The Snippets Database DM Repository

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Aug 1 2007, 10:19 am

Poll: If I made .dm files for every snippet, would you use them?

Yes; you will do it or you will DIE! 23% (5)
Maybe; it sounds useful but I don't know if I'd use them 28% (6)
No; it's just easier to copy and paste 28% (6)
Yes, but I love you too much to put you through that! 9% (2)
wtf is teh snippets database lol 9% (2)

The polls are now closed.

SDDMR? Sounds like a new kind of RAM.

Anyway, I was curious as to whether anyone would appreciate the effort if I were to go about creating .dm files of every snippet currently in the Snippets Database and uploading those to my web domain. I would then edit all of the posts already in the database to include links to the .dm file corresponding to that.

(Incidentally, I'm considering adding an "Version:" identifier to the header of snippets, so people can tell whether the snippet in the Database is the same as the .dm file or not.)
Aug 1 2007, 10:45 am
Perhaps write a script that extracts the <dm> tag data and turns it into a .dm file?
Aug 1 2007, 11:59 am
I'd say leave it as is. Copy & paste would work for me and would create less work for you and less confusion between versions.

The only c&p stumbling block I've ever found was tabs v. spaces, and, aside from enforcing some pasted-in-tab-only law, I can't think of a good fix for this besides editing on the user's end.
Aug 1 2007, 4:14 pm
TheMonkeyDidIt wrote:
The only c&p stumbling block I've ever found was tabs v. spaces, and, aside from enforcing some pasted-in-tab-only law, I can't think of a good fix for this besides editing on the user's end.

That could be solved by just editing the posts to contain the proper tabs. Although I'm not sure if that would be more or less work.
Aug 1 2007, 4:16 pm
On the BYOND forums, the forum automatically outputs tabs as spaces, so sadly everyone's snippets contain spaces, at least in displayed format.