> But not advised that you use a 'box' to convey important information.
> Box is normally used for quotes or bad puns.
You mean the pop-up stuff? I agree. Some ZIP interpreters, in some
modes, drop pop-up boxes invisibly. It's a hack, anyway.
If you want sideband information, put it in the status line. It's
probably reasonable to extend the status line and *keep* it extended
while the information is relevant, but squeezing it back up
immediately is questionable.
Hey, another thing: If you're going to draw maps or ASCII graphics
in an Inform game, use the fixed-width font option! Please. It was a
real nuisance running Curses in XZip and having the maps and
hieroglyphics mangled because of the Times font. I wound up copying
them to a text editor to see what was going on.
--Z
"And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these were the borogoves..."