On Sun, 25 Aug 2013 10:24:16 +0200 Michael Vehrs <michael.bursc...@gmx.de> wrote: > I have gathered a list of unit labels, as used by FreeCol and the > original game, as far as I can determine. The entry for Free Colonist is > representative for all unit types that represent people with no expert > role, the entry for Caravel is representative for all unit types that do > not represent people... > > ...Things get complicated when the unit has more than one expert role, as > is the case with veterans, continental regulars, king's regulars, and > possibly braves. I see no way to generalize these labels, so we should > probably just check for the presence of corresponding keys in the > messages file. > > In the case of a unit with a proper name, I think we should put the name > first, followed by the label, like this: > > Santa Maria (Spanish Caravel) > Natty Bumppo (English Seasoned Scout/no horses) > The Gold of El Dorado (Spanish Treasure Train/5000 gold) > > That is, if the label already contains parentheses, replace them with > slashes. > > What do you think?
That is better than where we are, but looks fiddly to implement, however this is important enough an issue that we should be trying to follow Col1. So I would like to leave it to you as the resident expert in StringTemplate:-). Most of the parts are there, except that nation is definitely required in this format. Cheers. Mike Pope
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