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[kaputtnik <somal@xxxxxxxx>]

Creating such a view isn't as difficult. Problematic would be to redirect the output to such a view. So for now i would suggest another approach: Setting DISPLAY through update_help.py: 

# Because wl_map_object_info needs access to a graphical server, which is running at
# DISPLAY :1 we have to set the environment variable accordingly.

if not 'DISPLAY' in os.environ:   # No DISPLAY set -> default on the server console
    display_set = True
    os.environ['DISPLAY']=":1"

# Here is the call to wl_map_object_info

if display_set:                  # Unset DISPLAY
    os.environ.pop('DISPLAY')


This is testet on the alpha site and works fine. A button could be implemented later on.

I think documenting any server related spacial things in the readme would blow it up without a need for normal users which may just want to look into the code and runs the widelands homepage local. Documenting this in the code is imho better.
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