From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: pouar@pouar.net, 43148@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43148: 27.1; Widget text seems to disappear when building with Cairo and Xaw
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2020 08:59:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2h7sgd5oz.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83a6y9wihi.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Tue, 01 Sep 2020 19:48:41 +0300")
>>>>> On Tue, 01 Sep 2020 19:48:41 +0300, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> said:
>> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
>> Cc: pouar@pouar.net, 43148@debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2020 18:13:10 +0200
>>
>> >> Putting on my 'let's simplify' hat, is this really a combination we
>> >> want to spend time on? Lucid + Xaw + Cairo is decidedly non-mainstream
>> >> (Iʼm surprised it even builds).
>>
Eli> I wasn't aware that it's a rare configuration. We definitely support
Eli> Lucid, right? If so, is Xaw the problem? and if it is, what are the
Eli> alternatives that are less "non-mainstream"?
>>
>> Lucid + Xaw is common enough, itʼs mixing in Cairo thatʼs uncommon. To
>> me, Cairo pretty much implies GTK.
Eli> Surely, given our troubled experiences with GTK, we don't want to have
Eli> it as a single toolkit supported in the Cairo build?
I can understand that, but nobody is stepping up to e.g. make Lucid
work well on HiDPI screens, so it will become increasingly
irrelevant. Plus I donʼt see any prospect of Qt being added as a
toolkit under GNU/Linux, so GTK appears to be the only thing we've
got.
Robert
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Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-09-01 2:21 bug#43147: 27.1; Widget text seems to disappear when building with Cairo and Xaw Pouar Dragon
2020-09-01 14:09 ` bug#43148: " Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-01 15:05 ` Robert Pluim
2020-09-01 15:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-01 16:13 ` Robert Pluim
2020-09-01 16:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-02 6:59 ` Robert Pluim [this message]
2020-09-02 10:24 ` James Cloos
2020-09-02 10:45 ` Robert Pluim
2020-09-02 14:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-02 14:28 ` James Cloos
2020-09-02 14:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-02 15:19 ` Robert Pluim
2020-09-02 15:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-02 13:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-02 11:38 ` Peder O. Klingenberg
2020-09-03 9:09 ` Robert Pluim
2020-09-03 9:18 ` Robert Pluim
2020-11-25 2:30 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-11-28 8:22 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2020-12-01 13:10 ` tastytea via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2020-12-03 2:13 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2020-12-03 8:18 ` tastytea via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2020-12-04 8:41 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2020-12-04 9:28 ` tastytea via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2020-12-04 9:48 ` Robert Pluim
2020-12-04 10:09 ` tastytea via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2020-12-04 10:33 ` Robert Pluim
2020-12-04 10:58 ` tastytea via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2020-12-04 11:46 ` Robert Pluim
2020-12-04 12:14 ` tastytea via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2020-12-05 6:51 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2020-12-05 7:14 ` tastytea via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2020-12-06 5:26 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2020-12-06 5:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-09-02 2:15 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2020-09-28 10:46 ` Pouar Dragon
2020-11-23 17:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
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