Interesting. I'm not sure I fully understand it though. Why do the appends need numbers? In other words, what practical application does this serve? This might be near impossible to implement, so I want to know how it is useful and see if I'm not misunderstanding it.
Peace and Luck! Je77 On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 06:17:23PM -0500, Alan Wostenberg wrote: > Numbered appends. We use append areas to generate numbered questions. > Currently I go in and hand-add sequential numbers. An append like +# that > made them part of numbered list would do it nicely. > > -Alan Wostenberg, Baan, Colorado > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jochen F. Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 2:34 PM > Subject: [pws] append areas > > > > I'm redesigning append areas and wanted some input for what would make > sense. > > Here are some things that seem like good idea: > > > > 1) appends should be appended before or after the area. > > > > Right now, append areas are only so that appends are added before the > > append area. Jeff S. asked for this. > > Perhaps, this can be done with a ^ in the line, such that '+^' would > be > > an append area that appends the stuff after the append. > > > > 2) appends should be separated by lines. > > > > This is already somewhat supported. How about "+_" would mean that the > > appends are separated by lines. > > > > 3) appends that replicate themselves. > > > > If you want threads where everyone can append after any append, this > is > > useful. Currently, this is somewhat supported by '+++++++++'. Keeping > > with that, I wonder if '++' should indicate that? > > > > 4) appends with timestamps. > > > > this might be useful for understanding the discussions better. I'm > > thinking '+@' for that. > > > > 5) appends without areas. > > > > In large discussions, a huge number of append areas can take up too > much > > space, especially with self replicating appends. A simple button > called > > "append here" that links you to a place to make an append might be > better. > > I'm thinking '+-' for that one. > > > > Anyway, summarizing, these are the new options I'm looking to include > in > > the new append areas: > > > > ^ append area stays at top and appends go down > > _ appends are separated by lines > > + replicating appends > > @ timestamps for appends > > - appends without areas > > > > These could be used in combination, so that '+_+@-' would be a self > > replicating append without an inlined textarea that separated appends > by > > lines and timestamps. > > > > What do people think? Any other necessary features? > > > > Peace and Luck! > > > > Je77 > >
