[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [PATCH] Each nation having different monetary unit

["Baumans" <baumans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Trent Piepho" <xyzzy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Baumans" <baumans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <freeciv-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2001 9:12 PM
Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: [PATCH] Each nation having different monetary
unit


> On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Baumans wrote:
> > I made a patch to allow every nation to have a
> > different monetary unit (ie. US Dollar, GB Pound).
> > Just install the patch and add a:
> > money = "Whatever"
>
> Does the text in gui dialogs still line up properly?  It looks like you
only
> changed the gtk client.
>
> Gold was chosen originally because it is a short word, so it doesn't take
much
> space on the screen.  If you stick a big word in there, stuff won't fit
where
> it did before.
>
> I also don't see how plurals are handled.  "Treasury contains 10 dollar"
That
> just sounds stupid.
>
> Before...
>
> Gold:    20 (+10)
> Luxury:   1
> Science: 10
>
> After...
>
> GB Pound:    10 (+10)
> Luxury:   1
> Science: 10
>
> Looks at lot worse to me.
Yeah that's the problem.  Of course, most of the time it will be plural
(almost all the time), so
you could just put that in (it isn't very often that you talk about 1 unit
of currency).  There still
is the problem with it being longer than Gold (these problems were part of
the reason I decided not
to bother to fix any other client).Of course, I can't (easily) see a way to
fix them(especially the
length problem).
>
>
>