This is the mail archive of the
xconq7@sources.redhat.com
mailing list for the Xconq project.
Re: Build List Limits and Hotseat
- From: Eric McDonald <mcdonald at phy dot cmich dot edu>
- To: Lincoln Peters <sampln at sbcglobal dot net>
- Cc: Elijah Meeks <elijahmeeks at yahoo dot com>,Xconq list <xconq7 at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 17:39:30 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: Build List Limits and Hotseat
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Lincoln Peters wrote:
> I'm not aware of any support in Xconq for this kind of play. Although I
> would imagine that, at least on Linux, if you have a desktop environment
> and/or window manager that supports virtual desktops, you could put each
> player's respective window(s) on a different desktop. Of course, there
> is no security in such a setup.
I believe Jim revived the old Xt/Xaw Xconq as Xtconq for this very
purpose (not hotseat, but multiple human players potentially at
the same machine). But I could be wrong....
> If you really want to do this, and you want security, I'd imagine that
> the best solution would be for the screen to go blank when one player's
> turn ends, a message pops up saying whose turn it is and asks for that
> player's password. When the correct password is entered, the
> appropriate player's view would appear.
Strategic Conquest was like that.
Eric