From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30012 invoked by alias); 20 Jul 2004 21:36:11 -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 30002 invoked from network); 20 Jul 2004 21:36:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO av13-1-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net) (81.228.10.104) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 20 Jul 2004 21:36:10 -0000 Received: by av13-1-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 8F04737E7D; Tue, 20 Jul 2004 23:36:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp4-1-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (smtp4-1-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net [81.228.10.181]) by av13-1-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8300B37E63; Tue, 20 Jul 2004 23:36:09 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [212.181.162.155] (h155n1fls24o1048.bredband.comhem.se [212.181.162.155]) by smtp4-1-sn4.m-sp.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F326037E44; Tue, 20 Jul 2004 23:36:08 +0200 (CEST) X-Sender: u22611592@m1.226.comhem.se Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 22:07:00 -0000 To: Eric McDonald From: Hans Ronne Subject: Re: Weird fuel behavior Cc: xconq7@sources.redhat.com X-SW-Source: 2004/txt/msg00786.txt.bz2 >On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Hans Ronne wrote: > >> >In SDL, I assume we'd get to write our own window code (or use one of >> >the many libraries out there which are designed to go on top of SDL). >> >I don't know whether that is better or worse than having (possibly >> >buggy or quirky) floating windows provided for us. >> >> SDL doesn't support multiple windows at all. So I guess one would have to >> implement something like a row of unit info panes in order to examin >> several units at once. > >If this is true, then it is somewhat of a blow against SDL. Being used to the Mac interface with its multitude of windows I thought so at first. However, Stan long ago pointed out that professional games almost never use multiple windows since "users don't like Office-type applications". And I think he has a point here. You can go a long way with just one screen and panes instead, provided that the interface code is fast and not clunky, like Tcl unfortunately is. I think that the SDL interface, though still in its infancy, proves this point. What you can do with SDL, I believe, is transparent overlays and such. Not the same thing as a floating window but a decent alternative. Hans