Good timezone!

There are people out there who made their own style.
It would be nice if we could provide them a tool to upgrade their
style automatically.
If that's too complex at least a document to make it easier for them
to know what to do.

regards
   Gabor

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:04 AM, Adam Kennedy
<adamkennedybac...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings
>
> Please note that I am currently attempting to land Style 2.0.
>
> This will break all current style (which will need to be ported) and
> will temporarily cause styles to not work in various ways.
>
> For example, you may find that Padre ignores your style preference and
> always uses the default etc.
>
> I apologise for the inconvenience, and will try to keep the breakage
> period as short as possible.
>
> The main benefits of the new style system are:
>
> - YAML changed for a simple line format which lists changes to apply
> - All key values are reused from other subsystems, greatly simplifying
> documentation and debugging
> - Internationalisation support (style name translations are held
> inside the style file itself).
> - Styles can inherit from other styles (XS style includes the C style)
> - Styles can be compiled down to code for faster application.
> - Styles are no longer global and can be different per editor object if 
> desired.
> - Styles can alter the GUI colours more generally (if enabled by the user)
>
> Bonus Feature:
> - Styles can be serialised and sent over the wire, so opening someone
> else's file in Swarm could potentially show that file with the other
> user's style preferences to hint it isn't yours :)
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