Olivier Galibert <galibert(a)pobox.com> writes:
On Tue, Jun 09, 1998 at 06:19:35PM -0400, Kyle Jones wrote:
[...]
> Display improvements,
> like text that wraps around images, pixel-based scrolling, background
> color transparency in more image types, subwindow support, beveling
> as an extent property.
I think aiming at something able to render efficiently XML/CSS2 kind of
documents would give us enough bangs to make a word equivalent. You can
even have vertical text :-)
I already have the XML parser done. :) I've got a testbed external
parser adapted from James Clark's expat parser. It's really nice and fast,
and I'm working on turning it into a module for XEmacs 21.1
[...]
> Even if we keep
> the Lucid stuff, is supporting another toolkit under X worthwhile,
> when we already have functional menus and scrollbars? What would
> we get out of this as a reward for the work and misery?
- Gnome and/or KDE integration
It's a fundamental flaw in their design if they cannot deal with
applications that are not written using their specific toolkit. Not having
session management in kwm just because XEmacs doesn't use Qt is really
lame. Or has that been fixed?
- Real dialog boxen. Replace, for instance, should not use
the
modeline when invoked from the menu but create a nifty dialog box.
It would be nice to just do this in normal emacs frames... then all
operating systems get them.
- Eventual ditch of the infamous Lucid stuff. Or will you
implement
teardrop menus, detachable toolbars, themeable widgets elements,
etc... ?
You will have a *lot* of work if you want lwlib to reach the level of
what is expected from toolbars, menus and scrollbars nowadays.
This is a good reason... eventually. I think we have bigger fish first.
But then everyone's time is their own to hack what they wish. I'll be
doing the module support again soon, even if nobody every wants to use it
but me. :)
-Bill P.