small bugs, requests + TY notes, mostly for HyToFry / techys

[CrystyB]

TYVM 4 & . But i thought your fav. was =]

[HyToFry]

No... that's merc. mine is [=

[HyToFry]

Okay... let's see that.

[This message has been edited by HyToFry (edited 06-13-2002 10:10 AM).]

[CrystyB]

((Resurrecting this ))

The "Hop to ... Forum" selection tag still shows the private threads in the Puzzles and Games Category. This time don't fix it, just tell Sofis (i think it was him) to let you know next time he moves some forum.

[CrystyB]

Ow and since i'm at it, might as well paraphrase Bicho: Thanks, Hy. Thank you À₀² times. (Including the edit forwards to same page feature. )

_{Now if only you'd make the iframe start in the same page too... j/k}

[This message has been edited by CrystyB (edited 07-12-2002 11:37 AM).]

[CrystyB]

TY so VM for letting us edit the titles!!!

[CrystyB]

it was nice of you to add the [inv] tag, beside the [invisible] one. BTW i never got to test how you pair those! out[inv]in and out[invisible]in

PS <FONT COLOR="<!!BGCOLOR!!>"> and </FONT C> !! =] They showed up when using [invisi] tags inside the outer ones!

[This message has been edited by CrystyB (edited 07-19-2002 08:25 AM).]

[CrystyB]

Hmm i got a silly feature out of the acronym text: i used TAB's in code tags to align text. The acronym displayed them as <br>'s ((\n's, CR's, whatever you like )). Test here are some TAB's.

[mathgrant]

Speaking of code tags, they look so ugly!!!!!! Change the font back!!!!!

[CrystyB]

Also what's with the double closing bracket for chess tags i keep seeing around??

PS I really want those tabs in a last post

Again about chess:

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WHAT am i doing wrong

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groza: added a double bracket to see if it fixes it. I'm not sure why others use them.




[This message has been edited by HyToFry (edited 09-03-2002 11:38 AM).]

[CrystyB]

Wonderfull addition that "Topic Name:" in the main forums' index. TY!

Err, am i talking to myself here? You never answered for more than 70 days...

[This message has been edited by CrystyB (edited 08-28-2002 10:30 AM).]

[Amb]

Copied CrystyB's board - doesnt work - removed square bracket and the extra ;
Chess Board

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CB Blank

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Copied my game against bravehat. Works
Chess Board

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BraveHat amb

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Copied CrystyB's board again but played a different move.
Chess Board

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CB Blank

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Tried CB's first move again
Chess Board

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CB Blank

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The move B2 to B4 seems to fail first shot. This is interesting. I trialled a lot more boards by previewing my post, and that move is the only one that errors so far... I think we have a bug in the tags.



[This message has been edited by HyToFry (edited 09-03-2002 11:40 AM).]

[Chuck]

Maybe it can be faked out.

Chess Board

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Chuck Charlie

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[CrystyB]

it didn't want me to post e2e4 either...

[CrystyB]

Hmm i have a request for the chess tags: reading replies 19 and 20 makes one want to have the Player 1 and 2 switched, which should be SOOO easy for the UBB Keeper...

Edit: I keep forgetting about the TABs in the last post...

[This message has been edited by CrystyB (edited 09-03-2002 09:52 AM).]

[HyToFry]

Okay, I fixed a small glitch which wouldn't let a b column be the first move (I have to do some guessing on where to put things, so if I see "b" as the first letter, I make sure that there is a comma in the instructions so that it proccesses it if you just want a blank board with a black piece somewhere.)

It seems to be working. As for the switching first and second player... I say "too much work, for something that will be rarely used"

[HyToFry]

As for TABs in last post, that's an html thing. The best I could do is to tell ubb to convert tabs to five &nbsp; comments... why can't you just use code tags?

[CrystyB]

i WAS using code tags when i saw the silly approach. So yes, could you please convert to 3 spaces (or if you have to   use just 1) when building the acronym?

PS Welcome back in this forum!

[This message has been edited by CrystyB (edited 09-24-2002 08:45 PM).]

[Smiley Man]

We need an emoticon for that. = maybe?

