[Freeciv-Dev] Re: connect dialog ver 3 (PR#1911)

[Mike Kaufman <kaufman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

for some reason jitterbug didn't forward this. if you get doubles, sorry.

On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 05:04:51PM -0500, Mike Kaufman wrote:
> attached is the next version.
> 
> Changes:
> 
> o only the spawning client has access to hack level commands and really
>   only 'save', 'load', 'rfcstyle' and 'cmdlevel'
> o the client now communicates these hack commands through pipes. (Daniel,
>   it seems this was the way to go all along...) The reason for this is
>   security. Now a remote client can't take over hack.
> o there is now a server output window (you can find it in the Game menu)
> 
> 
> Notes:
> 
> o I feel this is for _single_player_games_. Inviting your friends to play
>   really merits starting up a different server process don't you agree? This 
>   is mainly the reason why I didn't include Daniels patch to show incoming 
>   connections. It was a neat little patch, but out of sync with this project.
> 
> o this patch adds a couple of calls to fcntl(). I don't know if this is bad
>   for portability. (win32 will obviously have problems) Anything else?
> 
> o I need reviewers! This feature is intended for please who can't/won't read 
>   FAQS or RTFM. Is it easy enough to use? Does it do something you don't
>   expect? Report bugs.
> 
> o Vasc, the connect dialog still has a blank spot at the top where I suppose 
> the
>   tabs are hidden in the gtk_notebook. Could you please look at this as
>   well as the rest of the gtk2 changes?
> 
> o Andreas, please let me know/get me a patch of what needs to be done 
> regarding
>   merging the win32 stuff into connectdlg_common.c
> 
> o Per, I need to add a AC_HEADER_SYS_WAIT to the configure scripts. could
>   you do that?
> 
> -mike