[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#19049) Problematic/buggy strings.

[Marko Lindqvist <cazfi74@xxxxxxxxx>]

Per Inge Mathisen wrote:
> Of course, one possibility is simply not to write any sentences, just 
> use keywords or illustrations. (One icon can replace many words.) Like 
> this:
>   Communism:
>     - Tiles +2 shields (Requires: Factory in city, Communism,
>       Already producing a shield in tile)
>
> It will be hard to avoid making such lists long, duplicated and 
> complicated-sounding, though.
 I consider this much better than static help texts we had. Main reason 
being that this kind of help exists even if ruleset author is too lazy 
to write static help text at all, as often was the case. Lesser reason 
being that this help is guaranteed to be up to date. If ruleset author 
had written help text in the first place, (s)he probably also tried to 
keep it up to date when changing rules.
 I'm not completely against adding static help text in addition to 
automatically generated one where ruleset author can shortly emphasize 
key features of the government.
 One static help text I'd like to see would be 'About <ruleset>' where 
ruleset author could tell general approach.

 - ML