[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Zaurus port

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On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 09:59:00PM +0200, Rob Fisher wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've joined this mailing list because I have started porting Freeciv to the 
> Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 PDA.  This PDA is a rather nice Linux box that fits in 
> your pocket.  I don't actually own the PDA yet but I have ordered one, and I 
> have the development environment on my PC so I've started work.

Wonderful news!  Unfortunately the Zaurus is not available in my country.

> In the client the gui is rather beautifully seperated from everything else, 
> so the task seems to consist of filling in the stub functions, and 
> implementing the dialogue boxes and the display using the QT library.

Aah .. finally a QT client?  Then it may port back to everything else!
Very nice.

> 1) Is anyone else working on the same project?  I'd hate to finish the job 
> only to find it has already been done!

Not at all.

> 2) Is the structure of the client likely to change in a big way very soon?  I 
> am currently working with version 1.12.0

1.13.0 is about to come put.  It's best to use 1.12.2 (the beta)
or even better to use a CVS snapshot.  See www.freeciv.org.

> 3) Are there any non-isometric tile sets?

See www.freeciv.org.

> The map drawing code in the 
> existing clients seems to cater for isometric and non-isometric.  A top down 
> view with small tiles may be more suitable for playing on a small PDA screen.

It is *always* more suitable :)  Try the tinydent set, it is smaller.

> Any comments welcome!

*drool*
 
> Rob.

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