On Dec 18, 2006, at 11:46 AM, Hubert Chan wrote:
Gregory John Casamento wrote:
[...]
I, personally, don't see much value in auto-layout, because
GNUstep/OPENSTEP provides the user with a way to have a GUI for each
locale, so that you can specifically tailor your GUI to each, but to
each his own.
Well, it's not just about localization. If you change fonts, it may
break the layout as well.
It's hard to fully cater to Linux/X-Windows everything-configurable
mentality using a system designed for use with specified fonts
present on every system (NeXTstep, Mac OS X). Giving up this
configurability may be best for compatibility with Cocoa apps and
that style of development (WYSIWUG from IB/Gorm to user desktop). If
a single X backend becomes standard, we could bundle a sans-serif
font with it that is ALWAYS used for dialogs, etc., as Lucida Grande
on Mac OS (and Ohlfs on NeXT/OpenStep). This would work for Latin
text, at least, and we might be able to use Deja Vu or something like
that for non-Latin.
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