Re: Since OS X is linux-like...

2004-06-07 Thread Mat Hostetter
 know_mystery == Know Mystery [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 know_mystery Hello All - Is anyone working on a version of Curl that
 know_mystery will run on Mac?
 
 know_mystery OS X is very linux-like, and so i wonder how difficult
 know_mystery to get it to work on that platform.

That's a good question.

A few years ago we did some exploratory work on a Mac port, eventually
getting one of our low-level executables working (but no JIT compiler
or graphics).  As you suggest, OS X supports proper threading and
countless unix APIs which make the job much easier.  However, the
graphics system and CPU are very different, among other things, so
this port would still require a great deal of work to get into
shippable state.  Thus far it has not been a priority compared to
numerous other projects.

That said, we have architected our system from the ground up to
support other platforms cleanly (in fact, the original MIT version of
Curl also ran on Sun SparcStations!)  And right now we are actively
working to improve the performance and portability of our JIT
compiler, so targeting the Mac's PowerPC CPU would become easier
should we decide to invest the resources.

You won't see a Mac port any time soon, but you might yet see one
if/when a solid business case exists for it.

-Mat

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Re: Synchronize column width of two tables

2004-06-07 Thread Bert Halstead
 There is no way to share the fiducials, is there?

Friedger,

The way Grid and Table are currently built, there is not a way to share
fiducials between multiple Tables (or Grids).  It would certainly be interesting
to be able to do so, although it could also be fairly hairy in the general case.

So about the only alternatives I can suggest to you are either (1) use some kind
of scheme like Cheese outlined, where you observe the changes in sizes of
objects in one Table and propagate them explicitly to a second Table (or
actually the second container might not have to be a Table, depending on your
situation), or else (2) find a way to combine your two Tables into one, perhaps
by putting the intervening material, or an empty placeholder, also in the Table.
Depending on your situation, you could make this work by adding the intervening
material as an object that spans all of the Table's rows (or columns) -- or if
you use an empty placeholder, present the intervening material as another object
overlaid over the placeholder.  -Bert

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