[Freeciv-Dev] Re: console cleanup 3 (PR#1749)

[Paul Zastoupil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 12:38:50PM +0200, Christian Knoke wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 11:53:36AM +0200, Reinier Post wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 01:54:34AM -0400, Jason Short wrote:
> > > Reinier Post wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 06:25:04AM -0700, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> > > 
> > > <snip context)
> > > 
> > > >>in the server. Eg
> > > >>
> > > >>        client/civclient -a -n per -u &
> > > >>
> > > >>where -u could mean "send /start immediately upon connection 
> > > >>established".
> 
> If you do this, the player can't change options any more, from within
> the client chat window.

The server "start" function from within the client could create a nice
little .rc file that contained the wanted options.  This should include the
cmdlevel ctrl first.

> 
> > > > Won't work unless that player has cmdlevel ctrl.
> > > 
> > > Indeed.  This problem was run into in the launch-server-from-client 
> > > patch that Daniel wrote (and required an IMO ugly workaround to deal 
> > > with).  There should be an option to have the first player to join a 
> > > game get ctrl (or this should be made the default).
> > > 
> > > jason
> > 
> > There is an option to do that:
> > 
> >   > cmd ctrl first
> >   'First come' command access level set to 'ctrl'.
> 
> Yes. There should be a command line option for this, additional.
> Then you could fire server, client, autoconnect, adapt all options
> from within the client to your needs and /start.
> 
> The next step would be, to make a gui for the / commands, IMO.
> 
> > and this can be made the default, but I have rarely seen it used.
> > For single-player use this would be fine.  The -u would stand for
> > "unique player" ?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Reinier
> 
> Christian
> 
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Paul Zastoupil