[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#6707) Announce server on LAN

["Per I. Mathisen" <per@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003, andrearo@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> One of the features I miss in Freeciv is to get a list of servers on the
> LAN that the client can connect to, when setting up local games. So I just
> had to implement it :)

Ok, I had a look at it :)

In xaw, when no server is found, the LAN server dialog starts up after
some annoying delay and is tiny, same width as update and close buttons
and same height as the three widgets, where the lan list widget is a tiny
strip. The dialog should pop up immediately in the right size, and the
contents of the list widget should be updated as servers are found. When a
server is found not at first but through 'Update', the dialog becomes much
too wide, and the lowermost two buttons fall slightly off the dialog's
bottom edge. In both cases, the uppermost text widget only displays 'S'.
When you press 'LAN Servers' when there is a server to be found,
everything displays fine but the dialog is still a bit too wide.

Gtk2: Looks all fine. Is it possible to do a refresh automatically when
clicking on the tab? Other games to this, and it is convenient. Someone on
irc also requested short-keys - do with that suggestion as you will :)

Didn't test gtk1. You can leave updating other clients' to their
respective client maintainers if you want.

  - Per