[AG-TECH] Room names usingd VV Server

[Christoph Willing]

Randy,

Thanks for those diffs. I just tried them this morning and they work
great.

chris


On Wed, 2002-09-11 at 09:33, Randy Groves wrote:
> If I may be so bold - here's a couple of diffs on the ag-vv-1.0.02 sources 
> that might help out ...
> 
> -randy
> 
> At 09:10 PM 9/10/2002 +1000, Christoph Willing wrote:
> >Thanks for the insight Shawn,
> >
> >in that case, I guess I could edit the room name directly from within
> >the mud via tkMOO rather than via the web interface.
> >
> >chris
> >
> > >
> > >This is due to the fact that the released venues server code does not make
> > >a call to the mud upon editing its name.  The xml-rpc method for modifying
> > >the room name in the mud exists in the provided code, but the function that
> > >handles the name change on the venues server does not make use of it.  A
> > >slight modification of the name change function would fix this problem.
> > >
> > >And I believe the added "The" in front of room names is done by default on
> > >the mud.  As far as I know, there's nothing that can be done about it
> > >without modification of the mud's core database.
> > >-Shawn
> > >
> > >At 06:11 PM 9/9/2002, Christoph Willing wrote:
> > >>We have the VV server software successfully running here on a test
> > >>machine, prior to making it generally available for the Asia Pacific
> > >>time zone.
> > >>
> > >>The only problem so far is fairly minor, perhaps someone could suggest a
> > >>fix? It appears that once a room has been created, editing its name does
> > >>not change in a client's mud session
> > >>
> > >>i.e. changing the default "The First Room" to "APAG Lobby" has no effect
> > >>in the mud - the name on the web interface is OK (says "APAG Lobby") but
> > >>tkMOO-lite still says that the user is in "The First Room"
> > >>
> > >>another example: I initially created a room called "Test". I later
> > >>changed its name to "Test Room". Now the web interface lists and moves
> > >>to the "Test Room" as expected however in tkMOO it is announced as "The
> > >>Test" (not sure where the "The" came from).
> > >>
> > >>This is running on a fresh RH7.1 with a make install of ag-vv-1.0.02
> > >>over the top of an rpm installed ag-vv-1.0.00-1.i386.rpm.
> > >>

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