[Freeciv] Re: RTS version of Freeciv; need to change my email address

[Andrey Kotrekhov <kota@xxxxxxxxx>]

C Ratchet wrote:
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IMHO fine idea is  to use CLI server interface and if you want to use 
the GUI frontend to civ server



>Yes CLI will be an option - perhaps like aofserver --cli or -c
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>Ratchet
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>>From: Andrew John Hughes <hughes2002@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Reply-To: hughes2002@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>To: freeciv@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [Freeciv] Re: RTS version of Freeciv; need to change my email 
>>address
>>Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 22:43:52 +0100
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>>A GUI on a server should be optional.  When a server is truly being a 
>>server
>>to something like the Net, it should not really have a graphical 
>>environment
>>for a GUI as it just opens another can of security problems.  Fine if you
>>want a GUI to simplify the server for smaller situations, but you should 
>>al=
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>>have a standard CLI interface for those who want it, and when a GUI isn't
>>appropriate.
>>Other than that, I think the project sounds good, although XML is only 
>>going
>>to be better than just plain text without markup, if you're going to make 
>>u=
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>>of the tree-structure parsing it produces.
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>>Andrew :-)
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>>On Tuesday 09 July 2002 10:03 pm, you wrote:
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>>>Yes I know it requires a lot of time that is why I have the Age of 
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>>Freedom
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>>>project. GUI on the server, in my opinion, is nice for people that 
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>>aren't
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>>>techies (though I am one, I like GUI's more than CLI interfaces) The XML
>>>advantage I think is that it can be both edited in an editor and through
>>>code, and it is pretty easy to read, and also good for maps (I have 
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>>other
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>>>projects that are developing maps in XML) Thrown objects are those such 
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>>>catapaulted rocks, lightning bolts, etc.
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>>>Ratchet
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>>>From: Raimar Falke <rf13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>>>>To: C Ratchet <zratchet@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>CC: jocuri@xxxxxxxxxxxx, freeciv@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>Subject: [Freeciv] Re: RTS version of Freeciv; need to change my email
>>>>address
>>>>Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 20:48:51 +0200
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>>>>On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 06:05:37PM +0000, C Ratchet wrote:
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>>>>>My idea is pretty much completely rewriting freeciv, by making the
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>>>>server be
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>>>>>GUI-based and still have all options set through it, and having Turn
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>>>>Based,
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>>>>>RTS and Strategic RPG options. The client would be completely 
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>>>>>use 3D graphics and XML-based data for maps, terrains, units, 
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>>>>>resources, animals, thrown objects, etc. Also will add some new 
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>>ideas
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>>>>like
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>>>>>Morale and Pollution.
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>>>>You know that this requires a lot of time? Also adding GUI to the
>>>>server is the wrong decision IMHO. What are the advantages of XML?
>>>>What are thrown objects?
>>>>
>>>>    Raimar
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>>>>    -- Linus Torvalds about linux 2.4.0 at 4 Jan 2001
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