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2008-09-13T20:27:09Z

Cynthia Centaur:

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I have started this link and/or blog to Help us Novice Sailors in SL as to where in the SL world is the best place for Sailing. What are the best boats? Where is the quality water for sailing? What are the sailing resources in SL? What is the Sailing Community in SL? Are their and Sailing Schools? Instructors? Acadamies? Navies? :-). I have several boats (errmm "Vessels") both powered and sailing. But my interest lies mostly with sailing. I spent a fortune to find a piece of land which was big enough for a house and water property for a dock for my boats. I thought I was clever enough, by ensuring that my water opened into (or bordered) open goverment seas. But, I have found I can only sail for a short distance before I hit the proverbial end-of-the-World. I was hoping to Circunavigate SL and I can't even get out of my Region. Oh well, I digress. Any thoughts, help, or input for the Newbie Sailor?

JaeTee Oh

[http://www.slsailing.org slSailing.org] General Sailing Information plus forums.<br>
[http://www.slsailing.com slSailing.com] Sailing News, reviews, blogs.
[http://www.secondsailing.org Sailing Wiki] A wiki with information about sailing in Second Life. Available boats, sailing areas and clubs, .... Answers some of the questions above.

LlGetParcelDetails

2007-06-10T09:59:58Z

Cynthia Centaur:

{{LSL_Function
|func_id=327|func_sleep=0.0|func_energy=10.0
|func=llGetParcelDetails|return_type=list
|p1_type=vector|p1_name=pos|p1_desc=only x and y are important and to be given in region coordiantes
|p2_type=list|p2_name=params|p2_desc=a list of PARCEL_DETAILS_* flags.
|func_footnote
|func_desc
|return_text=that is the parcel details specified in '''params''' (in the same order) for the parcel at '''pos'''.
|spec
|caveats
|constants=<div id="box">
==Constants==
<div style="padding: 0.5em;">
{{{!}}{{Prettytable}}
{{!}}-{{Hl2}}
!colspan="2"{{!}}Detail!!Meaning!!Max Length!!Return Type
{{!}}-
{{!}}{{LSLG|PARCEL_DETAILS_NAME}}{{!}}{{!}}0{{!}}{{!}}The name of the parcel.{{!}}{{!}}63 Characters{{!}}{{!}}{{LSLG|string}}
{{!}}-
{{!}}{{LSLG|PARCEL_DETAILS_DESC}}{{!}}{{!}}1{{!}}{{!}}The description of the parcel.{{!}}{{!}}127 Characters{{!}}{{!}}{{LSLG|string}}
{{!}}-
{{!}}{{LSLG|PARCEL_DETAILS_OWNER}}{{!}}{{!}}2{{!}}{{!}}The parcel owner's key.{{!}}{{!}}(36 Characters){{!}}{{!}}{{LSLG|key}}
{{!}}-
{{!}}{{LSLG|PARCEL_DETAILS_GROUP}}{{!}}{{!}}3{{!}}{{!}}The parcel group's key.{{!}}{{!}}(36 Characters){{!}}{{!}}{{LSLG|key}}
{{!}}-
{{!}}{{LSLG|PARCEL_DETAILS_AREA}}{{!}}{{!}}4{{!}}{{!}}The parcel's area, in sqm.{{!}}{{!}}(5 Characters){{!}}{{!}}{{LSLG|integer}}
{{!}}}
Max Lengths in parentheses represent how many characters required when it is {{LSLG|typecast}} to a string.
</div></div>
|examples=
<br>
A very simple example to return the parcel details for the current parcel. Note the use of llGetPos() as opposed to llGetRegionCorner(). Using the latter will return simulator details.
<br>
<pre>
list landinforeqd = [PARCEL_DETAILS_NAME, PARCEL_DETAILS_DESC];
vector regionbase;
default
{
state_entry()
{

regionbase = llGetPos(); // llGetRegionCorner();

}

touch_start(integer total_number)
{

list details = llGetParcelDetails(regionbase,landinforeqd);

llSay(0, "Local Parcel Name:" + llList2String(details ,0));
llSay(0, "Local Parcel Desc:" + llList2String(details ,1));

