Re: [Bug-gnubg] main window patches

[Jim Segrave]

On Mon 09 Sep 2002 (17:06 +0200), Nardy Pillards wrote:
> > I've attached the modified files instead.
> >
> > J?rn
> 
> Works fine, looks great (with WinME) and the window/board % can't be
> discussed anymore ;-) (especially when the Position-MatchId can be toggled)
> 
> Appearance: 'Click dice icon to roll'
> Do people understand this is meant to show/not show the dice on the bottom
> of the screen?
> (well: I didn't, if I hadn't read the post here)
> Not English here, but maybe: 'Show dice image before roll' ?

Show player 0 dice after roll?

> Personally, I would like to see a 'Hint' button too (and that maybe could
> also satisfy those wanting to see 'How did I do?' after each move).

I think it would be easy to use the tutor code to build a 'kibitz'
mode or somesuch with a display for bad moves, missed doubles,
fantastic luck or not, without too much trouble. Or it could be a
separate window giving similar information to what I assume Snowie
gives:

The top three moves with their equity/MWC or for double/take the
equities/MWC for the cube decision.
A line for reporting missed double errors
A line for reporting exceptional dice luck

Should it be a popup you have to clear or a separate window you can
place and size to taste?
 
> I would move the 'Roll' and 'Double' buttons more to the right.
> One moves the chequers, either by clicking or dragging. Thus the mouse
> pointer is never at the left of the board. Would be nice seeing 'Roll' and
> 'Double' somewhere in the centre (even if there are other ways to roll the
> dice).

Agreed, although I think they should be at the right end of the
toolbar, not in the middle.

> Bottom of the window....
> I think one more line can be recovered?
> Three panes there: Bot - Match - Human
> If Score of both is moved to the middle pane and Bot (with its icon) is
> right aligned, the result would be a bit like this:
> _____ GNU [o]    0     Match: 7     3      [o] Player
> _____ Pips: 167    [] Crawford game      Pips: 167
> (right aligned)            (centered)              (left aligned)
> 
> ( I know it will be able to choose : Show Pips/ Don't Show.... but still)

> Nardy
> (who likes the new look)

I like it too. Out of curiousity, can one disable the pip count?

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