[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#7032) messagedlg should link to message options

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7032 >

Raimar Falke wrote:
> <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7032 >
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> On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 04:16:02PM -0800, Jason Short wrote:
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>><URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7032 >
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>>There should be a button or menu item in the messagedlg window to pop up
>>the message dialog options window directly.  Otherwise the association
>>is not obvious to the newbie player, who wishes he could change the
>>messages being shown but doesn't think to go looking for how.
> 
> 
> Maybe it is also possible to have a button at each line which when you
> click it will open a new window. In this window you have to 3 buttons
> (output window, message window, popup) which you also have in the
> message dialog options window. You only see one "line" of the message
> dialog options window.

Clever.  But it should instead just be a drop-down menu, with choices 
something like:

   Goto location
   Popup city
   -------------
X Show in output window
X Show in message window
   Show in popup window

I guess the first two are redundant, but may be convenient.

jason