Re: RunRev and Linux,> Peter Alcibiades palc
Peter Alcibiades wrote: Its not Rev's fault that Linux has small market share. No, of course not. But Richard, you cannot seriously be arguing that it is either sensible or acceptable to release poor quality software as long as the target markets are small? As to its being the same half dozen people. Well, maybe. How many people on the list are exclusively using Rev on Linux? It would appear that Rev just isn't working for you on your system. I don't know why, so I can't rule out that it may indeed be because of some conspiracy or laziness or stupidity or whatever at RunRev Ltd. Some of the issues you've experienced have been reproduced by others here; other issues not; others are well known in the Linux world as having various expressions in different apps beyond Rev. But very few of these you've written about have been logged to the RQCC. And with many of your threads I've taken considerable time explaining the business drivers behind the pros and cons of the Rev Linux engine, repeatedly both here and in our private emails, only to have you ask me "Why?" again in the next thread you start. Going forward the archives will have to suffice; having done by best several times to answer your question and failed to provide an answer you find satisfying, I have to recognize that I have nothing to offer that will be of value to you. If Rev is working for you, you are free to use it. If Rev is not working for you, you remain as free as ever to use anything else. If I can be of help resolving any specific issue I'm happy to lend what I can to the process. In the meantime, I sincerely wish you the best of luck finding a tool that suits your needs. Feel free to drop me a note if you find a particularly interesting one; I'm always willing to learn about good options. Wishing you peace and success - -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Rev training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com Webzine for Rev developers: http://www.revjournal.com revJournal blog: http://revjournal.com/blog.irv ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: RunRev and Linux,> Peter Alcibiades palc
I shall wait for 4.5 and hope that these issues are fixed in it. Meanwhile, I'll learn either PyQT or RealBasic in parallel, because I have to have a Plan B. And either one is going to provide the intellectual exercise that was one motive for getting into Rev. I'll use Rev as little as possible meanwhile, with Geany as an external editor. I'll rewrite my reporting stuff in awk and pass it to a spreadsheet or word processor for printing. I've downloaded the dictionary in html, so at least it can be open in readable and somewhat searchable form on another desktop. And, as Richmond suggests, go for long walks in the hills. Where I live this translates to go for long rows on the lakes and rivers of this watery landscape, but whatever. Its an alternative method of keeping blood flowing in the brain, and a valuable antidote to intellectual frustration! Thanks to you all for listening, and thanks to you in particular, Richard, for your patient replies. -- View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/Re-RunRev-and-Linux-Peter-Alcibiades-palc-tp1836290p1836751.html Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: RunRev and Linux,> Peter Alcibiades palc
On 12/04/2010 10:29, Peter Alcibiades wrote: I shall wait for 4.5 and hope Quite . . . it would be rather nice if: 1. We could have some sort of idea when 4.5 is due. 2. What specifically Linux things will be changed and/or improved in 4.5. I must say, I wonder why the RunRev folk are keeping whatever is going to be in 4.5 so close to their collective chest . . . it doesn't exactly help us with any sort of forward planning. Apple start swanking about "the next best thing" fairly early on, as do Microsoft (the fact that, on the whole, in both cases, nothing quite lives up to one's expectations is another story); while Linux distros (better not use the "U" word) leak alpha, betas, release candidates and so on rather like my kitchen tap. Hey; anybody want to start a website called "RevRumors" ? : http://www.macrumors.com/ http://www.macbidouille.com/ and have fun getting threatening letters, legal injunctions and so forth . . . :) --- Meanwhile, Peter, I wish you all the best in your physical exercise. I find I do my most creative programming when I am quite a 'safe distance' from a computer, and preferably, out in the fresh air. Either that or tucked up in bed and off on that mysterious "astral plain" where all computer programming problems seem to be resolved with little or no fuss . . . :) ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
