[Kde-games-devel] Review Request: KPat: Add command line option to skip directly to a particular game

[Parker Coates]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 16:05, Ian Wadham wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:29:09 am Parker Coates wrote:
>> Bug 182718 requests a way to skip the new starting screen that was added to
>> KPat in 4.2. While I love the start screen, I think it makes sense allow
>> the user the possibility to skip directly to a particular game if they so
>> desire. One of the reporters suggestions was a command line switch. I liked
>> this suggestion as it would allow one to create separate icons for
>> launching different games.
>>
> I love the start screen too, in fact I like it so much I would like to see it
> come up whenever I do Settings->Game Type .... !!!!  It seems inconsistent
> that it does not.

I have that planned for my next patch. :D

> An alternative to the command-line approach might be to bring up a
> fresh deal of the last game-type played, by default, and allow the start
> screen to be suppressed with a "Don't show me this again" button.  And
> maybe it could be re-enabled in the Settings menu, in case a friend calls
> by and wants to see the full range of games when starting KPat.

I had considered this approach too, but it seemed like a bit too much
interface clutter just to avoid a single click. I went with the
command line option because it seems cleaner and has some merit beyond
just saving time.

Of course the two aren't mutually exclusive, so if somebody wanted add
such functionality down the road, that would be an option.

Parker