.:.xelo.:. wrote:
Ascii-Stuff:
We should divide this section into scripts showing pictures (either colored or not), all purpose pictures without color codes, pictures with color codes,
a link section and a figlet section as well (i have collected a nice figlet server link collection during years).
But mainly we should imho offer hardcore coding and scripting information. Ascii stuff is nice but not really helpful.
I'm not familiar with the word figlet... a small fig? A fig is a food item, afaik, related to dates or some such?
Separating out colored art and color-stripped art is easy, in fact the catagories "ascii art" vs "ansi art" have long existed.
Remember also that what is helpful to you or me is not always the same as what other people are looking for - I know more TekNap users who have it more for doing artwork (and viewing it
) than use it for scripting!
And of course, each has their own areas of knowledge - I'm a good contributor and editor, and I have a good knowledge of the client, but my expertise is not strong in the area of scripting. Involved scripts are more akin to programming, and I'm always surprised when I see working scripts that use syntax from C (and it works!) when I haven't seen documentation on it in the client, such as a declaration using things like (void) etc. Cool, but we need more scriptors on board.
If we could convince garmabeaneth or other artists to get on board as wiki contributors and editors we will have a more balanced wiki to present to the world. I wish I knew how to contact the old-school ascii/ansi artists like AciD and those who really knew their stuff!
As you all may have seen, lately I've been converting the standard help files one by one and adding them in to the wiki. For my own satisfaction I've used the TekNap style presentation layout for topical presentation, which has been time-consuming but fun (right justified columns).
You do learn a lot more when you have to test these things out to see how they work. For instance, I've long known how to request a /raw 10118, but only yesterday learned the proper command: /admin cversion. Or learned that the levels required to use it have varied so much from implementation to implementation: OpenNap required mod+, SlavaNap worked for less than mod and as of 3.0.4 build 121 (Oct 2005) is only available to Admin+.
Anyway, it's been a great weekend and I'm starting off my new week. See all of you around on the networks!
SkyyTek
*hugs*
