)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00497"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00497"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] META: FAQ and Thread Summaries</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00492" HREF="msg00492.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] META: FAQ and Thread Summaries</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Thu 04 Dec 1997, 06:58 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00496" HREF="msg00496.html">META: FAQ and Thread Summaries</A></strong>, s001gmu <a href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</a>, Thu 04 Dec 1997, 20:03 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00511" HREF="msg00511.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] META: FAQ and Thread Summaries</A></strong>, Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Sat 06 Dec 1997, 12:21 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00533" HREF="msg00533.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] META: FAQ and Thread Summaries</A></strong>, Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vadimt#4cs,com">vadimt#4cs,com</a>, Mon 08 Dec 1997, 15:15 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00497" HREF="msg00497.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] META: FAQ and Thread Summaries</A></strong>, Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vadimt#4cs,com">vadimt#4cs,com</a>, Thu 04 Dec 1997, 21:11 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00510" HREF="msg00510.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] META: FAQ and Thread Summaries (HTML)</A></strong>, Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk</a>, Sat 06 Dec 1997, 11:26 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00472" HREF="msg00472.html">META: FAQ and Thread Summaries</A></strong>, coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Wed 03 Dec 1997, 00:04 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00476" HREF="msg00476.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] META: FAQ and Thread Summaries</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</a>, Wed 03 Dec 1997, 08:15 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00478" HREF="msg00478.html">META: FAQ and Thread Summaries</A></strong>, s001gmu <a href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</a>, Wed 03 Dec 1997, 17:53 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>