Re: [Rails-devel] rails' user properties

[Stefan F. <ste...@we...>]

Jim:
thanks for your suggestion.

It was a little late for the new release, but storing the UI layout it was/is 
already high on my list. There are some question to discuss due to Java 
flexible approach to layout its components. But I admit that I have already a 
code snippet on my desktop pc which moves the Map window to the second 
available screen.

Let us discuss this in more depth as soon as the dust after the new release 
has settled, which might/will introduce other bugs/suggestions.

Stefan 

On Thursday, August 19, 2010 08:12:25 pm Jim Black wrote:
> I noticed that there's been substantial effort to add a
> configuration/properties system to Rails, and also look forward to seeing
> this in the next update.
> 
> (I think the most critical update is the fix of the diesel-upgrade/tradein
> bug, fwiw-  we always need to downgrade to 1.2.2 when the diesels come
> out, which disables the most useful/difficult phase of 1.3's automated
> route-calculation.)
> 
> Along the lines of user preferences and properties, here's some more
> comments re: differences from a pbem user to a hotseat/moderator user--
> 
> - I load pbem Rails games, from my dropbox, all day.  The usage pattern is:
>  launch rails, load game file (the last two can be munged), make move,
> save game file, exit rails.
> 
> ==>  Note that loading/exiting rails for each game is awkward (and
> unusual)- I'd rather leave it running all day- loading games as they're
> updated, saving & moving on to the next game, etc.
> 
> - Also, once I load a game within Rails, I repeat my next sequence of
> operations too:  I open most of the separate Rails game windows (map,
> stock-chart, report window), and, resize and position these windows for my
> current display.
> 
> ==>  Note that having to reconfigure my desktop for each game is also
> awkward- I wish Rails maintained a record of my last window layout for
> each title/game- and. defaulted to that, when I [re-]load that title/game.
> 
> For extra credit, it should keep separate copies for different display
> sizes- during the day, we may switch computers, or, we may simply switch a
> laptops from the builtin display, to a larger external display.  (These
> things directly affect the way we config our windows, for each particular
> title.)
> 
> There's nothing magic about any of this- but the awkward thing is, we have
> to repeat these exact little steps, /all day long/, in many standalone
> Rails sessions.  It gets tedious to do these same tweaks every time we
> reload a game- it would be great if Rails just remembered our last window
> placements for each title (or, game), and little desktop stuff like that.
> 
> best,
>  - jim
> 
> 
> 
> 
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