Oh, and aside all of that.. Making a full-fledged word processor is not just a regular engineering task. You need an expert of publishing, expert in fonts and typography. That's right from the beginning. And i am not that expert in this domain(s). So, next time, when we start talking about things like page layouts, columns, margins, tabs, references and other stuff, first find an expert who will be able to transform these terms into technical requirements. If you think it so simple, it is not: because all those terms came from paper-publishing domain, that existed even before first computer came to existence. The capabilities of TxText and whether it will be capable to handle well complexities of full-fledged word processing features, at this point, without having an expert is nothing but just a speculation.
On 4 April 2016 at 15:24, Igor Stasenko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 4 April 2016 at 14:28, Thierry Goubier <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> 2016-04-04 13:18 GMT+02:00 Stephan Eggermont <[email protected]>: >> >>> On 04-04-16 11:58, Igor Stasenko wrote: >>> >>>> Apart from being 'cool to have', full-fledged word processing is not a >>>> thing, that you dealing with on a daily basis in environment, like Pharo. >>>> >>> I'm sure that is the case for you. I wonder if that is the case for many >>> Pharo users. >>> AFAIK there are a lot of pillar users. >>> >> >> If it is for Pillar, then you don't really need a full-fledged, paper >> oriented layout engine. A web-like layout environment is probably enough, >> and much less costly to build. >> >> > Now count, how much world-wide resources are dedicated to web-based and > browser-based technology development and compare with our resource base. I > think it is foolish to set an unrealistic goals. > > > >> For me the problem with the TxText model is that it blocks the >>> possibility of doing >>> that later, if and when there is enough development capacity to invest >>> in this. >> >> >> There is enough technology in the Pharo universe to do it (or at least >> something approaching). Sometimes, what you need is the ideas / the >> rationale from a project to do it. And I do believe TxText has some of it, >> even if you consider that TxText can't be extended to do it (and I'll >> consider that you are right on this). >> >> Now, it's on nobody's roadmap, so it may take a while to emerge (if it >> does at all). >> >> Last time, i installed LaTex package on my mac, it took maybe hour or > so.. About 1Gb of files, tools, compilers, GUI, text editors.. > Now think, how much years it would take to get remotely close to such > level of development? And where are those people or money that would allow > us to think this is viable path and we should throw everything into it to > get there? > It is nice to dream time to time, but let us be realistic. > > >> Thierry >> > > > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko. > -- Best regards, Igor Stasenko.
