[Kde-games-devel] KPat Progress and Regressions

[Parker Coates]

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 22:58, Parker Coates wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 14:22, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
>> On November 12, 2009, Parker Coates wrote:
>>> On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 18:41, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
>>>> i also wonder why "change game type" is under settings; it would seem to
>>>> fit better under "Game"?
>>>
>>> The "why" is because that menu entry replaced the old submenu that
>>> listed the game types. I agree that it should be moved to the game
>>> menu, but have never gotten around to it.
>>
>> cool :)
>>
>>> I think I'd also like to put
>>> it in the toolbar (as it's an oft used action), but the lack a good
>>> icon has stopped me.
>>
>> toolbar makes sense as well, indeed. maybe a deck of cards would work for the
>> icon?
>
> Okay. So I tried moving the "Change Game Type..." action to the Game
> menu, but it seemed awkward and/or hard to find no matter where I put
> it. I then got to thinking that maybe "Change Game Type..." wasn't the
> best name for the action, because really, it's just an alternate form
> of "New". So that lead me to the attached patch. (For those too lazy
> to try the patch, see [1] and [2].)
>
> I think I've been looking at this for too long, as I'm no longer
> certain this even makes sense. What are people's thoughts? Does anyone
> have any better suggestions? Would this idea work better with
> different labels?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Parker
>
> [1] http://imagebin.ca/view/7H5YgR.html
> [2] http://imagebin.ca/view/18qaBe.html

Does no one have any opinions on this? The string freeze is coming, so
I'd like to get this sorted out as quickly as possible.

Thanks,

Parker