On Wed, 1 Nov 2006, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 00:10:14 +0100 (CET)
> Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:37:13 +0100 (CET)
> > > Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > That's very noble of you. But also very vague.
> > > > >
> > > > > The gtk2 will never run on the level of gtk1. Most things can
> > > > > and will be done better, some things like speed and library
> > > > > stability can not be reached.
> > > >
> > > > Can you elaborate on this ?
> > > > What is wrong with GTK that it is not possible to get it stable ?
> > >
> > > Don't misunderstand me. gtk1 can be used to write stable apps.
> > > And the lacking features could be done with X calls and a few hacks
> > > accessing the private structures of gtk1. But this code would be
> > > harder to maintain and not portable.
> > > Examples: unicode, rtl, window z ordering, focussing
> >
> > Out of these, I seem to be needing none...
>
> More examples: The capturing can easily freeze X. The modal forms let
> forms vanish from the taskbar. Form buttons show and hide on focus.
> And with unicode I include typing accented characters.
>
>
> > There are many other missing things which seem much more important to
> > me, which are doable in GTK 1 as well...
>
> Yes, of course it is a matter of priorities and how you define '1.0'.
>
>
> > > Theoretically we could say, these are feature and not needed for a
> > > 'stable' lazarus version, but IMHO and many users I talked too, this
> > > would be taken as fake. These things must work better in a 1.0.
> >
> > But it will take ages to complete this ?
>
> I don't think so.
> I think it will take more time to fix and maintain
> the gtk1 things, than to fix the missing gtk2 bugs, which must be done
> anyway.
Oh really ? well, what are you waiting for then ?
Get to work and grab that bounty... ;-)
Talking bounties:
Did you already get the last bounty ? Form Inheritance ?
Cause I'm really waiting for that one...
(one of these things which I find more important)
Michael.
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