What I did, was moved all my help entried over to a MySQL database. That way, I don't have to mess with "loading" the helps into memory everytime the mud comes up. And a database is "way" faster in doing queries than any text file. As for what Tom Whiting said, about how the helps aren't broke, that's a yes and no response. If you make it so "online" editing can be done, what ever area you are currently in, the help entry will be dumped into that area file. Which, I find "very" annoying. Especially when I'm searching for something in particular in the help files. And yes, I know, grep is my friend, but sometimes even grep doesn't catch everything you are looking for(esp for those who are novice to grep). But, as Tom also mentioned, if you are running this on your own os server, and you'd like to move your helps to a MySQL database, I could be of assistance. If your host has MySQL installed, I could still help you out with it if they'd allow you to have access to the database.
Rheede -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 11:21 AM To: rom@rom.org Subject: Question about helpfiles hello everybody =) i'm thinking of doing something drastic with my helpfiles, but i'm not sure how it will impact the mud. would it be considered efficient to merge all the helpfile entries into one big helpfile, rather than having them all over the place? thank you for your time
