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An LSL Scripting Book?

White Hyacinth
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08-09-2007 03:29
The OP has stopped posting here on August 13th. 2006.
But maybe someone still has a copy?
Please let us know...
Dom DaSilva
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Demands for the LSL Book!
08-09-2007 21:39
From: White Hyacinth
The OP has stopped posting here on August 13th. 2006.
But maybe someone still has a copy?
Please let us know...



Hey, I'm still around; I just haven't had a chance to find a copy of the book that I compiled too long ago.

I was wondering if anyone would like to help me with a more authoritative LSL book by becoming a part of a group with me to:

1) Decide what stuff should go into such a book.
When I compiled version one of 'The LSL book' it really only had, at best, an LSL novice's approach to useful scripts ( which was pretty much everything at that time ). If you're interested in helping; just send me an instant message about it.

2) What formats/locations make it 'readily' available.
All text that I write is 'plain vanilla' text--just ASCII encoding. I'm willing to re-compile version two from that version into a word doc, html, pdf (thanks to google docs), etcetera...
The LSL book should be made available through LSL itself--given the excellent capabilities of SL's asset server, I think it can be cut up into a multi-level notecard. If someone is willing to host it, via html or pdf, please let me know, otherwise I'll just post it as a google document for others to look at.

3) Gather content!
The job of gathering the relevant (as decided in step 1) content is the absolute hardest part of the job of compiling. If you could send anything *you* think in relevant to an LSL book that people would like to read, please let me know with an instant message, and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Thanks for your feedback,

Dominick DaSilva
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Join date: 20 Jun 2006
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08-10-2007 06:09
The new sl wiki is still not very useful, though it is getting better, and probably the only one with the latest new instructions.

The real good stuff was in the badgeo wiki, but that now points to the sl wiki. Did anyone keep a mirror?

Now if there was only some way to condense that mirror into some sort of book?????
White Hyacinth
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08-10-2007 07:21
Good to see you are stil around, Dominick!

Such a book would have been "nice to have", but if we still have to create it, I guess a wiki would be the medium of choice. A book is just too static to stay 100% accurate over time in the ever-evolving world of LSL scripting.
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