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:zz: Cell-identity recognition
- To: Steve Witham <sw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, zzdev@xxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: :zz: Cell-identity recognition
- From: Ted Nelson <ted@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 09 Aug 1998 20:58:11 -0700
- Cc: ted@xxxxxxxxxx
- In-reply-to: <3.0.32.19980727113025.009812a0@mailhost>
- Reply-to: zzdev@xxxxxxxxxx
Well, actually, considering what display boards do already,
the problem of having cell-identity recognition done
down the chain from the other functions might be
a very good one. I'm sure it *could* be done deep in the
display routine; it's just not feasible at this moment.
Lv&ChrzT
At 11:30 AM 7/27/98 -0400, you wrote:
>At 10:28 PM 7/25/98 +0900, you wrote:
>>> However, since there can be
>>> an infinite number of such equivalences, and connecting some visually
>>> would conflict with connecting others, you'd need a rule to arbitrate
>>> (probably part of the same algorithm that decides which parts
>>> of the infinite display to update first).
>>
>>Right! As long as we're omniscient about the equivs,
>> anyway, which is a big sticking point.
>
>I guess what I was saying was, since you obviously can't be omniscient,
>you need a "heuristic" that finds and shows some equivalences. That
>means that it doesn't find others, and also that if it chooses to show one
>equivalence by connecting some cells in a loop, then there may be other
>equivalences that are made impossible to show (in this unmodified 2D
>grid visualization) because of that choice. Knots. But you just
>invent & try simple heuristics until you've got one that you kinda like,
>and live with it. (Just thought of the possibility of letting the user
>choose.)
>
> --Steve
>
>
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