[Kde-games-devel] Re: REKO cardsets for KDE cardgames?

[Neil Stevens]

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On Tuesday June 10, 2003 03:57, blachner at gmx.de wrote:
> >> That means the card dialog can use the png files and also other
> >> formats like the REKO formats. But unfortunally that means also that
> >> functions have to be add to the games to using this advanced dialog.
> >
> > Can't do that.  We can't break the existing API.  So we have to use
> > your first option.
>
> Yes, I understand. But, maybe, we can add to methods to the existing
> dialog class which gives the cards as QImages back and maybe add a
> constructor which opens the advanced dialog which can also handle
> formats like the REKO format. That means, programs only mus be changed
> if they want to use the advanced dialog with e.g. REKO format support.

That would be possible, but it woudln't achieve the goal of making KDE card 
games use the decks. So why bother?

It's not as if switching from using files to downloading from KIO is a 5 
minute conversion job.  So without any decks even shipping with KDE, I 
doubt most games would be converted.

So what's your goal?  Do you want to get KDE games to use the decks or not?  
If you want KDE games to be able to see the decks, then you should make 
them available to the games.  Making the games change to fit the decks 
won't do it.

> >> I don't want to ship REKO cardsets with KDE. I only want to ship KDE
> >> card game programs which can uses the many existing REKO cardsets.
> >
> > Well, that's not going to happen anytime soon.  Why the aversion to
> > unpacking the files into separate images?
>
> It's not direct a aversion, :-) but I think the first way is a cleaner
> way and its easier to use for "normal" users. But, if most people on the
> list think the second, conversion to separate images, way is better or
> the first way is not possible for compatibility reasons, I can also
> write a conversion program. But I see no reason to add this converison
> program to the KDE game module. I think it can be done outside the KDE
> CVS.

What's the licensing on the decks?  Maybe even if the decks don't ship with 
KDE, we could still package them up somehow.

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