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The single largest component of Sword of Moonlight/Ex is the [[Sword of Moonlight Extension Library]]. The library maps Ex to Sword of Moonlight (and sometimes vice versa) while not facilitating a number of services peculiar to Sword of Moonlight. | The single largest component of Sword of Moonlight/Ex is the [[Sword of Moonlight Extension Library]]. The library maps Ex to Sword of Moonlight (and sometimes vice versa) while not facilitating a number of services peculiar to Sword of Moonlight. | ||
| − | Ex is a play on words mirroring [[Microsoft]]'s many extended Win32 APIs distinguished by having a camel-case Ex tacked onto the end. It is not to be confused with [[From Software]]'s [[King's Field EX]] mobile phone game. The choice was constrained to the need for a 5 letter file name for the Extension Library. SomEx.dll was chosen because it can be written over the smallest Direct X library file names, DDraw.dll for instance. In retrospect "Ex" has proven an interesting jumping off point for much fun with words. The semi-official motto for Ex is "Extend Experiment & Exchange", where the & itself is an Ex stylized rendition of Et. Example and so on, the "word mine" is | + | Ex is a play on words mirroring [[Microsoft]]'s many extended Win32 APIs distinguished by having a camel-case Ex tacked onto the end. It is not to be confused with [[From Software]]'s [[King's Field EX]] mobile phone game. The choice was constrained to the need for a 5 letter file name for the Extension Library. SomEx.dll was chosen because it can be written over the smallest Direct X library file names, DDraw.dll for instance. In retrospect "Ex" has proven an interesting jumping off point for much fun with words. The semi-official motto for Ex is "Extend Experiment & Exchange", where the & itself is an Ex stylized rendition of [[Wikipedia:&|Et]]. Example and so on, the "word mine" ''is'' bottomless for now. |
Presently, it is practical to omit /Ex in discussion of Sword of Moonlight. Only because Sword of Moonlight, for all intents and purposes, is unable to function independently of /Ex or by any other means. | Presently, it is practical to omit /Ex in discussion of Sword of Moonlight. Only because Sword of Moonlight, for all intents and purposes, is unable to function independently of /Ex or by any other means. | ||
Revision as of 20:12, 23 November 2011
Sword of Moonlight/Ex is an effort to restore and extend Sword of Moonlight through a series of open-source software initiatives. The / in the formal title follows the convention of GNU/Linux. Where /Ex or with Ex stands for inclusion of the Ex codebase: an abstraction layer for restoring and extending older Direct X games and software (in reality Ex has always evolved alongside Sword of Moonlight/Ex).
The single largest component of Sword of Moonlight/Ex is the Sword of Moonlight Extension Library. The library maps Ex to Sword of Moonlight (and sometimes vice versa) while not facilitating a number of services peculiar to Sword of Moonlight.
Ex is a play on words mirroring Microsoft's many extended Win32 APIs distinguished by having a camel-case Ex tacked onto the end. It is not to be confused with From Software's King's Field EX mobile phone game. The choice was constrained to the need for a 5 letter file name for the Extension Library. SomEx.dll was chosen because it can be written over the smallest Direct X library file names, DDraw.dll for instance. In retrospect "Ex" has proven an interesting jumping off point for much fun with words. The semi-official motto for Ex is "Extend Experiment & Exchange", where the & itself is an Ex stylized rendition of Et. Example and so on, the "word mine" is bottomless for now.
Presently, it is practical to omit /Ex in discussion of Sword of Moonlight. Only because Sword of Moonlight, for all intents and purposes, is unable to function independently of /Ex or by any other means.
