From: Thomas L. <ta...@ec...> - 2002-02-24 16:30:33
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Gtk 1.3.15 is out, and 2.0 is due in a few days. So, the question is, do we continue to support both versions, or just 2.0? Gtk 2.0 is larger and slower than 1.2. But, it looks much better (doesn't flicker, nice icons, AA text). When compiled against 2.0, ROX-Filer is about 35k smaller. If we drop 1.2 support, we can probably get this down further. The source code would also become quite a lot smaller, and simpler. Some things which we might want to add, such as better font handling, tree view of directories, etc, wouldn't be possible to add while still supporting 1.2 (the code would be too messy). Some of the problems with the filer (mismatched libpng versions, corruption of config files when iconv is missing, translations not displaying correctly in some cases) would go away entirely, as they only affect 1.2. BTW, regarding my attempts to get things in Gtk changed: - The scrollbar changes got partly applied: scrolling now happens on mouse-down, not mouse-up, and it doesn't overshoot. However, button-3 on the steppers still does the annoying scroll-to-end, instead of reverse-scroll. I think we can fix this with a module, though. - Key-bindings in menus now do allow single keys (eg '/') to be bound again. However, *all* key-binding is disabled by default! The ROX-Session in CVS acts as an XSettings manager, and turns this feature back on by default... - The bug which stops drag-and-drop with spring-opening directories working properly has been fixed. - Ctrl-U to clear text entries has been removed (GNOME UI people again), so you can't clear an entry without destroying the primary selection. They're going to reconsider this after 2.0.0 ... -- Thomas Leonard http://rox.sourceforge.net ta...@ec... ta...@us... |
From: Arnaud C. <ar...@ca...> - 2002-02-24 18:20:43
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Le 24-Feb-2002, Thomas Leonard a =E9crit :=20 > Gtk 1.3.15 is out, and 2.0 is due in a few days. So, the question is, d= o > we continue to support both versions, or just 2.0? Don't know, but... > Some things which we might want to add, such as better font handling, > tree view of directories, etc, wouldn't be possible to add while still > supporting 1.2 (the code would be too messy). ... with this argument, I have to admit that I'd prefer to let the old on= e down ;-))) --=20 http://www.calvo-france.com (24/01/02) Un desktop puissant ET l=E9ger < http://rox.sourceforge.net > ________________________________________________ A r n a u d C a l v o 47=B043'60N 0=B031'0W |
From: Vincent L. <vi...@vi...> - 2002-02-24 19:27:13
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On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 16:30:36 +0000, Thomas Leonard wrote: > Gtk 1.3.15 is out, and 2.0 is due in a few days. So, the question is, do > we continue to support both versions, or just 2.0? If 2.0 is new, I think you should wait a few weeks before dropping 1.2. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vi...@vi...> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> - 100% validated (X)HTML - Acorn Risc PC, Yellow Pig 17, Championnat International des Jeux Mathématiques et Logiques, TETRHEX, etc. Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA |
From: Wilbert B. <wi...@os...> - 2002-02-25 08:32:42
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Op Sun, 24 Feb 2002 16:30:36 +0000 krabbelde Thomas Leonard <ta...@ec...>: > Gtk 1.3.15 is out, and 2.0 is due in a few days. So, the question > is, do we continue to support both versions, or just 2.0? I think ROX-Filer 1.2.0 (and eventually some minor 1.2.x fixes/updates) are excellent for people who want to continue to use GTK 1.2 (on old systems, etc.) So it looks good to me to drop gtk1.2 support for the coming development versions (towards a 1.4 (or 2.0?)) release. > BTW, regarding my attempts to get things in Gtk changed: [...] > - Ctrl-U to clear text entries has been removed (GNOME UI people > again), so you can't clear an entry without destroying the primary > selection. They're going to reconsider this after 2.0.0 ... Can't we add a binding for this ourselves..? -- Wilbert Berendsen (http://www.xs4all.nl/~wbsoft/) |