Plus bonus points for use of the word 'mosey'.

Oz ,'Same Time, Same Place'


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Rob - Dec 28, 2002 11:21:53 am PST #2400 of 10000

I can't spell either. I often paste the text into TextEdit to spell check it before I post.

Sophia, if you are using Mac OS X, Omniweb has a spelling check built into it. You might give it a try.

I don't think you can change the text size for entry boxes separately from the rest of the text.


Jon B. - Dec 28, 2002 11:24:33 am PST #2401 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Can I up that in my browser prefs without also enlarging the Verdana that the board is in?

No. Not yet, anyway. That would be part of the "user-defined stylesheet" project.


Theodosia - Dec 28, 2002 12:02:18 pm PST #2402 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Sophia, for your longer posts, you could write them using the AppleWorks word processor, spell-check them, and then paste them into the post box. It takes a bit more effort, but then at least you'll have a chance to catch the spelling errors. I'm a terrible typist myself, so I do miss the spellcheck, but I know what a programming nightmare it would be.


Noumenon - Dec 28, 2002 12:14:48 pm PST #2403 of 10000
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti

Adding a radio button for "Search thread #__" will probably happen between beta and 1.0, with 2.0 having "Search current thread" or "Search [thread names dropbox]."

Are you coding this, Noumenon?

Can I use Microsoft Foundation Classes? :) I only know some C++. I was just posting some lower expectations because I thought the coders might be thinking, "I would move Search out of beta, but I have to add the chronological sort and the snazzy search by thread function and it's a big job."


Jon B. - Dec 28, 2002 12:45:33 pm PST #2404 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I only asked because I'd never heard of that particular progression from Beta to 1.0 to 2.0. I thought maybe you knew something I didn't. ;)

Seriously, the difference between "Search thread #__" and "Search [thread names dropbox]" is very small. I would be against including the former at all. Thread number is very user un-friendly.


§ ita § - Dec 28, 2002 1:25:39 pm PST #2405 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Bingo! I just got CVS working.

Oy, they're lucky they're the only game in town.

Or maybe I should have read the docs first.

Anyhoo. I have to do a little more experimentation, and then we may be good to go.

Jon, I copied the current site code onto the test -- if you didn't grab the code beforehand, I have it.

Now, we have issues here. There's a repository, where the test code is controlled. This is good and necessary. But we need a testing methodology too.

Jon -- you up on CVS?

Who else do we have as volunteer coders?


Jon B. - Dec 28, 2002 1:28:43 pm PST #2406 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I know nothing about CVS, except that's where I buy shaving cream and razor blades.


§ ita § - Dec 28, 2002 1:38:40 pm PST #2407 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

You might want to start reading. [link] is kinda overwhelming. One will need a client to access the server (http://wincvs.org), and here's a howto for the WinCVS client. Karl can give you login info.

I've already imported the files, and now I'm just trying to work through some more details.


Rob - Dec 28, 2002 1:40:37 pm PST #2408 of 10000

t volunteers

I can test drive CVS for you, too, if you want. I'm all about CVS.


Jon B. - Dec 28, 2002 1:57:51 pm PST #2409 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Should I be reading "the Cederqvist," then?

wincvs.org isn't resolving for me.