Re: XARCHON Data files

[capmikee@home.martnet.com]

On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 07:24:50AM +0100, Joerg Osarek wrote:
> >  A zip file shouldn't be
> > that big of a barrier for anyone capable of creating digital art.

I think we've got a good plan here: keep icons in xpm format, and zip
them up to make a single theme file. Both xpm and zip (or tgz, etc)
are easily accessible standards.

> So I could use symbolic links. this would be a bit more work for me, but o.k.
> On the other hand I can't help but I like the configuration file idea more.
> As far as I know zip is not capable of storing symbolic links - or is it?
> I think we should come to a decision on that point in the near future.
> What do the programmers think?

I've had problems with symlinks in other projects - I like
configuration files better. In fact, I'd like to have much more
information stored in config files, such as creature stats (mode of
attack, speed, etc) and even game board layout. But perhaps some stats
should be separately loadable from theme graphics?

- Mike
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