Re: [Rails-devel] Changes

[Erik V. <eri...@hc...>]

> PS.  While we're on the subject of the report-log/window- I 
> also wish  
> players could make comments into that log, during their move.  It  
> makes for a more complete game record (since players can annotate  
> their moves, in context)- but, moreover, it adds a human 
> touch to the  
> game record, and just helps keep pbem games more 
> social/interactive.   
> Nothing as complex as an interactive chat window, presence/etc-  
> rather, just the ability to annotate the game log with short, 
> textual  
> comments (which would be saved in the game file, with the 
> rest of the  
> game log).

That was an easy one, for a change.

The report window can be made editable by adding
report.window.editable=yes
to my.properties.

I have also added File|Load and File|Save menu items to the
Report Window. It will start at the report directory which you 
can define in my.properties by
report.directory=....

It is NOT recommended to reuse the automatically created
report file that the program already writes, because it
will be overwritten by the program's own uncommented version.
Perhaps I should add another switch to set this logging
on/off independent from the directory setting (which
now automatically triggers writing this report).

NB This Save function does not propose any filename yet.
But if you have loaded a report, the same name will be prosed for saving it.

Comment: I have kept this commented report separate from the 
automatic report that is already written. In a future client/server
model, the uncommented report will be created by the server,
and your own commented version will be saved/loaded by the client.

Erik.