[HyToFry]

okay, I will. I'm not back to the forums yet.

[Quailman]

[Neo]

The thread crashed and Antrax typoed while restoring it.

[CrystyB]

could someone compile a list of names of GLers? Some i know, some i don't!... And since there are already some in the OC puzzles i would like at least those (if what i'm thinking of - all names provided by the users in a standard fashion* - is too much to compile together).

* _{getting 100+ emails would certainly not be worth it, so i'm thinking either in profiles or in a topic especially for this - maybe even using a shared username}

[Dragon Phoenix]

There are currently 1640 registered bulletin board members.

Limiting it to Daedalians:

There are currently 593 registered bulletin board members.

To get a list of names that can be printed here or sent to those wanting it requires more knowledge than I have.

[HyToFry]

One way I usually handle this is to check the users who have posted in the past seven days

http://www.greylabyrinth.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?action=getdailyusers
http://www.greylabyrinth.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?action=getdailyusers&minusday=1
http://www.greylabyrinth.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?action=getdailyusers&minusday=2
http://www.greylabyrinth.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?action=getdailyusers&minusday=3
http://www.greylabyrinth.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?action=getdailyusers&minusday=4
http://www.greylabyrinth.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?action=getdailyusers&minusday=5
http://www.greylabyrinth.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?action=getdailyusers&minusday=6

That's a seven day history of who posted.

[CrystyB]

Hy, you misunderstood me. I would have definitely said usernames if i wanted those, but i don't since i still have that year-old list of GLers . I mean real names that correspond to the usernames. Like Sofis' and Gomez' are available through the OpenContent puzzles. Are any other names specificaly public-domain like that around here?

[Dragon Phoenix]

Well, as that is not in the database, there is little we can do about it. I suggest you open a thread in OT and see who wants to give their real name.

[CrystyB]

Originally posted by myself 5 posts back:

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in a topic especially for this - maybe even using a shared username

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I figured they're not in the database. But surely someone took a survey for the GLOC ? And i didn't mean you as mods, i meant anybody, but mith is IMO the most informed in this respect and i was waiting for his point of view.

[CrystyB]

Heh i guess mith never stops by this forum... i had the title changed to have "[mith, could you read the latest request too please?]" appended to it since 30th of September and he did not post a word in this...

Anyway, changing the subject i would like to submit a new feature request: Would it be so hard to have the chess tags evaluated in preview mode also? Since the way it is done now i would have to exit the GL to replay a chessgame. (At least until i find my old PGN interface in which i could paste the games for the easiest reviewing i have ever encountered)

[This message has been edited by CrystyB (edited 12-11-2002 11:08 PM).]

[HyToFry]

Chess tags don't evaluate in preview mode?

They should...

Chess Board

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Player 1 Player 2

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They do for me...

[CrystyB]

ok i don't know what happened, probably the ending tag was mistyped (overedited) or something. You're right, it works just like you say it should...

[Amb]

How many other useful things are there like this...

http://www.greylabyrinth.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?action=getdailyusers

Hy knows things that I dont - and I want to know more....

[Dragon Phoenix]

That' actually a link in the discussion forums overview page....

[CrystyB]

right above the forum table:

[HyToFry]

Hell... I even posted a thread about it.

The only thing undocmented about that feature is the minusday piece...

http://www.greylabyrinth.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?action=getdailyusers&minusday=2

That shows two days back.

[This message has been edited by HyToFry (edited 12-13-2002 12:19 PM).]

[CrystyB]

[CrystyB]

bump?

[Antrax]

perl isn't that different from other languages (except for having a really shitty and confusing syntax, that makes code very hard to read). However, seeing as we're doing hack jobs at UBB code, sometimes they do things so backwards it's really hard to implement relatively simple features.
Antrax

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[HyToFry]

The thing about tabs in acronyms...

Currently, I convert <br> and <p> to \t when storing an acronym. Then I convert \t to \n when the acro is printed. I could store <br> and <p> as <br> and <p> and keep tabs as they were, but I remember having a good reason not to...

[CrystyB]

so is there any chance for a \t -> space-space-space conversion prior to those?

[This message has been edited by CrystyB (edited 01-20-2003 07:27 PM).]