[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Mouse selection

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> It took a couple of hours to do the modificaions, getting the 'general 
> feeling' of the code, and a lot of "fgrep -n "get_unit_on_focus()" *{.c,.h}" 
> and the like!

There is ctags, but I don't know how to use it.  Maybe Emacs C mode is
easier.  And there is always

  http://www.freeciv.org/lxr/source

I like your work on better keyboard control!
 
> Anyway, I don't know if these patch are of general interest: moving units 
> with the mouse, like in the original Civ, doesn't seem to be in the wishlist 
> for the game! AI improvement is far more usefull... and interesting!

Measuring interest per second spent, I'm not sure I agree.
UI interaction takes a lot of time; improving it takes relatively little.

> [I also noticed a slight modification in the 1.8.3 source code. If people 
> are interested, I can make diffs against the latest beta version].

I am!
 
> Pierre.

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