I'll be in my bunk.

Jayne ,'War Stories'


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DXMachina - Oct 20, 2004 1:12:14 pm PDT #8430 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Since I always used [www.site.org...] when I was shortening links, I prefer option 1. As ita says, it adds some context.


Gus - Oct 20, 2004 1:13:17 pm PDT #8431 of 10000
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

The way WX handles open tags is to fix them, not on saving, but on display.

Hmm. Where does more processing go? On display, which must be incredibly more frequent than saving, or on saving?

OK, that was loaded. I get your concern, but I worry about the net effect on performance.


JenP - Oct 20, 2004 1:14:23 pm PDT #8432 of 10000

Oh, sweet. Go, Gus.

Thanks, Katie.


§ ita § - Oct 20, 2004 1:15:16 pm PDT #8433 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It will be more processing heavy, and I understand your concern, but even I get fidgety editing my post that's not what I typed in. I think it increases the potential for confusion.

Also, it's kind of a principle thing.

Maybe we should benchmark and see if it's a detectable hit.


Gus - Oct 20, 2004 1:28:51 pm PDT #8434 of 10000
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

t produces a bead of sweat as he fights off the ita lust

Prove the hypothesis experimentally.

t Young. The girl is only young. Ignore the fully rounded frontal lobes.


aurelia - Oct 20, 2004 1:30:23 pm PDT #8435 of 10000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

What does the code for [continued] do when someone adds text during editing?


§ ita § - Oct 20, 2004 1:30:28 pm PDT #8436 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

<Young. The girl is only young. Ignore the fully rounded frontal lobes.>

The eyes are down HERE, buddy.


§ ita § - Oct 20, 2004 1:32:11 pm PDT #8437 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

What does the code for [continued] do when someone adds text during editing?

Right now, if I read the code right, nothing. But the automated code cuts you way shorter than our internally imposed limit, so it shouldn't come up often at all.


Consuela - Oct 20, 2004 1:37:20 pm PDT #8438 of 10000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

t snickers at the geek-lust


Gus - Oct 20, 2004 1:39:27 pm PDT #8439 of 10000
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

What does the code for [continued] do when someone adds text during editing?

There is a an additional allowance of 2000 characters for the ammendment. The ammendment stays with the fragment. If the edited fragment exceeds 6000 characters (from the original 4K), it is brutally truncated.

Or, pretty close to what ita said.