[arachne] Re: [SPAM] Re: how much work will users do?

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On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:35:34, Christof Lange wrote:

Christof,

> The layout of the file 1.htm is not very optimized.

That's just the very first draft, and I don't know HTML at all,
it's just scratched together from other files. I was just trying
to get the basic idea across. Please edit :-)

> Ray's alternative is not bad, but cannot compete with the wizards.

You know, if the wizards could do the whole job I would agree.
Perhaps I'm a fanatic for completeness, but the difficulty is 
that to use wizards means adding keywords for each field. Lsppp
uses one set, epppd uses totaly different ones, miniterm different
again. And we'd have to add dozens of keywords to cover every
option of just lsppp, and that adds bulk and slows the core down
since any time a keyword is read, the whole file must be scanned.
I think my method (polished up) is not the most friendly, but
I think it's best over all. And what if someone uses some 
other packet driver? 

We've all seen a it a hundred times where someone can't connect.
That shows me that the current method is better in theory than
in practice. I'm hoping my method will be a little harder
up front, but more likely to succeed in the end. As I like to say,
five minutes and victory is better than two minutes and failure.

Now, if there was some way of using a wizard to configure lsppp.cfg
without adding keywords, then that would be perfect. But even then,
it seems to me that the user should be able to set any possible
argument to the .exe, not just a few chosen ones.

> IMO instructions of this kind, which help to edit manually
> configuration files, should be added to Arachne documentation in
> \DOC\USER directory. They need not tell the user how he can edit a
> file. Instead of an editor window I would prefer an editor link to
> the configuration file. It should be clear that these instructions
> are NOT a wizard, but ought to support "experienced" or "committed"
> users who do not give up after the first try.

I'd be very interested to see you come up with something Christof!


Regards,


Ray Andrews
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