}
}

</pre>
|helpers
|also_functions
|also_events
|also_tests
|also_articles
|notes
|permission
|negative_index
|sort=GetParcelDetails
|cat1=Parcel
|cat2=Owner
|cat3
|cat4
}}

Project:Editing Discussion/Archive 01

2007-05-17T11:33:27Z

Cynthia Centaur:

==Deletions?==
How does one propose a page for deletion? I stumbled on [[LSL Teacher]] which seemed to be a part-advertisement part-forum-thread type thing that shouldn't be here. In the meantime, I just blanked it. [[User:Celierra Darling|Celierra Darling]] 19:17, 10 February 2007 (PST)
:Leave a message on [[User talk:Rob Linden]].
:However, if you read [[User talk:Rob Linden#Pseudo-Deletion Policy]] and [[User talk:SignpostMarv Martin#Thanks.21.2Fre: redirects]], you'll notice that Linden Lab won't generally delete anything unless it creates a problem for them <small>(see [[User talk:SignpostMarv Martin#LL:Second Life Terms of Service]])</small>- although I would imagine if the content violates the TOS/CS, then the page will likely be deleted.
:In this case however, I think I've taken the most appropriate action; I've updated [[Template:visl]] to include an "LSL" parameter, which will list the user under [[:Category:LSL Mentors|LSL Mentors]], and setup a redirect from [[LSL Teacher]] to the new category.
:[[User:SignpostMarv Martin|SignpostMarv Martin]] 20:40, 10 February 2007 (PST)
:: A redirect is the exact right way of handling the situation, since redirects are cheap and easy to do. -- [[User:Rob Linden|Rob Linden]] 22:10, 11 February 2007 (PST)

:::[[LSL Teacher]] should not have been blanked or redirected without discussion on it either on that page or in the LSL Portal talk page. The page as it was origionally had content on it that was appropriate as it did list people who were available to teach LSL. A teacher is not the same as a Mentor, and yes they may charge for their services. There was one line on the origional page that should have been removed, as it was someone asking for help. Not everyone who would be listed on that list would have a wiki account or would even know about whatever your [[Template:visl]] is [[User:Thraxis Epsilon|Thraxis Epsilon]] 16:07, 12 February 2007 (PST)
::::# It was being used as a talk page.
::::# It was being used as a billboard.
:::: Articles are not talk pages, and content specific to a Resident should be listed in their own page. <small>(see [[User talk:SignpostMarv_Martin#Resident.27s own pages in Resident.27s own user-spaces|Resident's own pages in Resident's own user-spaces]] for the basic gist of my opinion on the matter)</small>
::::# There is nothing preventing Residents from creating their SL Wiki account- all they need to do is log in.
::::# Inclusion of the [[:Category:LSL Mentors|LSL Mentors category]] in [[Template:visl]] is only a short term measure
::::# Categories are easier to maintain than lists.
::::# [[Help talk:Getting_started_with_LSL]] would be the best place to ask for help that isn't direct to a particular person.
::::Any further questions ?
::::[[User:SignpostMarv Martin|SignpostMarv Martin]] 18:20, 12 February 2007 (PST)

== sysop lock ==

Any chance the sysop lock on the article could temporarily be lifted, or have a sysadmin add the trailing "]" to the link in [[Editing Guidelines#Templates]] ?
<br />[[User:SignpostMarv Martin|SignpostMarv Martin]] 20:48, 10 February 2007 (PST)

