Stars and galaxies?

README.md

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 [4X game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4X_game)
 
 
+Sat Apr 13 13:10:19 PDT 2024
+
+I took a look at the real Milky Way and man is it ever big.  Thouands of
+star clusters with thousands of stars each...  I was looking at an image
+of the core and letting my mind expand to try to encompass it and I got
+really spacey/high, in a good way.
+
+There's a tension between versimilitude (fidelity to the real data) and
+making something easy to write and fun to play.  It would be simple
+enough to generate crude cartoon worlds, and a detailed realistic galaxy
+might be kinda boring (to play.)  If you want to (virtually) explore the
+real galaxy there are resources for that.
+
+In any event, I think the way forward is to generate something nice now
+and upgrade it later.  I don't want to get side-tracked, I want to stay
+mostly on the critical path.
+
+

tasks/selectable-stars.md

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+# Selectable Stars
+
+Tk supports "active" properties on canvas items that take effect when the
+mouse is over the item, so highlighting stars when you mouse over them is
+easy.
+
+It's also easy to bind a function/method to <Enter> events and then e.g.
+update a status bar or HUD widget or something.
+
+When you click on a star it should "select" it
+- populate GUI for star
+  - panel on the side?
+  - dedicated tab?
+- maintain history list of stars to help track what you've been looking
+  at (memory aid)
+- Select planets to queue orders.
+
+