I just tested focuswriter 1.3.2.git.69e4975b-1~natty1~ppa1 from
ppa:broder/backports-tests on a Natty amd64 system running a Lubuntu
Desktop session, and a separate Natty i386 system running a Unity
session. It installs and runs on both machines. Both installations occur
without problems, as does using the application on the Lubuntu system.
But with Focuswriter in a Unity session, no menu bar appears at the top
of the screen, since Unity suppresses the menu bars and includes them in
the top panel instead. As Focuswriter is a fullscreen application, the
top panel is never visible when it is being used. Pressing the shortcut
keys to raise individual menus in the menu bar (e.g., Alt+F for the File
menu) does effectively raise them, and it's possible to move between the
menus with the left and right arrow keys, but even when the menus are
raised, their names (and the names of other menus) are not shown.
Therefore, while 1.3.2.git.69e4975b-1~natty1~ppa1 installs and runs on
Natty, it is difficult to use with Unity; thus, it seems to me that the
Ubuntu version should perhaps be patched, to address this problem. I
don't know if there is a way for applications to insist on keeping their
menu bars in the usual place, but if so, this seems like the appropriate
solution. (Alternatively, this might be considered a bug in Unity;
perhaps there is a way to detect when an application is fullscreen, and
not suppress its menu bar, and if so, perhaps Unity should do this.)
The above problem would presumably occur when running focuswriter
1.3.2.git.69e4975b-1 on Oneiric, in a Unity session (and if so, should
be reported as a bug against focuswriter in Ubuntu). However, my Oneiric
system doesn't have a video adapter capable of running Unity, so I may
not be able to test this.
Since it installs and runs and doesn't seem to have any problems that
are specific to Natty, I'm marking this Confirmed as per Evan Broder's
instructions.
By the way, if focuswriter test packages for Maverick and/or Lucid are
produced, I'd be pleased to test those out too.
** Changed in: natty-backports
Status: Incomplete => Confirmed
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