Thanks for the feedback and describing the improvements in other areas. I'll start documenting the problems, put them on this list for any comment or discussion and then file as bugs.
On Aug 7, 1:42 pm, "Ville M. Vainio" <vivai...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:07 PM, rhh<rod.h.holl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > plugins. I tried leo 4.6.2 final, in both qt and tk mode, and ran > > into a number of snags. I have not followed the rewrite discussions > > in detail but from what I have read it seems that some tk stuff will > > necessarily be broken as you improve and optimize things for qt. Some > > things cannot be easily done yet in qt. > > Tk code should not be harmed in significant way, apart from lack of > testing & user attention Could you start filing the snags you hit with > Tk on 4.6.2 as bugs on launchpad? We could release 4.6.3 someday, and > I think your users (at least on Linux) would appreciate the option of > using Qt, at least in a partial and nonsupported capacity. > > 4.6 series is not just about Qt either - you'll be missing out on the > big (order of magnitude) performance improvements that it brings to Tk > users too (hashcache - compare the open time of LeoPyRef.leo on 4.6 > and 4.5). > > > I am quite happy with how 4.5.1 functions in Tk mode. I am actually > > very pleased with the flexibility and stability of, for example, of > > creating Tk text and canvas reference tabs on the fly and scripting > > various body text functions. My intention is to stay with this version > > for a while (maybe a year?) while the qt interface develops, and then > > migrate all at once. > > It does make sense to be conservative when you need a stable base to > build on, but do communicate your specific needs every now and again. > Also, when you consider moving to Qt, you can isolate yourself from > changes in Leo by using raw Qt directly as much as possible. > > -- > Ville M. Vainiohttp://tinyurl.com/vainio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to leo-editor@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
