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<H2><A NAME="SEC27" HREF="hacking_toc.html#SEC27">Useful Displays</A></H2>

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This is a collection of minor but useful displays that might be worth
adding to an interface.

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A "mouse over" is a line or two of text that describes what the
mouse/pointer is currently pointing at, and which updates automatically
as the player moves the pointer around.  This is better for
high-bandwidth interfaces, since there may be a lot of updating
involved.  The volume can be reduced slightly by only redisplaying when
the mouse moves, or, better, when what is being looked at changes.  This
is probably best done by recalculating the line of text and then
comparing it to what has been drawn already, although if the display is
very fast, you may not save much in drawing time.  One approx 40-char
lines covers basic info, such as terrain type and unit type; more detail
may require multiple long lines.

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