On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, R. Lahaye wrote:
> Allan Rae wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, R. Lahaye wrote:
> > > However, I think the preferences dialog has more serious
> > > problems:
> > > When the last visible tab is only partially visible,
> > > clicking on it will always cause a SIGSEV. For example,
> > > resize the window so that you see "Pa" instead of "Path".
> > > Click on "Pa" -> SIGSEV.
> >
> > This is an xforms problem. I have noticed that 0.89 will scroll along
> > those tabs that don't fit while 0.88 will just crash.
>
> I'm compiling LyX against 0.89; however, can't see any scrolling along the
> tabs here ?!?! 0.89 crashes also when clicking a "tab partially visible on
> the edge of the window".
You must have a different (ie. earlier) version of 0.89 to what we had at
the FILM. What if you use TAB to switch between them?
> > Actually, I've been trying to figure out how to fit everything into the
> > tabbed area without requiring a dialog that is 2048pixels wide. I'm very,
> > very slowly getting there. At present it looks like I'll switch to a
> > nested tabbed dialog scheme and hopefully have plenty of room for each set
> > of tabs.
>
> What about two rows of tabs above each other; that would save width-space
> of the dialog? Or is this asking for trouble in Xforms?
To do this you need nested tabbed folders, ie. what I'm working on.
> What was the reason for choosing Xforms as the GUI interface? It causes
> lots of pain and inconvenience (menu behaviour for example).
No more pain than Marko is having with GNOME. Just different pain.
Allan. (ARRae)
