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Message: 6326
Author: andrewbroad
Date: 24/12/2007
Subject: Re: JSWED and ExamDiff
Daniel wrote:
>I have found a tool called ExamDiff
> In message 5665 (announcing the release of version 2.3.0)
> John wrote:
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> > Note that this is an unstable version. There are several known
> > bugs and no doubt many more unknown ones. Moreover, it's quite
> > possible that I've neglected to bring bugfixes from JSWED 2.2.4-
> > 2.2.9 into 2.3.0.
>
> That last bit would call for finally looking into, wouldn't it?
<http://www.prestosoft.com/edp_examdiff.asp> very useful for tracking
down bugs that weren't present in previous versions of a program.
ExamDiff lets you view two text-files (in this case, source-code
files) side by side, aligning the lines that it infers to correspond,
and highlighting the differences.
Anyway, while using JSWED today, I had some difficulty selecting the
correct switch as the Source for an opening wall ("Die Another Day"
has two switches). You have to remember which order the switches
appear in the room's guardian-list, and the "Triggered by" menu
always highlights the first option rather than the option currently
set.
And it's a similar story with the "Portal destination" menu - it's
not easy just to check the portal-destination without risking setting
it to the wrong room.
--
Dr. Andrew Broad
http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/
http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/
http://geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/willy/
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