[projectaon] Freeway Warrior XML and FWAC investigation.
- From: Iain Smith <iainsmith@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 08:17:56 -0800 (PST)
I've spent a few hours playing with the FW XML and FWAC java source,
investigating the
ideas I have regarding item handling. I did manage to get something running,
albeit in a
rudimentary manner. I've cover these briefly.
XML file:
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I updated my local copy of the 01HH XML file, modifying the item class entries
to add
extra information fields, for example:
Picking up a mirror:
<typ class="item">Mirror</typ>
<typ class="item" type="backpack" event="pickup">Mirror</typ>
Are you carrying a Mirror:
<typ class="item">Mirror</typ>
<typ class="item" type="backpack" event="check">Mirror</typ>
XSL file:
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I updated my XSL file, adding a section which replaced this item class with a
span entry:
<xsl:template match="typ[@class='item']">
<xsl:variable name="item-type" select="@type" />
<xsl:variable name="event-type" select="@event" />
<span class="item" type="{$item-type}"
event="{$event-type}"><xsl:apply-templates
/></span>
</xsl:template>
HTML File:
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Once generated, the HTML resembles this (taken from 01HH, sect303)
<li><span event="pickup" type="backpack" class="item">Telescope</span></li>
CSS File:
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When using a normal browser to view the HTML version of the books, the CSS
needed to
render the items in bold, so I added the following to the main.css file:
.item {
font-weight: bold;
}
FWAC:
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I added more custom code to intercept these span entries and replace them with
links in a
similar method to that used for the combat links.
The results are shown here:
http://www.projectaon.org/staff/iain/ItemTest/Mozilla.jpg
http://www.projectaon.org/staff/iain/ItemTest/FWAC.jpg
(Ignore the dodgy colours in FWAC, it's still coded to use the LW scheme, so
doesn't look
quite right)
I don't really intend to go ahead and follow this route any time soon since it
will have
a huge impact on the XML, XSL, etc but I wanted to check that what I was
thinking was
actually possible.
On another related note, I'm currently looking into the possibility of making
use of
J-Rex within FWAC. This supposedly allows use of Mozilla's HTML renderer
inside java
applications. Not sure if it would be ultimately possible to make use of this,
but
figured its worth at least checking out.
http://jrex.mozdev.org/
Regards,
Iain.
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