Joost 't Hart wrote:
Hi!
> Alexander Wagner wrote:
>> Joost 't Hart wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>>> $ Error in startup script: image format "png" is not supported
>>> while executing
>>> "image create photo FICSrelayedgames -format png -data {
>>
>> Till now we only used GIF for the icons troughout Scid mainly to avoid
>> this problem and keep deps low.
>>
>> Should this be changed?
>
> Hm, I think it is not an either/or,
In a way it is, cause this lib required is not in the
default TCL install for many Unix/Linux distributions, and
as we do not have packages that handle deps yet... Thats why
I brought up that point.
>> Of course, droping the limitation of 256 colours in PNG
>> gives nicer controls, usually. However, I discovered that
>> Gnome industrial/Gnome stock looks pretty good 256
>> colours as well. (Thats why I used them for CC controls.)
>>
>
> Yeah, I actually was not aware that an alternate
> (supposedly better) png piece set was being used with
> libtk-img installed, if Pascal had not mentioned it
> explicitly.
Ok, they're around for quite a while, and it's "hidden" in
ChangeLog for 3.6.24. However, probably at least a startup
message shoud show up if this package is not found? (Does it
already? I have this package for a while now.)
> Only then I recognised some minor imperfections along the
> edges of some pieces at some board sizes (quite irregular,
> I must say) that I had not noticed with the gifs before
> :-)
Well, ther're several sets that actually look a lot nicer in
PNG. Namely Merida 1 and 2, the two Fantasy sets, Kindom and
USCF.
>> Or should we have two sets?
>
> Hm, no not perse, I think; as long as is clear what is
> required to get stuff going.
See the pont above.
>> I gather those icons were chosen from some existing set. Of course,
>> personal preferences enter here. I acutally do not care to much but
>> would suggest not to use icons with to low a contrast. E.g. I've some
>> problems with the Crystal set quite popular in the KDE world. (For me
>> it's contrast is to low.)
>
> I tried the FICS interface for the first time today (managed to actually
> play a guest game, after I had discovered I had to disable timeseal).
FYI: You need to install a timeseal binary you can download
from FICS for it to work and point to it properly. This one
is closed source binary only, therefore it is not in Scid.
> Looks pretty good; maybe the icons look a bit lonely in
> their panel if you make the freechess dialog wider...
Well, I took it as message from Pascal: more to come here :)
I'll stay tuned.
>> Additionally, should we also come to an agreement about the sizes of
>> the individual controls to get a similar look and feel troughout the
>> app? (I just wonder as till now the tendency was to make all controls
>> as small as possible while in FICS currently the Icons are quite large.)
>> Also for consistency of the GUI, where should we use textual buttons
>> and where should we use icons only?
>>
> Hm, this is truely a matter of taste. If prefer to stay away from those
> discussions. Maybe we should find a UI designer and put the thing in
> his/her hands.
If you have one at hand...
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