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  • From: "Flavien Bridault (Disk Guru)" <f.bridault AT fra.net>
  • To: Andrew <afrayedknot AT thefrayedknot.armory.com>
  • Cc: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] sorcery menu changes
  • Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 19:12:29 +0100

Le lundi 02 janvier 2006 à 12:48 -0800, Andrew a écrit :
> One of the planned updates in sorcery 1.14 is to update the sorcery
> menu. As many of you know, it could stand to be organized a bit better,
> and needs some cleanup. My overall plan is to re-organize everything into
> a more sane layout and remove un-necessary things from the menu. At the
> same time I'll be updating the code so its more maintainable and easier
> to extend (theres a lot of un-necessary repetition, and its error prone
> to add more menus, its also some of the oldest code in the codebase).
> Another idea I had was to make most of the stuff set via menus also
> things that can be set through the command line.
>
> So, what I need help with right now is what parts of the menu are
> un-neccesary and should be removed. Plus anything we should add that
> isnt there. After that I'll come up with a layout for everything (which
> we can then discuss some more).
>
> Here are my ideas, please let me know what you think. If theres anything
> that is missing or should be reconsidered.
>
> Stuff that should be removed:
>
> Spell menu (remove everything except for the 'held' menu)
> Log menu (remove everything)
> remove everything except for the two view options
> Queue menu:
> remove 'removal queue' (we dont have one afaik)=20
> remove 'spell status' (scary that the menu lets you edit that!)
> Foreground execute (remove entirely)
> Background execute (remove entirely)
> sound schemes (does anyone use this or think we need them?)

I LOVE sound schemes and I used them since I installed Source Mage for
the first time... I find them very useful to know when a compile has
finished when you're eating or watching a movie... ;)
Ok, this is not so important, but if they doesn't cause any trouble, I would
be glad to keep them.

>
>
> Stuff to add:
>
> menu for what spells are 'exiled'
> menu for default dependencies
>
> Basically, I'm treating the sorcery menu more like configuration tool
> than a control panel. I dont know of anyone who uses the sorcery menu
> as a control panel for casting spells or doing updates and stuff.
>
> -Andrew
>
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