[crossfire] New map editor

[Alex Schultz]

Robin Redeker wrote:

>Hi!
>
>I've read about following message:
>http://mailman.metalforge.org/pipermail/crossfire/2005-August/009071.html
>  
>
Ahh, that SWIG bindings thing? Well, I was once looking at that, and 
eventually got it to build and was operating it (I was using python, but 
lava should have worked just as easily). However it seemed like and ugly 
hack, and I didn't see how it could be fixed to work a a clean manner 
off hand.

>We are very open to improvements. And maybe someone could discuss the
>problem with the order of map objects. The problem is, that if we load a
>map in GCE and save it again, we get many changes in the order of the
>objects.
>
Well, with GCE, there are a few main improvements that come to mind 
after looking at it.
First of all, the pink color where you haven't placed tiles is IMHO a 
bit ugly, something like a pattern (lowish contrast) or a less vibrant 
color would work nicer.
Secondly, there appears to be no way of listing archtypes by name, which 
in my opinion is an important feature.
Also, I think it looks a bit weird in the 'stack view'. In my opinion, 
the "del" buttons should just be icon based buttons, and the items 
themself would look better without the 3d widgetness (listbox as opposed 
to series of buttons)
Also, the toolbox looks a little ugly to me. In my opinion the item name 
should again not be in a button there. Also, the way you title the 
section "Pick" looks a little odd to me, and the grid for the actions 
above, seems to have a bit too much whitespace in the buttons to appeal 
to the eye.
In addition, one thing that would in my opinion be a big bonus, is 
instead of hardcoding how it deals with different object types, reading 
it out of the same xml files that CFJavaEditor uses for that. That would 
make it much easier to deal with new item types in the future, and would 
also make effort to improve that, apply to both editors, causing less 
effort on both sides to be wasted.

Alex Schultz

Secondly