From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20737 invoked by alias); 25 Aug 2004 05:34:51 -0000 Mailing-List: contact xconq7-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: xconq7-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 20722 invoked from network); 25 Aug 2004 05:34:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp811.mail.sc5.yahoo.com) (66.163.170.81) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 25 Aug 2004 05:34:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.101?) (sampln@sbcglobal.net@67.121.191.86 with plain) by smtp811.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 25 Aug 2004 05:34:50 -0000 Subject: Re: Three thoughts From: Lincoln Peters To: Jim Kingdon Cc: Xconq list In-Reply-To: <200408250458.i7P4w1E11622@panix5.panix.com> References: <200408250458.i7P4w1E11622@panix5.panix.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1093412211.8185.599.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:16:00 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2004/txt/msg01025.txt.bz2 On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 21:58, Jim Kingdon wrote: > > I noticed that the SDL interface blows up the selected unit to fill the > > entire cell even if other units occupy the cell. I find it to be rather > > awkward, > > Well, I haven't actually played it, but I like it as an idea. The problem is that it doesn't do anything about the units that are still drawn underneath the selected unit. Unless those units are either hidden or otherwise obscured (maybe by making them semi-transparent), it really does look ugly when a lot of units, some overlapping, are in one cell. --- Lincoln Peters To Perl, or not to Perl, that is the kvetching. -- Larry Wall in <199801200310.TAA11670@wall.org>