[freeciv-data] Re: nation annotations

On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 03:43:53PM -0500, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> I have sorted the Freeciv nations into "Modern", "Historical" and
> "Fictional".  Are any of the client hackers interested in revising it
> so the nations in the nation-selection dialog are categorized?
> 
> If so, I have a patch ready that will give each nation a "class"
> attribute. The idea is that the class attribute should become the
> category name under which that nation uis presented,
> 
> This patch also created "legend" attributes, very short histories
> of some nations.  My thought is that the legend for the currently
> selected nation could be shown in a text box below the selection dialog.
> 
> (Yes, this is because I want to get my "Barsoom" ruleset in there.)

I planned this (adding a category to the nations) for long time but
never found the time. I also have a nice image of the new nation
selection dialog in my mind...

There is no spo^Wpatch.

	Raimar

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