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Hack writers: the "Replace with"....
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05 Aug 2004
Id like to recommend novice as well as more experienced hack writers to avoid whenever possible to have the "replace with" instruction in your readme. For instance, I am as we speak installing a mod where the author wants me to replace the entire "$globaltemplates" array with something, and the only real modification made is ONE line added to the end. While this might be useful on an unhacked board, this would not be good on mine since I already got about 4 hacks installed interfering with said variable and its replace instruction. Of course, most of you experienced hack installers or writerts might say "Bah, any dumass is clever enough to pick out the important bit and add it if theres conflicts!". Remember, we have newbies among us. Hell we all were newbies once. So my small tip is: Unless your hack modifies large parts of ONE single bit of coding (example: the $posts query for the RPG hack), then please use "Add below" or "Add above"  Well that was my worthless little tip 
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