[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#3886) City description is hidden for polar cities

["ChrisK@xxxxxxxx" <ChrisK@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 02:34:08PM -0700, Jason Short wrote:
> ChrisK@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>
> >>>For cities on the south pole, the city name and production on the map is
> >>>not readable in most cases, depending on the size of the map subwindow.
> 
> > Well this is something we call 'Schildb?rgerstreich' [1] in german. The
> > white text is hard to see over the icecap of the south pole and the partly
> > white city icon.
> 
> Yes.
> 
> > Why not put the description *above* the city icon, for the lowest two lines 
> > of
> > tiles in the map? That'd place the text into the blue ocean. Or will this
> > conflict with descriptions of less lower cities?
> 
> Change the "#if 0" line in gui-gtk/mapview.c to an "#if 1" and you'll 
> get this.  But IMO it's even more confusing.

Why that? I think it's good.

Christian

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