Rev runs on everything I've tried it on, including such oddities as Scitaz or DSL. The apps run as well. However, the relation between the fonts and the objects on the windows may not be the same, and what fonts are present may also be different, and certainly will be different from Mac or Windows to any Linux. So when you move your app from one distro to another, it may not display properly. This was an issue when moving an app from Debian to Mandriva, which are about as mainstream as you can get and which had all the same fonts. Also, when I once compiled on Linux for Win98, the control elements of the window vanished, so there was no way of closing the window, there needed to be a check for platform to use different window sizing to get around this.
So yes, Richmond is probably right, always compile on the target platform, or at least, if its going to matter, validate look and feel on all platforms, and for Linux, on more than one distribution and on more than just Gnome. It also may be a good idea in Linux to leave more space around text on objects than you think you could possibly need, if you're not sure what the distribution will be. Peter Marty Knapp wrote: > > Thanks to all who gave me input on using Rev on Ubuntu, I appreciate it. > > Richmond, could you elaborate on these two point: > > 3. Never churn out generic Linux standalones from a version of > Runtime Revolution working on another platform. > 4. Always compile standalones on the target platform. > > I've successfully produced Windows standalones from my Mac (though very > few). Has your experience shown that with the various flavors of Linux > that this doesn't work well? Unfortunately I only have Rev Studio for Mac. > > Thanks again, > > Marty Knapp > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Rev-on-Ubuntu-tp21422671p21430936.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
