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  • From: Gareth Clay <g.clay AT warwick.ac.uk>
  • To: Jonathan Evraire <evraire AT tuwg.com>
  • Cc: "Derber, Geoffrey" <Geoffrey.Derber AT trinity.edu>, "'Sergey A. Lipnevich '" <sergeyli AT pisem.net>, "'\"'julian AT openit.de '\" '" <julian AT openit.de>, "''Gareth Clay ' '" <g.clay AT warwick.ac.uk>, "'\"'sm-grimoire AT lists.ibiblio.org'\" '" <sm-grimoire AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [SM-Grimoire]RE: [SM-Spell-Submit] [z-rejected] Updated spell : j2sdk Sectio n: devel
  • Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 14:04:22 +0100 (BST)

I wanted to use links when I created the spell - I don't like having to
cast the spell twice any more than you do. However, the problem I thought
of is this: once the browser loads, the instructions are replaced by it on
screen. This means that the spell caster must remember what file they are
meant to download and where they are meant to save it.



On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Jonathan Evraire wrote:

> The only thing I don't like about the idea is it depends on lynx. There
> are other text-based browsers out there (links?), and people would have a
> hard time understanding why Java would depend on a browser.
>
>
> On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Derber, Geoffrey wrote:
>
> > I like this idea, I'm not sure how to do that though, I don't really know
> > lynx that well. How would this be done?
> >
> > Geoff
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sergey A. Lipnevich
> > To: \"Derber Geoffrey\"
> > Cc: \"'julian AT openit.de '\"; 'Gareth Clay ';
> > \"'sm-grimoire AT lists.ibiblio.org'\"
> > Sent: 8/7/02 1:28 PM
> > Subject: Re: [SM-Grimoire]RE: [SM-Spell-Submit] [z-rejected] Updated
> > spell:
> > j2sdk Sectio n: devel
> >
> > I was thinking along the lines of providing
> > instructions and asking if the user wants to invoke
> > lynx now to download the file with "no" by default.
> > This way, the update process wouldn't be interrupted if
> > the user can't see/react to the messages (but the SDK
> > will not be installed either ;-).
> >
> > "Derber, Geoffrey" <Geoffrey.Derber AT Trinity.Edu>:
> >
> > > Yes, it can be moved to my section. I wonder if
> > there is a better way of
> > > doing this spell. I really don't like having to
> > force the user to run the
> > > spell twice to get the program installed. I'm open
> > to anybody's thoughts
> > > on
> > > this spell.
> > >
> > > Geoff
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: julian AT openit.de
> > > To: Gareth Clay
> > > Cc: Source Mage Spells; Geoffrey.Derber AT Trinity.edu
> > > Sent: 8/7/02 11:56 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [SM-Spell-Submit] [z-rejected] Updated
> > spell: j2sdk
> > > Section:
> > > devel
> > >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > >>>>> "GC" == Gareth Clay <g.clay AT warwick.ac.uk> writes:
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > GC> Please let me know what you think and if I can
> > help you at all if
> > > GC> the spell needs adjustment then just give me a shout.
> > >
> > > I think this is a good opportunity to move the spell
> > to the z-rejected
> > > section where it belongs.
> > >
> > > Geoffrey, can you please take over?
> > >
> > > Julian
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> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sergey Lipnevich, MCSE, SCPJ,
> > Sr. Software Engineer,
> > New Age Network New York, Inc.,
> > +1-848-459-LIPN.
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> >
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