Argon - Editor / Maxl - Associate Editor

As suggested by Austin, many are taking a look around and seeing what, three years ago, were only dreams and ideas now being accepted, enjoyed and regularly taking place. Projects, buildings, improvements and / or changes in ourselves and our relationships with others having succeeded or improved, or somehow become different. It's amazing to look at SpinDizzy now, and compare it to the struggling muck it was three years ago.  True, we're no Furry Muck, with 300 to 500 characters connected at a time.  But the 20 - 30 characters connected at our highest rate of connection, all know one another.  SpinDizzy's residents, as much as we may disagree and argue and fuss and fight about things,  *are*  a community.  We care about each other both on line and in RL.  There aren't many mucks who can say that about their entire populations.

To quote SpinDizzy's founder, and Managing Editor, Austin,  "We've got a special place here, the chance to make ourselves and our friends soar above what we are and explore the limits of what could be; so let's take the time from October 1 to 15 and do that, and maybe come out a little richer than we were before.  Happy birthday, to all."

Although there is always space in which to soar higher, I think we have done much already  towards achieving that goal.  From here onward, we can only imagine, work, and grow to make ourselves, which is what SpinDizzy is,  as wonderful as we know it, and we, can be.

And thank you Findra, and the Wizstaff for allowing all of us to enjoy this work in progress.  You all are owed more thanks than we can give for the work you do which we take for granted.  I think each of us owe a qmail, page, or a public snug to them, for allowing us access to this place where we can be ourselves, or whatever we wish to be.

Happy Birthday SpinDizzy!

The body she had possessed was given a proper funeral, attended by Argon, Maxl, Morticon and Eris.  each saying a few words before Eris' body was set afire and cremated in a fitting ceremony. Eris asks that in place of flowers, donations be made to the National Lemur Fund.

Alicia, local Vulpnine and well known resident of SpinDizzy was named Queen of the muck through a recent set of fortuitous circumstances.  Last Tuesday, when only Alicia, local Vulpnine and Argon, local Centaur were awake, Argon suggested that she act as reigning Monarch of the muck.  Alicia has long claimed that she has absorbed SpinDizzy into part of the Neo Furry Republic.  As she has asked for no official recognition, and has asked for no particular tribute, her 'reign' has gone without much notice.  But, Argon, being the nice guy he is, figured he'd go along and let Alicia weigh her ruling powers.

With Alicia's court set up in the Rose Garden, she called upon Argon to discuss the state of affairs in the Centaur states.  Argon explained that things were fine, and the only concerns his fellow citizens had were a bridge being built on a path near the rift.  It seemed the bridge was structurally unsound to support the weight of Centaurs and other larger residents. Alicia gave Argon authority to see that the construction company, a subsidiary of SED Enterprises make the bridge safe for all residents.  Argon suggested her Highness name another representative for this task, as he had strained relations in earlier dealings with the SED.

At that point, Argon was excused and Eliahn, representing the Vulpnines came forward.  When asked of affairs in his state, Eliahn expressed that his constituents were making plans to take over the muck.  After nearly being exposed to Alicia's Queenly wrath, Argon suggested that the Vulpnine presence on the council might be more powerfully represented by allowing Elihan to head the committee to inspect the pathway being built by the SED.  This seemed a fair decision and Alicia made it so.

Lastly, a local Care-Bear Cousin arrived, but pressing business caused him to be unable to respond to Alicia's call before her.  It was assumed that affairs in his lands were stable and his constituents were satisfied. At this point, other SpinDizzy residents arrived in the Rose Garden.  Alicia then dismissed her court and the usual visit and chit chat began.  

It is to be noted that while Alicia reigned, the muck ran smoothly and there were no major problems.  It can also be said that she made a fine monarch, and her reign of about an hour will be remembered as a success.

What is It and How's It Used?
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First, know that lsedit is a text editing program.  It's used to create and edit text in lists.  The lists then can be used as descriptions, inserted in pinfo, and other useful things.
 
Programs that directly use lsedit include the bulletin board (bboard) system and even qmail.  (By directly used, I mean that when you write a message on the bboard, for example, you can go ahead and start using lsedit commands to format your message.  You don't have to create a list first.)
 
The advantage of lsedit is you can have nice formatting in your pinfo, bboard messages, character descriptions, and go back and change them with a simple command or two instead of typing them in again. 

Making a List
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If you want to put a list "on" yourself, type: 
     lsedit me=listname
 
(Do this if you want to use a list in your description or your pinfo.  You can also put lists on objects or on rooms.  Just change the 'me' to 'objectname' or 'here', for example.)

Moving Around
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View a list of commands by typing .h while inside lsedit.  It can seem a little hard to understand, so here are some explanations.
 
First, know that all commands start with a '.' and every line of text you enter has a number.  So, if you enter a line saying 'hi!' that would be line one.  This is useful, because you can use lsedit to go back and edit or delete specific lines.
 
Here are Some Commands:
To exit, type:                                   .exit
To abort and not save, type:             .abort
To look at what you've typed, type:    .l
To see the line numbers, type:          .p
 
To replace a specific line, use:     
     .repl line#=/what you're replacing/the replacement
 
For example, to replace 'waht' with 'what' on line 1, type: '.repl 1=/waht/what' and every instance of 'waht' will be replaced with 'what'.
 
You can do this over multiple lines.  For instance, '.repl 2 10=/waht/what' replaces 'waht' with 'what' on line 2, up to and including line 10.  Other commands are similar to this one, so look at '.h'. 
   
Note: To insert a blank line, type a space and hit return.  lsedit doesn't use empty lines!  That's all, really.

Most any type of story or article will be excepted.  Generally, we'd prefer things that aren't out and out lies or flames about other folks, and have a basis in the reality of SpinDizzy. Things that occur in public areas are fair game. The things reported don't have to have actually happened, (Any more than anything that happens here does.) but make sure you don't overstep the social boundaries and rules of interaction that we have.  These are pretty broad guidelines, but we expect good sense to apply. 

Thanks!