Re: Limitations of Inform and TADS?


19 Nov 1995 22:34:35 GMT

Andrew C. Plotkin (erkyrath+@CMU.EDU) wrote:

: (Secretly, MaxZip doesn't either. I wrote my own styled text engine
: for XZip, and just ported it. I don't know if TADS uses TextEdit or
: not.)

TADS does. I noticed because...

: > And, hm, I just
: > noticed that MaxZip doesn't revert the cursor to the I-beam when in the
: > text window

: Fix out tomorrow.

Cool!

: > and that it doesn't support Internet Config's ICeTEe.

: You are a funny person.

Well, as a follow-up to my previous comment about TextEdit, that's simply
the quickest way to tell if an application uses TextEdit or not - command-
click some text if you have ICeTEe installed. TADS lets me open an
embedded URL; MaxZip does not. Not that I care; I was just curious to see
if you'd assembled your own text engine, as you appear to have done. :) Of
course, this isn't a foolproof method, as an application with a custom
text engine can support ICeTEe, like BBEdit does, but I thought it rather
improbable that MaxZip would...

: You remain a funny person. [...]

Hm. I haven't figured out if this is an insult or a compliment. :)

- Neil K.

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