== Proposal: Sanctity of User: pages. ==

No one other then the owner a specific User: namespace, or a Wiki Admin ( a page listing those with said rights should be available), should edit any page in another users namespace other then a Talk page. [[User:Thraxis Epsilon|Thraxis Epsilon]] 00:52, 20 February 2007 (PST)
:I'm assuming this is a roundabout way of having me told off, since anyone familiar with Wikis already knows this.
:So.... should we be prevented from adding [[Template:visl]] and [[Template:llEmployee]] to the appropriate user-pages ?
:[[User:SignpostMarv Martin|SignpostMarv Martin]] 07:06, 20 February 2007 (PST)
::Short answer: Yes
::Long answer: As you do not know why a user did not make use of said templates, you should not take it upon yourself to alter their pages to use said templates. If they have not added themselves to the Categories, they may not have wished to be listed there. If they did add themselves to the Categories, but did not feel the need to use said templates... it is not my place, nor yours, to second guess their decision and change their page.
::What is troubling is that you make very clear in your response that you are well aware that this shouldn't be done, yet you have repeatedly taken it upon yourself to do this very thing. Since it has now been shown, by your actions, that this is an allowed behaviour, and as it is not explicitly noted in the Editing Guidlines as something that should not be done, it has become necessary to suggest it as a proposal, to prevent possible future abuse. [[User:Thraxis Epsilon|Thraxis Epsilon]] 09:54, 20 February 2007 (PST)
:::# Volunteers & Lindens are starting to add the templates themselves now, so the addition of the templates has paid off and I won't be doing it unless asked (Hamlet has asked me to do his user page since he's too busy to log in and do it himself).
:::# I've not been adding any language template to people's pages when I know they speak a language, as it's up to them whether they want to attract the attention of the relevant international community.
:::# See [[User talk:SignpostMarv Martin#Resident.27s own pages in Resident.27s own user-spaces| Resident's own pages in Resident's own user-spaces ]] for the reason behind all previous user-space editing.
:::# Yes I'm aware it looks rather suspect. Since all work has been completed on that matter, there's no need for me to be doing it any more, and I apologise for not making this clear.
:::Aside from me coming of as an asshole about it (although some people have followed through with the principal on their own), what're your thoughts on the '''''Resident's own pages in Resident's own user-spaces''''' becoming an editing guideline ? It's more centered around the idea of keeping articles under development in personal sandboxes instead of the main article-space, giving a visual and psychological queue that the article is "under construction".
:::* It's a case of <nowiki>[[Marv's To-Do list]]</nowiki> vs [[User:SignpostMarv Martin/To-Do]]
:::[[User:SignpostMarv Martin|SignpostMarv Martin]] 10:11, 20 February 2007 (PST)

==Use of templates==
The use of templates seems reasonable to me. Nice to have a list of templates availabe, that can be used.
Can anybody please post a short page on how to use them?

Thank you
Cynthia Centaur

LlSensorRepeat

2007-05-17T11:24:49Z

Cynthia Centaur:

{{LSL_Function
|func=llSensorRepeat
|sort=SensorRepeat
|func_id=29|func_sleep=0.0|func_energy=10.0
|p1_type=string|p1_name=name
|p2_type=key|p2_name=id
|p3_type=integer|p3_name=type|p3_desc=mask
|p4_type=float|p4_name=range
|p5_type=float|p5_name=arc
|p6_type=float|p6_name=rate
|func_footnote=If '''name''', '''id''', and/or '''type''' are empty or 0, they are ignored.<br/>If '''id''' is an invalid key or [[NULL_KEY]] it is treated as empty.
|func_desc=Performs a single scan for '''name''' and '''id''' with '''type''' within '''range''' meters and '''arc''' radians of forward vector and repeats every '''rate''' seconds.
|return_text
|spec
|caveats
|constants={{LSL Constants Sensor|type}}
|examples
|helpers
|also_functions=
{{LSL DefineRow||[[llSensor]]| Runs a sensor once}}
{{LSL DefineRow||[[llSensorRemove]]| Stops the llSensorRepeat timer}}
|also_events=
{{LSL DefineRow||[[sensor]]|Triggered when a sensor detects something}}
{{LSL DefineRow||[[no_sensor]]|Triggered when a sensor detects nothing}}
|also_articles
|notes=
{{Question: What does the parameter '''arcs''' really do. Needs (much) more explanation.}}
|permission
|negative_index
|cat1=Sensor
|cat2=Detected
|cat3
|cat4
}}