[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#4024) New tech aquired

["a-l@xxxxxxx" <a-l@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 09:02:14 -0700
"Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> [a-l@xxxxxxx - Fri Apr 18 11:01:06 2003]:
> 
> > Change an instance of "poptechup" to "new_tech_aquired" in
> > packhand.c: handle_player_info().
> > 
> > In this and maybe future cases it is useful to distinguish between
> > "change current research" (causes popup) and "gained a new tech"
> > (maybe through treaty or looting).
> 
> Why is this useful?  It can't hurt, but is there an advantage to it? 
> Currently, in the treaty and looting cases do the menus not get updated?

That was the problem.

> 
> Also, the patch is out-of-date.  The code to determine popuptech has
> been changed recently.

Ups, I missed one day's update. The new behaviour seems to be that
the science dialog is popped up even when you get a tech by treaty
that is not what you are currently researching. I think that can be
confusing in some cases, but if that's the way it should be then this
patch is obsolete.


Arnstein