[Adobe-source-devel] ASL support for GTK+

[Ralph T. <ra...@gm...>]

Hi Adobe-source-devel,

 With the following patch, ASL compiles and Adobe Begin runs on Linux
using the GTK+ toolkit! All of the test layouts work, with the
following bugs:

  label: grow.eve window grows, but doesn't shrink back again.

  presets: unimplemented.

  link: toy implementation.

  vertical guides: always in the center of the widget, no baseline
available in Gtk+.

  begin: toy implementation, only File -> Quit, Help -> About and
dropping files to open work.

  gtk+ themes: no relayout is performed when the theme is changed,
this needs to happen as themes can alter widget metrics.

  window close signal: required for proper clean-up -- right now a
bunch of warnings appear in the terminal if you close a window and
Begin then deletes it.

I plan to address these issues, including Adobe Begin (for now it runs
and can open files via drag-drop from the GNOME file manager) over the
coming week or next weekend.

I am proposing this for inclusion into ASL 1.0.22, we're a bit close
to the time for 1.0.21. In the mean time I would like as many people
as possible to test this patch and report bugs back to this list.

The patch is available from here:
  http://www.missioncode.org/ralpht/asl-1.0.20-add-gtk.patch

I've tested it to apply cleanly and then compile (on Ubuntu 6.06):
  1. Download and extract asl_1.0.20.tgz
  2. Follow the instructions for "Patching Boost" here:
        http://opensource.adobe.com/asl_readme.html#building_manually
  3. Build bjam (go into boost/tools/build/jam_src and run ./build.sh,
then copy bjam to
        somewhere in $PATH).
  4. Go back up to "adobe-source", run bjam.
  5. Once the build is done, go into bin/install/LINUX/debug/Adobe Begin/
  6. run ./begin

The examples are in adobe-source/adobe/test/begin/examples -- drag the
.eve file and corresponding .adm file onto the main "Adobe Begin"
window at the same time to open an example. The File > Open menu
doesn't work yet.

Thanks,
 Ralph

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