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- From: Jason Flatt <jason AT flattfamily.com>
- To: sm-grimoire AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: [SM-Grimoire] Dialog Spell Configuration . . .
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 08:56:02 -0700
This is something which has been on my mind for some time.
Many of the spells have a dialog-based configuration screen, which make some
of the more complex spells easier to configure than having to go through a
list of yes or no questions. (Take a look at any of the php or apache spells
for examples of the long list of yes or no questions.)
As nice and helpful as these configuration screens are, they present a
problem
for automatic updates and rebuilds. I have a computer that has a fresh
install from the 0.6 ISO, and several times during the course of the
obligatory initial system-update and a subsequent rebuild, I have come back
to a dialog screen awaiting input.
While I understand that an initial install will not have all of the
configuration information, subsequent casts should have the information and
should not stop the process to await input from me.
I know the grimoire team (OK, all the teams) are short staffed, but I think
we
should endeavor to modify and/or create spells so that they are
"update/rebuild friendly".
What do you all think?
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Jason Flatt (jason @ flattfamily . com)
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[SM-Grimoire] Dialog Spell Configuration . . .,
Jason Flatt, 07/18/2003
- Re: [SM-Grimoire] Dialog Spell Configuration . . ., Sergey A. Lipnevich, 07/18/2003
- Re: [SM-Grimoire] Dialog Spell Configuration . . ., Dufflebunk, 07/18/2003
- Re: [SM-Grimoire] Dialog Spell Configuration . . ., Hamish Greig, 07/18/2003
- Re: [SM-Grimoire] Dialog Spell Configuration . . ., Eric Sandall, 07/18/2003
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