[engine] Unit-specific undo

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[engine] Unit-specific undo

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At times it would be really nice to be able to select a unit and undo their move specifically.

I don't know if this would be better as a replacement for the current undo, or as an alternative to it (Ctrl-U?). Certainly it's only worth doing if it can be implemented in a clean, unconfusing way.

I can't be the only person to move out my army, then realise I moved the first one to the wrong place. :lol2:

P.S. The "[]" tags are new since I was last here, I hope I used them correctly. Where are they documented, please?
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Re: [engine] Unit-specific undo

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Have you tried the whiteboard in 1.9? It's not exactly this, but similar.
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Re: [engine] Unit-specific undo

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Gambit wrote:Have you tried the whiteboard in 1.9? It's not exactly this, but similar.
Is that "Planning mode"? I just noticed it but haven't tried it yet.

It looks good, but it'd be best if you didn't need to know in advance that you'll want to undo.

Aside: Gmail just implemented an undo for discarded messages. It's beautiful. :) No nagging "Are you sure you want to...?" messages or special mode you need to activate. Just an "Oops, I didn't mean to!" option there for if you need it.
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