On 9/15/07, Andreas Røsdal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, 15 Sep 2007, Daniel Markstedt wrote: > > > On 9/11/07, Andreas Røsdal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I think that I should write some documentation about how to setup and run > >> the web client, because currently that takes a lot of effort. Each > >> web-browser session gets its own civclient process. The civclient > >> process is launched from the Java application server (Resin), and at the > >> moment the civclient can only be run from the command line for debugging > >> purposes if it is invoked with correct parameters. So you really have to > >> setup the application server correctly first, before you can get the whole > >> thing running. > >> > >> The data directory was left out because I don't have any more storage > >> space on the server. I would be really great if a new branch could be > >> created in SVN on gna.org for this "experiment". Otherwise it would be > >> difficult to share the source code. > >> > >> Anyway, it's great that you gave it a try, event though there is still > >> quite a long way to go. > >> > >> > >> - Andreas > >> > >> > > > > I suggest you apply for membership of the project at gna.org so you > > can add and maintain the branch yourself! (If everyone agrees, > > naturally.) > > > > BTW, have you decided on a widget toolkit to use, or are you writing > > the gui from scratch? > > The GUI widget toolkit is implemented in HTML at the moment. That means > that the graphics are rendered with the HTML canvas element, while all the > GUI elements are limited to what one can do with HTML. > > I'm not sure if there are any widget toolkits which could be used in a > browser. It is possible to create a Java applet or a Flash plugin to > create a user interface, but I've not looked into that (yet). > > > BTW2, I'd like to write a 'news story' for the website. Something in > > particular that you'd like mentioned there? > > Perhaps that it would be great if more testers and developers gave the > web client a try. > > Even better, if someone would be kind enough to provide server hosting > for the web client. Such a server needs a lot of bandwidth and CPU/memory. > > - Andreas >
News story posted! What's needed now, I think, is a wiki page outlining how to get it going and how to help out with the effort! ~Daniel _______________________________________________ Freeciv-dev mailing list Freeciv-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/freeciv-dev
