Re: style combo (gtk)

Hi Dom,

I am not so much concerned about any particular patch, if you think this
patch is safe to go in, then let it be. I am concerned that we are not
keeping an eye on the ball (especially as various comments made on the
IRC suggest that not everyone understands why feature freeze is a
necessary part of the development cycle), and if this particular patch
is committed, I do not want that to be interpreted as an open season for
new features.

Tomas

Dom Lachowicz wrote:
> Hi Tomas,
>
> I'm hesitant to call this a "feature" - it's more akin
> to polishing an existing feature, and it's this kind
> of polish that a release needs in order to shine.
>
> Yes, there are a lot of bugs in bugzilla, and we need
> to fix those too. But we need to polish our existing
> features, and this sort of patch does exactly that.
>
> Best,
> Dom
>
> --- Tomas Frydrych <tomasfrydrych@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Hi Robert (and everyone else),
>>
>>I like the look of it, but I think it needs to list
>>all the styles;
>>otherwise the user will need to know which styles it
>>shows and which it
>>does not.
>>
>>I am, however, concerned about new features being
>>committed at this
>>stage. I appreciate that bug fixing is boring and
>>new features are
>>exciting, but there is more to making useful
>>software than hacking away,
>>and unless an agreed release cycle is respected by
>>all, all disolves
>>into chaos as happened with the 2.2 cycle. That is
>>bad for the developer
>>morale as well as for our users, and it also results
>>in spiraling our of
>>control of the bugzilla count; either way AbiWord as
>>project looses.
>>
>>The agreed date for tagging the 2.4 tree was Jun 17,
>>which is less than
>>6 weeks away. I would much appreciate if folk would
>>apply their efforts
>>to the bugzilla till we get 2.4 out. As far as I
>>know there are some 70
>>bugs that should be fixed by then, and I think it is
>>achievable,
>>providing everyone will apply some self-discipline.
>>
>>Tomas
>>
>>
>>Robert Staudinger wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>i hacked the combo boxes some more and have a
>>
>>wysiwyg style combo as
>>
>>>well (see screenshot).
>>>It would be cool if people would comment on which
>>
>>styles should be
>>
>>>shown by default, i think most will agree that the
>>
>>current list is a
>>
>>>bit long. Used styles will be shown anyways.
>>>
>>>Proposal:
>>>+ Heading 1 .. 3
>>>+ Normal
>>>+ Block Text
>>>+ Plain Text
>>>+ Bullet List
>>>+ Numbered List
>>>
>>>I'm a bit reluctant to put lists in there though
>>
>>as i would like to
>>
>>>see them treated as first class objects in abi
>>
>>(like images, tables
>>
>>>...). Currently we however don't have the UI for
>>
>>that so i think
>>
>>>that's ok.
>>>
>>>What do you think?
>>>
>>>- Rob
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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Received on Tue May 10 18:24:55 2005