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From: Caliban Tiresias Darklock <caliban@darklock.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 19:33:29 -0700
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On 03:13 PM 6/7/99 -0400, I personally witnessed John Hopson jumping up to say:
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>1) Mandatory help files.
I *like* this. This is a good idea. It should be done more often. However,
I can see it potentially being a problem:
>attack orc
The attack command blah blah blah...
>attack orc
You hit the orc with your fist.
The orc bashes you with a club.
>wield sword
The wield command blah blah blah...
The orc bashes you with a club.
>wield sword
You wield your sword.
The orc bashes you with a club.
>kill orc
The kill command blah blah blah...
The orc bashes you with a club.
You are grievously wounded.
>drink elixir
The drink command blah blah blah...
The orc bashes you with a club.
You are dead.
Obviously, certain commands should be exempted from this. ;)
>2) Aliases
UI folks call this "multiple command vectors". :)
>3) Log missing helpfiles
Excellent advice. You might also try fuzzy search. I've always figured
fuzzy search in your helpfiles would get rid of about 80% of typo
frustration. ;)
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