>From: James Cameron <quozl at us.netrek.org> >Reply-To: vanilla-list at us.netrek.org >To: vanilla-list at us.netrek.org >Subject: Re: [Vanilla List] any growth on this? >Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 08:41:02 +1100 > >On Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 02:44:24PM -0500, Gerard Lim wrote: > > Hey I'm sort of working on an xtrekrc editor for COW. > >Well, please look at gum in the Netrek server. It is a Glade >based GTK+ GUI for editing the server configuration files, which >I wrote in order to prepare for a client equivalent. You may be >able to re-use a lot of the code. Especially the stuff that lets >human edited configuration files be changed without losing any of >the embedded comment lines. > > > Eventually I plan on having at least a keymap editor > > and a means for changing all the different client options > > I think are important. > >I felt it was essential to cover every option supported by the >server, since I cannot judge what is important. It could have >been a lot of work, but I figured out a few shortcuts in Glade. >(Example: editing the XML to add a field). Also, I built common >code and a means of processing the UI changes that was scalable; >adding a new option became very easy. > Hi, Let me clarify what I think are important features: keymap, fonts, buttonmap and all the <key>:<value> options are important. What I think is not quite so important at this point are the macros, keymaps based on shiptype and window placement options. Sorry if this seems arbitrary, but I think most people and especially newbies will find this more than adequate to configure the client to their taste. My main objective is basically provide newbies a friendly GUI instead of having to edit the config file through notepad or whatever. gerard _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp