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Raphaels detailed suggestions: |
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- Translate the TODO from German to English :-) |
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- Do not require setting CROSSFIRE_LIBDIR on the first run. If the LIBDIR |
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cannot be found on the first run, the program does not start so it is |
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not possible to use the Preferences dialog to set the LIBDIR. I have seen |
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that this minor initial problem prevents some people from using the editor, |
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so it would be very nice to avoid this initial bad feeling. Proposal for |
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fixing it: when gce starts (either in the main code or in the BEGIN |
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block), try the following directories in order: |
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$CFG->{LIBDIR} |
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$ENV{CROSSFIRE_LIBDIR} |
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"$PREFIX/share/crossfire" ($PREFIX passed by Makefile) |
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"/usr/share/crossfire" |
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"/usr/share/games/crossfire" |
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"/usr/local/share/crossfire" |
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If all of these fail, then open a dialog that asks for LIBDIR (this |
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could be the Preferences or just a one-line entry field). |
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(Note: I had written a patch for that, but I lost it). |
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- Name it gcrossedit, not gce. This is a bit longer to type, but less |
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confusing, especially when installed in a path that contains many other |
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commands with short names. This would also match the CVS module name. |
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- Merge the stack view and the attributes editor window. It is very |
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annoying to have two separate windows that have a different idea of what |
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is the "current" object. The merged view (in the attr editor window) |
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should show the current stack of items, with the active one highlighted. |
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If this item has a non-empty inventory, its contents should be indented |
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in order to differentiate them from other items in the stack. Objects |
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inside a container that is inside another container should be indented |
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twice, and so on... |
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- Allow the merged stack/inventory view to be placed on the left or right |
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side of the attributes editor, or maybe detached, or maybe attached |
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below the toolbox. |
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- Besides the "del" buttons, there should also be "up" and "down" to |
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change the stacking order. These could be just small ^/v arrows. |
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- Add a shortcut Ctrl-W to close the current map window. |
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- When a new map is created, it should insert the date and author name |
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like the other editors are doing (crossedit and javacrossedit). |
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- There should be a way to customize the author name in the preferences. |
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- The map properties (File->Map Properties) should show the map msg. |
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- In the map editor view, the entries in the context menu that are not |
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useful for the current objects should be inactive (grayed out) or should |
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not be present in the menu. For example, if there is no exit object |
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under the pointer then there should be no "Follow Exit" or it should be |
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inactive. |
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- If the exit object under the pointer goes to a random map ("slaying /!") |
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and if the msg contains a "final_map", then the context menu should say |
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"Follow Random Map Exit" and should go to that final map instead of |
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trying to open the non-existant "/!" map. This is very useful for some |
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multi-level random maps such as /whalingoutpost/underwaterdungeon/... |
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(Note: I had written a patch for that, but I lost it). |
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- Try to be smarter about the position of the pop-up display of the |
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attributes of the objects under the pointer. If the mouse pointer is |
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close to the bottom or left edges of the screen, try to display the |
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pop-up window on the other side of the pointer. |
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- Like for the web-based cfmaps.schmorp.de, add options to highlight the |
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exits, the talking monsters and the connected items in the map view. |
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It would be nice if these features could be enabled or disabled easily |
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in order to be able to toggle quickly between a "clean" view and a view |
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in which all interesting items are highlighted. |
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- Even when the option to highlight the connected items is turned off, |
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moving the mouse pointer over a connected item should temporarily |
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highlight all other objects that have the same connected value. This |
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temporary highlight should disappear when the mouse is moved elsewhere. |
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- When following an exit from another map, the entry point into the new |
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map should be highlighted. This special highlight should remain visible |
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until the user clicks on the map to perform some other action. |
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- When following an exit from another map, the new view should be centered |
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around the entry point (if the map is larger than the window). |
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- Do not include "map editor" in the title of the map editor window. Just |
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call it "gce - new map" or "gce - /path/to/the/map". This gives more |
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room to see the full path name in the limited amount of space provided |
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by the title bar. |
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- When a map window is closed, the inventory/stack view should be cleared |
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immediately if they were using objects from that map. |
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- In the attribute editor, allow text wrap in the "lore" and "msg" tabs. |
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- add author/date information to maps / edit map message |
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- BUG: Virtual tiles dont change correctly somehow (=> x/y etc.) |
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- is also a FIXME and XXX in the Pick tool! |
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- BUG: closing the attribute editor makes it go away forever (till restart) |
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should automatically re-open when used again. |
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- BUG: map pan funktioniert nicht nach resize |
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- "show use" sollte bei save layout gespeichert werden |
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- aktuelles tool (button) sollte hervorgehoben werden |
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- vernuenftige marker fuer stackview/attreditor |
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- beim pick stack view updaten und highlighten |
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- dirty flag for maps |
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- replace current map with the next navigated by ctrl+cursorkey |
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- listing archetypes by name |
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- wichtig: einfügen in stack-editor, niemand will tower of hanoi lösen |
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nur um etwas an einer stelle einzufügen. |
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- preferences-dialog: pfadselektoren, richtiges dialog-layout. |
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- picker leer beim start, sieht ugly aus |
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- FIXME: StackView isn't updated if stack changes.... |
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- und eventuell sollte inventory und reset to defaults rechtsbündig sein, damit es nicht ihin- und herpsirngt (detail) |
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- contextmenü soltle _kontext_abhängig sein und follow nur bei exits anzeigen |
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- eventuell follow-tool entfernen(?) |
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- go-menü+puntke sollten ebenfalls ausgegreyed sein wenn sie keinen sinn machen |
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feature requests: |
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- aktuelles arch im attreditor im stackview hervorheben |
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- aktueller stackview auf map hervorheben |
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- $EDITOR aufrufen fuer msg/lore |
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- auto-map-resize ("autocrop") |
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- richtiges connect tool |
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- save-status-dialog weg |
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- notebook-reiter sollte hinterlegt sein falls werte darin nin-default sind, wie |
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schon bei den labels der werte selbst. |
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- möglichkeit schaffen, archetypes zu erzeugen (wie erschaffe ich z.b. einen generator?) |
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- auto save von maps |
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future plans: |
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- exit verschieben |
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- make a copy of scorn and remove all exits |
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- move scorn up by 3 fields |
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- remove everythinfg except the floor |
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- modify an attribute of all dragons int ehs elected rectangle |
