First, big thanks to Tim McCaron for opening my eyes up to the automation
that can be accomplished by chaining a slew of triggers and GKCs together.
I'd like to request a more manageable format for the buildFile,
specifically for traits assigned to pieces. I find it relatively easy to
create a piece with the editor, and then duplicate many similar pieces
with small tweaks by some alternative method (text editor, or program
generated). However, if I need to create a single piece (or more likely a
prototype) with MANY similar traits this be comes quite difficult for me.
An example would be creating a prototype with 100 SendToLocation traits.
There's no way I will spend the time to create that within the editor.
When I look at the buildFile, its very difficult for me to determine what
in the prototype definition delineates the traits. And even if I could,
the other problem I have is the "keys" used are not human readable. So if
I have one SendToLocation that is activated by ALT-CTRL-SHIFT-1, I don't
know how to edit it to change it to ALT-CTRL-SHIFT-2.
So, I'd like to see a full XML format for the buildFile. However, I know
that might be a big undertaking, so I have some suggestions for some
intermediate solutions.
1. Use a simple delimiter for traits. Something where a developer can
look at a definition line, and split up all of the traits. With that, one
could at least copy and paste traits for an object, and then tweak them in
the editor.
2. Use human readable key commands, making it possible for a developer to
change the keys for triggers, GKC, etc. with a text editor.
These two suggestions could be a stop-gap solution to a full XML format.
Would it help if I said, "pretty please"?
Cheers
Tim
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