Re: Galaxy idea - maping (was capturing planets)

From: amead@s.psych.uiuc.edu (Alan Mead)

Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1992 20:02:01 +0000

rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie (russell wallace) writes:

>Multiple maps in Galaxy: unfortunately this would increase the outgoing
>mail bandwidth, which is something I'm trying to reduce. You can get
>different maps on successive turns.

>Showing the data for all planets all the time: What about the poor sod
>who can't run any programs like PLOT on the results and has to look at a

PLOT.C works pretty well...

>Putting the list of groups after each planet description: this is a
>matter of opinion, I personally find such a description format very
>irritating in the games I play that have it. However, it is quite easy
>to sort the list of your groups by planet name, and the list of planets
>by planet name, and look at them side by side.

... and if you are using UNIX, I always make a new file with just my
groups.  When vi'ing the file you can type "!Gsort +9" and it will sort
on the planet name.  I find that printout more valueable than any other
aid I have.  You can also sort on some other column like shipname or
tech level (or group number to get the original back for some reason).
Remember that sort counts columns starting at zero.

You can also use sort from the command line, redirecting input and
output.

One problem remains: other players' groups have a different column
spaceing and so it looks bad or isn't possible to sort them in with
mine.  That would be nice to have.

BTW, I've tried the same thing with MSDOS sort and with the sort
feature of WordPerfect 5.0 and neither one worked right.  I think
it has to do with the columns of hyphens used to indicate nothing
carried.

-alan mead

References

Galaxy idea - maping (was capturing planets)
bampton@cs.utk.edu (Howard J. Bampton)
Tue, 14 Jul 1992 02:40:15 +0000
Re: Galaxy idea - maping (was capturing planets)
skrenta@rt.com (Rich Skrenta)
Tue, 14 Jul 1992 03:46:04 +0000
Re: Galaxy idea - maping (was capturing planets)
rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie (russell wallace)
Tue, 14 Jul 1992 11:04:31 +0000

Referenced By

Galaxy idea - maping (was capturing planets)
bampton@cs.utk.edu (Howard J. Bampton)
Tue, 14 Jul 1992 02:40:15 +0000
Re: Galaxy idea - maping (was capturing planets)
skrenta@rt.com (Rich Skrenta)
Tue, 14 Jul 1992 03:46:04 +0000
Re: Galaxy idea - maping (was capturing planets)
rwallace@unix1.tcd.ie (russell wallace)
Tue, 14 Jul 1992 11:04:31 +0000