Bug 182718

Summary:	allow to set a default game type
Product:	[Applications] kpat	Reporter:	Stefano Crocco <stefano.crocco>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Stephan Kulow <coolo>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	kde-games-bugs-null, tim
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
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Description Stefano Crocco 2009-02-01 14:22:39 UTC

Version:           3.1 (using 4.2.61 (KDE 4.2.61 (KDE 4.3 >= 20090127)), Gentoo)
Compiler:          i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.25-gentoo-r5

Because of bug 65506, now every time I start KPatience, I need to choose the type of game to start. While this is good for people exploring the different games included in the program, in my opinion it becomes annoying for people who likes to always play the same game: with the old behaviour, they only have to start the application and had a new game ready; nowadays, they need to remember the name of their favourite game and click on it before being able to play it.

Isn't it possible to have a way to set the default game, so that the "New" menu entry, if used before choosing a game, would start a new game?

If this can't be done, it would surely be possible to add a command line option to start a game of a particular kind. Using this command line option would have the same effects as clicking on a game type at the beginning

Comment 1 Parker Coates 2009-02-23 15:44:41 UTC

SVN commit 930456 by coates:

Added new "--gametype" command line switch to skip the game selection screen and start a particular type of game.

CCBUG:182718

 M  +43 -2     main.cpp  
 M  +5 -2      pwidget.cpp  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=930456

Comment 2 Parker Coates 2009-03-02 03:33:20 UTC

SVN commit 933985 by coates:

Further refinements to the new state saving functionality.

If the game is won, save an empty game containing only a game ID, so that we can start a game of that type when KPat is restarted.

BUG:182718

 M  +8 -0      dealer.cpp  
 M  +25 -14    pwidget.cpp  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=933985