[Ohrrpgce] H codename?

[James Paige]

Okay, if Hróðvitnir won't break things in a technical level, I am happy to
go with it. I like the idea of showing off the separation of editor font
and game font

On Wed, Jul 1, 2020, 1:21 AM Ralph Versteegen <teeemcee at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, 1 Jul 2020 at 03:56, James Paige <Bob at hamsterrepublic.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello, Simon!
>>
>> I looked up audio of someone From Iceland saying HródDvitnir and it
>> sounded to me like "hroodvishnish"
>>
>> How would we handle the accents? Would it render as
>> Hr[Armor][Potion]vitnir if someone edits their game's font? What would be
>> printed on the console if running with --version ?
>>
>
> I'm going to separate the editor and game fonts (in fact that's the next
> thing I'm working on, maybe even before markup), so people editing their
> font won't be a problem.
>
> I tried it out now and found that I had to update the build system, and
> also the --version printing so itthe OS encoding instead of Latin-1. Tested
> it on Linux with utf8, latin1 and gb18030. Still figuring out how to encode
> correctly on Windows.
> Printing the version in g/c_debug,txt works too: everything in that file
> is Latin-1 encoded. Storing the version in general.reld isn't a problem
> either.
>
>
>>
>> ---
>> James
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2020, 9:44 AM Simon Bradley <neworiginal at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I never actually left the mailing list, for some reason. It was
>>> interesting to keep an eye on developments even though I am way out of
>>> touch. I haven't had a decent PC at home for over a decade, but I do now
>>> have one again, so maybe I should think about a return.
>>>
>>
> So many old users are constantly revisiting the engine, it figures that at
> some point devs would visit too :)
> You'd find things haven't changed that much, except the code quality has
> improved a lot over the years.
>
> Input on discussions is also welcome. I've been meaning to send an email
> to the list discussing embedding a new script intepreter (I'm evaluating
> squirrel, micropython and lua) and using that instead of FB for a lot of
> things, especially editors. I constantly hear people say they want to
> contribute but don't want to learn/install FB.
>
>
>>> I don't mind Hurdygurdy, although it will always remind me of the
>>> Butthole Surfers cover of the Donovan song Hurdy Gurdy Man. I quite like
>>> the sound of Hullabaloo.
>>>
>>> On Tue, 30 Jun 2020 at 14:00, Ralph Versteegen <teeemcee at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Wow, hi Simon! Very surprised. Hope you're doing cool things and well.
>>>>
>>>> The suggestions were, for reference
>>>> https://www.slimesalad.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=137186#137186
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 1 Jul 2020 at 00:34, Simon Bradley <neworiginal at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I vote for Hatstand.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 30 Jun 2020 at 13:30, Ralph Versteegen <teeemcee at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, must Hróðvitnir be excluded? As a bit of a prank :) I'm more
>>>>>> concerned that I can't pronounce it :)
>>>>>> (Aside, I hear Fenrir has finished Vikings and is just working
>>>>>> through changes based on playtester feedback.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I... hadn't actually properly looked into what kind of instrument
>>>>>> hurdy gurdys are. They're awesome! Would the spelling "hurdy-gurdy" be
>>>>>> acceptable?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, 30 Jun 2020 at 22:40, James Paige <Bob at hamsterrepublic.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I kept forgetting we need to pick the H codename
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My favorites:
>>>>>>> Hurdygurdy
>>>>>>> Harengiform
>>>>>>> Humgruffin
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I also do like Fenrir's "Hróðvitnir" but I do feel like the accents
>>>>>>> are a dealbreaker.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think "hurdygurdy" was the name with the most seconds on the forum.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>> James Paige
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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