Re: [express-devel] Re: more fixes

[Brian St . P. <bst...@me...>]

Do you know where I can find documentation on the gtk-xmhtml library?
I can't seem to find any good documentation (other than the header
files)...

> I just played around with some GNOME-stuff. I'd like to convert Express
> to a completely GNOME-based app. This would involve several changes,
> e.g. we can use GNOME for the About-box, Menu-bar, Status-bar, icons etc.
> I already hacked together a version of Express with all the
> GNOME-libraries etc. correctly checked in configure.in /
> src/Makefile.am, though it still had some problems with a segfault...

The great thing about switching to being fully "gnome compliant" is that
we can do it gradually.  I.e.  First switch the main window, then the
menus, the dialogs, etc.

> What do you think - should we first make a release with the stuff we
> already have, or try to 'gnomify' Express before a release?

That depends on a few things:
 - When do you want to release?
 - What functionality do you want in the first release?
 - How "gnomish" would you want to be before a release?
 - How stable do you want to be?

I would say that if you want to release without adding any more
functionality, several things have to get cleaned up:
 - implement more of HTTP
 - fetch remote images and display them
 - fix the problems with the back and forward buttons (the back button works
   some of the time, but there are still bugs)
 - make it more stable, there are still some very easy ways to crash it

Let me know what you want and I'll try to work toward the goals.
A "roadmap" might be nice.  But it is a beautiful sunny day here,
so I am going outside.  Maybe I'll even wash my car...  maybe not...

-Brian