Re: [DNG] R.I.P ROXterm

[Steve Litt]

On Wed, 3 Jan 2018 09:57:47 -0500
Hendrik Boom  wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 10:38:45AM +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote:
> > 
> >   Roxterm's developer gave up due to the complexities of adapting/
> > working around GTK3 features:

[snip]

> > So, unless anyone else wants to take this over (seems unlikely),
> > I'll soon start doing things like getting it removed from Debian.
> > 
> > 
> > Alessandro  
> 
> This looks pretty definitive.  R.I.P Roxterm.
> And pretty damning against GTK development.

Which isn't surprising. GTk is part of the
Redhat/FreeDesktop.Org/Systemd constellation, and from what I hear is
being welded tighter and tighter to Gnome every day.

It's all part of the same syndrome: Unpaid Shadetree Programmers and
DIY experts need not apply.

Fortunately, there are alternatives.

SteveT

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[DNG] R.I.P ROXterm

[Hendrik Boom]

On Wed, Jan 03, 2018 at 10:38:45AM +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote:
> 
>   Roxterm's developer gave up due to the complexities of adapting/ working
> around GTK3 features:
> 
> https://sourceforge.net/p/roxterm/discussion/422638/thread/60da6975/?limit=25#46a9
> 
>  Tony Houghton - 2016-05-25
> 
> I'm afraid the time has come to put ROXTerm to sleep. I've had a look over
> the code and latest GTK API and I'm pretty sure there is no quick fix for bug
> #125, in fact there is even more code relying on the old geometry than I
> realised, and I could end up messing around with it for months trying to get
> all the sizing features right. The only satisfactory solution would be a
> major rewrite, which isn't really justified by whatever distinctive features
> ROXTerm offers over anything else that people (including myself) are relying
> on. With such a big bug in the way it doesn't seem worth tackling the other
> outstanding issues. Apologies to all the people who have taken time to report
> and discuss them.
> 
> There is one potential killer feature I can think of, and that's to integrate
> the functionality of something like tmux or screen with remote capability,
> but I think that would require at least major support from a reworked vte,
> and I think it's over-ambitious for me.
> 
> So, unless anyone else wants to take this over (seems unlikely), I'll soon
> start doing things like getting it removed from Debian.
> 
> 
> Alessandro

This looks pretty definitive.  R.I.P Roxterm.
And pretty damning against GTK development.

-- hendrik
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