Gear changing mode configuration patch

Hello, all (again ;-).

I would like to propose you the following patch on players and control
configuration screens.

Its main purpose is to try and make a little simpler and clearer the process of
configuring the gear changing mode and the associated controls.

Please, feel free to tell me if you consider it an improvement, or not at all
  ;-). Don't hesitate to tell me if you dislike some details or more ...

To do that :
- in the "players configuration" screen,
   * the "transmission" field is renamed to "Gear change",
     and has now 3 possible values : auto, sequential and grid
   * the "autoreverse" field is only visible in "auto" gear change mode
   * the car category and car name have been move down the screen
     (one of my next goals, if you agree, would be to remove them
      from this screen, and be able to choose ones car in race screens ...
      but that's another story)
- in the "control configuration" screen,
   * all the controls that are not dedicated to the gear change
     have been gathered on the left column/half screen
   * the right column is now reserved to the gear changing controls
     (reverse, neutral, up shift, down shift, 1st gear, 2nd gear ... 6th gear)
   * this right column is different for each gear change mode :
     - auto : only reverse, neutral, up shift and down shift,
     - sequential : same
     - grid : only reverse, neutral, 1st gear, 2nd gear ... 6th gear.
- behind the scene, 2 settings are automatically configured :
   * "sequential shifter allows neutral" is set to yes in "sequential" mode
     if no control is configured for neutral gear (no otherwise)
   * "release gear goes neutral" is set to yes in "grid" mode
     if no control is configured for reverse gear (no otherwise).

The "patch" changes only 5 files. I give you the whole files (not real patches),
but if you prefer real patch files, please feel free to ask me
(but in that case, could you tell me what diff options you generally use ?)

So to "install" the "patch", that modifies only 5 files, on a fresh CVS tree :

cd src
tar xvfz GearChangeMode.tgz

Or you can carefully patch the individual files with a diff/merge tool ...

Thanks in advance for your help.

Jean-Philippe.

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