Re: [glob2-devel] Re: I am taking upon the task as to redesign the map editor

[Bradley Arsenault]

On 3/29/06, Stéphane Magnenat <address@hidden> wrote:
> Well,
>
> Some clarification apply here!
>
> First, if you want to redo the map editor, it is about MapEdit class and
> not GameGUI class.
>
> The reason why GameGUI doesn't use libgag is that it predates libgag
> widgets.
>
> As I've said, I've planned to use libgag in the MapEdit rewrite. I
> haven't started yet as I've been working with Nuage on the Unit
> allocator rewrite (remember, you all wanted it).
>
> If anyone wants to help with the MapEdit rewrite, fine. We nevertheless
> need to be sure we agree with the basis :
>
> - A top bar that has buttons such as units, buildings, ... I planned not
> to put text on them but rather having a help line in the lower part of
> the screen that always display help on the element under the mouse
> cursor. To that end, I was planning to add to any RectangularWidget the
> ability to link to a TextSettable widget (a new interface which will be
> inherited by any Text, TextInput, TextButton and TextArea). This will
> allow clean connection of widget to help text.
>
> class RectangularWidget
> {
> ...
> public:
>         void setTooltipWidget(TextSettable *tooltipWidget, const std::string
> &tooltipMessage);
> ...
> };
>
> class TextSettable
> {
> public:
>         virtual ~TextSettable() { }
>         virtual void setText(const std::string &text) = 0;
> };
>
> - When a button in the top bar is clicked, a context menu, inherited
> from OverlayScreen, is displayed. A keyboard shortcut can also trigger
> the menu. In this case, it appears just under the mouse.
>
> - The top bar must allow to choose the team and add/remove teams, as
> well as choose the brush size in case of areas.
>
> - The basic data structure of the map editor can stay, as it is quite
> simple. I was thinking of beginning to add the bar, write new popup
> menus, and, when they work, remove the right panel. This would allow a
> smooth transition.
>
> Just a final note for people who love to insult our code: try to code a
> project of this size during more than 6 years, and we'll talk about all
> this afterwards.
>
> Steph
>
>
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As I thinking more along the lines in that I couldn't figure out what
functions I was supposed to call to draw things to the screen. I got
that draw map was in Game, but then I got confused about what
GameGUI's purpose was, as I see drawing code in both Game and GameGUI,
and game-engine code in both Game and GameGUI, which is confusing.