Re: A85: Rigel, where'd it go??

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Re: A85: Rigel, where'd it go??

>	Someone once wrote that Rigel needs a better interface.  I disagree. 
>In my opinion, size is much more important then interface. Possibly it
>would be cool to make 2 versions of Rigel (similar to Usgard) - one with
>a complex interface, and one with a simple interface.

Only a couple hundred bytes?

>	This email also discusses a suggestion I once wrote about Usgard that
>was promptly dismissed.  I suggest breaking up all the libraries into
>single functions.  That would eliminate any wasted space, especially in
>the case of a program using only one function in a library.  There
>should also be a computer program that lets the user choose the games to
>be transported onto the calculator, assembles all the needed
>one-function libraries into one big library, and puts all the programs
>along with the library into a backup file or a grouped file.  To avoid
>unnecessary backups, more than one library file needs to be supported. 
>I realize, as someone once pointed out, that some people are lazy. 
>However, the above method is the only way to trully save space using
>libraries, and there are not really any hassles involved, considering a
>computer program does all the work.

This would be foolish - considering not only the overhead in the VAT for
each file, plus the simple agony of doing something like this.  People are
barely competent to load one of 10 different libraries, but when 100 show
up people would lose their minds.  Rigel is rather nice, it would be better
if the interface was better (it is rather horrible), better TSR support,
and some people to make stuff for it.  Solytare was also a rather
refreshing game.
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