show stopper: Rev on linux does not respect work with current ubuntu theme, it all displays wrong...
ARGH can't create a single button with the correct appearance. On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:25 AM, Peter Alcibiades < palcibiades-fi...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Here is how I would go about tracking down these things. Just to recap, > the things we are seeking to track down are these four: > > -- not all and only installed fonts are visible and useable > -- revPrintField does not work properly > -- virtual desktops don't work > -- editor slows down, freezes and crashes > > Are there other priority areas? There are other niggles, but are there > other real basic functionaliry showstoppers? > > My suggestion for going about tracking this down is quite different from > what most people here will instinctively want to do. The general view here > is that Linux is an enormously complex mix of components, so the thing to > do is pick some large general purpose distro and standardize on it. I do > not believe this to be the solution. In fact, it is a wrong diagnosis of > the problem. This approach, which regards each distro as a distinct OS, is > actually part of the problem. > > Were I in charge of the effort I would proceed in EXACTLY THE REVERSE WAY. > I would seek to find the minimum installation set, and within that, the one > closest to the way packages are released by the developer, that will allow > the reproduction of the problems. > > You can argue about which distro will most readily meet these requirements, > but if you want to start from something fairly simple and mainstream and > not start compiling the whole thing from scratch, the contender that leaps > out at you is Slackware. I accept, there could be an argument for going > even further down, like Slitaz or TinyCore. Maybe that is worth a try as > well, but they are not, as Slackware is, deliberately as untweaked as > possible. > > So I would propose doing a minimal install of slackware, with nothing but > the basic system and the most basic window manager, probably OpenBox. > Maybe Metacity without Gnome desktop environment, if you want to be as > close as possible to mainstream what it will have to run on. But no > Firefox, no OpenOffice, no apps at all. > > If you can reproduce the problems on this sort of minimal install, then you > are much closer to the source, because you have basically ruled out all > distro specific issues. If not, then start to add stuff until you do get > the problems. > > I understand that on this list there is a, well, a precoccupation, with > Ubuntu as a distro for use. This is not about use however, this is about a > tool to get to the source of the problems. > > I'm prepared to do serious work on this, but am not capable of writing > patches to the IDE myself, and before getting started on the project, would > welcome comment, and would like us to have an agreed approach, so what do > you all think of the above? It would also be nice to have some feedback > from Edinburgh, to the effect that given contributions from us, they will > do their bit also. > > Peter > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. _______________________________________________ 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