[MUD-Dev] Text Parsing

[Chris Gray]

[Ben Greear:]

> For instance, which of these would you chose to type:
> get the sword from the second bag
> get sword 2.bag
> ge sw 2.bag

Admittedly, I'm a better typist than your average user, so my feelings
will be different. However, I'd be happy with either of the first
two, provided of course that I could drop the 'the's. I don't like the
third, because I don't know what system of abbreviations is allowed.
Above all else I want a predictable interface. I wouldn't have a problem
with the 'ge' (although I don't see the need to abbreviate a 3-letter
command to 2 letters), because I could view that as a fixed abbreviation.
I wouldn't (and don't) know when/where the 'sw' was allowed, so I doubt
I would ever use it.

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Don't design inefficiency in - it'll happen in the implementation.

Chris Gray     cg at ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
               http://www.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA/cg/


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