Re: Curses and SDL apps for Windows and MacOS

[Hans Ronne <hronne at comhem dot se>]

>This is my first experience with the SDL interface.
>It seems more smooth than the TCL/TK, is this because
>it only opens the default game or is it just better?
>It looks great.  Yes, I know it's barely there, but it
>looks more like a game interface than TCL/TK, which
>I've hated ever since I played Xconq on a Mac...
>Would it be capable of allowing designers to customize
>the graphics of the interface (The borders,
>backgrounds, etc.) so that the different games will
>have different feels?

The SDL interface is much faster than the TCL interface, which is one
reason why it gives a smoother player experience.  As for customizing the
interface, anything is possible. But there is a lot of work to do just to
get it into a playable shape.

>On a serious note, is it possible to load up other .g
>files besides the basic game?

Under Unix or MacOS you can load any game by using the command line, e.g.
"-g advances", when you launch XconqSDL. This is true also for the Curses
application. I haven't had time to check if the command line code works
under Windows, but it should not be too hard to fix if it doesn't.

Hans