From: Rob H. <rob...@gm...> - 2011-05-06 22:05:07
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Dear John: Can you specify how a gtkspell-gtk3 patch will fix the --disable-introspection error in osm-gps-map? Sincerely yours, Rob G. Healey On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 8:47 AM, John Ralls <jr...@ce...> wrote: > > On Apr 29, 2011, at 8:09 AM, Benny Malengier wrote: > > > > > > > 2011/4/29 John Ralls <jr...@ce...> > > > > On Apr 29, 2011, at 4:55 AM, Benny Malengier wrote: > > > > > We should decide on python 3.x and GI together after 3.3 release and > put a team together for it if we decide to do it for Gramps 3.4. (which > would obviously be Gramps 4.0 then). > > > > > > Only GTK was missing to port to python 3.x on linux last we > investigated. > > > However, we can only agree to the port if it is ok for Windows and Mac > OS X also. If not ok for those, we should wait another year. For that, I > look to our windows and macosx porters. > > > > I've been doing nightly builds of Gtk master (now at 3.1.3) since > January, so I know that part is OK. There's a problem with gdbus on OSX, but > Gramps doesn't use GConf or dbus, so that should also be OK. I haven't > tested any of the other Gramps dependencies; off the top of my head I'd be > most concerned about WebKit. Is that completely supplanted by osmgpsmap? > > > > Yes, htmlview is present but it is a hidden view, so users have to > activate it to use it. Users can have firefox open however if they like that > and there is no webkit. > > > > I am most concerned about our use of the gtk.TextView for the notes > adding hooks and the spell checking. I'm afraid for pygobject conversion > that will not be straithforward. > > Gtkspell itself seems mostly unmaintained: > > http://gtkspell.cvs.sourceforge.net/gtkspell/gtkspell2/ > > > > Perhaps somebody with a redhat login can add a note to: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675504 > > to indicate that would be great. Or even test the patch there? > > > > Benny > > > > PS: we are not alone: > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5762766/gtk-spell-checking-in-python-with-pygobject-on-ubuntu > > > > > > Benny > > > > I'll test the rest sometime in the next week and report back. > > > This actually looks pretty good: The only libraries that don't build are > GtkSpell (and as you note above, there's a trivial patch to fix it) and > osmgpsmap. John Stowers is certainly aware of the need, so he'll probably be > ready when we are. > > PyGoocanvas still requires PyGtk, and goocanvas isn't set up for > introspection, so that's an issue. The same is true for GtkSpell. > > > It looks to me that you could start a feature branch for a Gtk3 conversion > and start work whenever you're ready. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software > The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network > management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial > acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd > _______________________________________________ > Gramps-devel mailing list > Gra...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-devel > -- Sincerely yours, Rob G. Healey "Always surround yourself with people that inspire you to greatness!" |