[Opensim-dev] TP protocol handle

[Cristina Videira Lopes]

Pressing F1 brings up the embedded browser.

Paul Fishwick wrote:
> This is impressive and faster than using link-region. It made me wonder 
> whether
> there was a keyboard shortcut for the in-viewer browser, but I cannot 
> see one
> in the web pages that list the shortcuts.. Worked fine through the chat 
> window,
> though.
> -p
>
> Cristina Videira Lopes wrote:
>   
>> Forgot to say this.
>> If you want to experience this right now without installing, you can 
>> try it in UCI's regions in OSGrid, "UCI Welcome" and "UC Irvine".
>>
>>
>> Kyle wrote:
>>     
>>> Amazing! Cannot wait to try it soon....
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de
>>> [mailto:opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Cristina Videira
>>> Lopes
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 1:49 PM
>>> To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
>>> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] TP protocol handle
>>>
>>> Thanks all for the pointers. I now understand a lot better what these 
>>> handles are all about, and I've done the first step into pervasive 
>>> hyperlinking within OpenSim.
>>>
>>> Starting in r8193, if you're in an HG-enabled region, you'll be able to 
>>> dynamically link sims, and TP there, in any one of these ways (and 
>>> probably more)
>>>
>>> 1) Type for example secondlife://ucigrid04.nacs.uci.edu:9007/ in the 
>>> chat box, pull up the chat history and click on that link
>>>
>>> 2) Pull up the map and search for things like ucigrid04.nacs.uci.edu:9007
>>>
>>> 3) Using the embedded browser visit pages that have links like 
>>> secondlife://ucigrid04.nacs.uci.edu:9007/ (there's one up at 
>>> http://www.ics.uci.edu/~lopes/hypergrid/test.html)
>>>
>>> What I've done is to take advantage of the viewer's existing machinery, 
>>> especially its interpretation of secondlife:// handles, which expect a 
>>> region name to follow. When that name is not found in the local grid, 
>>> this new code kicks in, and does the magic.
>>>
>>> This doesn't address the launching of the viewer, which is a separate 
>>> issue, and one that slurl and similar mechanisms like rezzme:// try to 
>>> address. What it does is, after you're already logged in soomewhere, you 
>>> can go hypergriding around in a very easy way, all within the viewer's 
>>> capabilities.
>>>
>>> The static link-region command and uploads over the web, is still very 
>>> useful because it supports permanent links. The ones I added are not 
>>> (intended to be) permanent, they (will) come and go.
>>>
>>> Feedback welcome!
>>>
>>> Crista
>>>
>>> Cristina Videira Lopes wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I want to take HG TPs to the next logical step and support dynamic 
>>>> links, that is, the ability for the user to simply click on something 
>>>> like this
>>>>
>>>> http://ucigrid04.nacs.uci.edu:9003/
>>>>
>>>> and be teleported there from anywhere on the Metaverse.
>>>>
>>>> The question is: what should these handles look like?
>>>>
>>>> I see a variety of protocol handles out there, and I confess I don't 
>>>> understand entirely how the viewer handles these -- but I'll figure it 
>>>> out. In any case, I see:
>>>>
>>>> http://slurl.com/secondlife/Foo/126/32/
>>>> secondlife://Foo/126/32/  (this doesn't come underlined on my viewer, 
>>>> for some reason)
>>>> rezzme://ucigrid04.nacs.uci.edu:9003/Foo/126/32 (this also doesn't come 
>>>> underlined)
>>>>
>>>> Obviously, the closest to what we need is the rezzme handler. Is that 
>>>> working already? Should I take that on for the hypergrid? Or something 
>>>> else? Does anyone know if/how the viewer sends that hyperlink clicking 
>>>> event to the server?
>>>>
>>>> Crista
>>>>
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