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Message 119 on PostWebCulture (#13410):
Date:     Sun Feb 29 02:07:59 2004 EST
From:     Goat (#3818)
To:       PostWebCulture (#13410)
Subject:  
code change request


#1:html   this none this
 1:  "This verb (:html) gets passed two arguments.  args[1] is a LIST of strings, the additional URL components that got
 passed.  For example, if you are Munchkin and someone calls /users/Munchkin/foobar, args[1] is {\"foobar\"}.";
 2:  "args[2] is an associative list (ie, a list of lists).  The first element of each sublist is the header name, the
 second is the header value, for several headers the HTTP protocol finds useful.  Examples are `accept' (MIME types the
 browser accepts), `user-agent' (the name and version number of the browser), and `requester' (the email address of the
 requester).";
 3:  "the caller_perms() builtin function returns the permissions of the browsing player, in the event an authorization
 system is installed.  Use this, for example, to allow you to read your MOOmail from the web, once it's setup.  Any
 unauthorized pages are called with $no_one's permissions.";
 4:  set_task_perms(caller_perms());
 5:  "return this.html || this:description();";
 6:  return this:is_clear_pwc() ? parent(this):html(@args) | this:pwc(@args);

ok that is the exsiting code that is called from port 7788 if a room ( and I think any other object) does not have .html redefined it will show $room or another parent who does have .html set .  confused yet?    why does line 6 in the code above  call the parent? :pwc  works from port 7777 with maybe a description tweak and a few pass(@args) instead of pass() but it is better than a view of a generic parent.

why not line 6   return this:pwc(@args); 
thanks - $Goat

The PostWebCulture project invites :

  "Systems designed to facilitate storage, transfer, and recall of sets of
   facts and relations augment the user's intelligence.  More sophisticated
   tools for graphic visualization of complex conversations or widespread 
   collaboration may allow certain types of intellectual feats previously
   thought impossible."

As this project moves forward, lifting our text into a more abductive realm, many theories will traverse the lifecycle of abstract concepts.

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