Re: [Gaim-devel] GtkText in GTK+-2.0 is matter of GTK+-1.2?

[Christian H. <ch...@gn...>]

On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 03:41:52AM +0900, Kang Jeong-Hee wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I'm doing provement for gaim with gtk2.
> and face an i18n problem.
> 
> first of all, take a look at here:
> http://gnome.or.kr/gallery/view_photo.php?full=1&set_albumName=gnome-apps&id=acr
> 
> this is screenshot of gaim for gtk2 with my little patch.
> it does well getting contact list etc.
> but cannot chat with other person in my native language:
> 
> like about dialog does, chat dialog uses GtkText as input form.
> but GtkText does not allow GTK+-2.0 stuff,
> such as XFT, context menu allowing input method list, etc.
> GtkText in this GTK+-2.0 is really broken, worse than that of GTK+-1.2
> for the matter of i18n.
> 
> yeah, there's GtkTextView the powerful and clear.
> but gaim has already many #if-#else-#endif block for all-branches-in-one.
> and I don't like to do heavy job like that.
> I just wanna do thing as simple as possible.

Actually, there is now a gtk1-stable branch. HEAD will now be gtk2
only. Things will be ported over, though it will require some
patience, as there is much to do before 0.60.

Christian

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